# How A&O Shearman uses Harvey

**2–3 hours**: “Staff save 2–3 hours per week on average on routine tasks like summarization, analysis, and translation.”

As published on [harvey.ai](https://www.harvey.ai/customers/a-and-o-shearman), January 2025. Captured by usedby on 2026-10-01.

- Company: [A&O Shearman](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/ao-shearman.md)
- Tool: [Harvey](https://www.usedby.ai/tools/harvey.md)
- Industry: [Legal & Compliance](https://www.usedby.ai/companies/industry/legal-compliance-legaltech.md)
- Teams: Markets Innovation Group, AI Advisory Practice
- Customer since (as the page says): In December 2022, A&O Shearman became the first law firm to implement Harvey at an enterprise level.

## What the story says

The law firm rolled out Harvey firm-wide to its staff for routine work such as summarization, legal analysis, translation and drafting. It also built ContractMatrix, a contract drafting and negotiation tool that uses the Harvey API.

Summary written by usedby from the source page, in English. The figures are those of Harvey and A&O Shearman, not ours.

> Reclaimed Time: Staff save 2–3 hours per week on average on routine tasks like summarization, analysis, and translation.

- **30%**: “Cuts Contract Review Time by 30%”
- **7 hours**: “Attorneys save up to an estimated 7 hours on average per contract review”
- **2,000**: “Today, around 2,000 of A&O Shearman’s lawyers use ContractMatrix daily.”
- **4,000**: “Today, Harvey helps 4,000 of its staff members, across 43 jurisdictions”

> Together, Harvey and ContractMatrix are redefining the legal landscape, allowing us to tackle complex client challenges, while reclaiming valuable time for high-impact work.
>
> Karen Buzard, Partner and U.S. Head of the Markets Innovation Group

## What usedby checked

We compared the story with its live page on 2026-10-03.

- Checked: the figure 2–3 hours is printed word for word on the page, near the name of A&O Shearman.
- Checked: the passage quoted above is copied word for word from the page, near the name of A&O Shearman.
- Checked: the publication date is read from the page’s own metadata, never guessed.
- Checked: A&O Shearman uses Harvey. Confirmed line. Latest check across sources: 2026-10-08.
- Not checked: the result itself. We quote it; we did not measure it.

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