Kirkland Locks In Exclusive Litigation AI With Syllo
Kirkland & Ellis, one of the world’s largest law firms, and Syllo, a unified platform for litigation case management, eDiscovery, legal research, analysis, and drafting, have announced a multi-year strategic partnership that marks a defining step in Kirkland’s litigation AI strategy. The partnership gives Kirkland the exclusive ability to build proprietary solutions within and around the Syllo AI platform, which Kirkland selected for rollout across its litigation practice following a multi-year market evaluation.
“We are excited to take this next step in our AI build-out,” said Andrew Kassof, litigation practice lead and Executive Committee member. “Syllo’s platform and our exclusive custom-build rights will allow us to bring our most senior judgement and proprietary know-how to bear in our development and deployment of litigation AI, delivering strategic advantages, differentiated service, greater efficiencies, and better results for our clients across the lifecycle of litigation.”
Kirkland plans to build on Syllo’s foundation through a unique set of rights to develop proprietary AI solutions and knowledge infrastructure that extend and interconnect with the platform. This arrangement is exclusive to Kirkland for an extended period.
“Syllo is different from anything else in the market,” said Elizabeth Hess, litigation partner and member of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “Its platform, knowledge infrastructure, and agentic solutions for litigation are decisively ahead of every other solution we evaluated over an extended period. More importantly, we are excited about our ability to extend those capabilities through custom development that captures Kirkland’s distinctive knowledge and institutional experience.”
“Kirkland conducted one of the most rigorous technical evaluations we have ever been through before selecting Syllo as its core litigation AI technology,” said Jeffrey Chivers, CEO and head of product at Syllo. “We built the Syllo platform and Litigation Agent to augment and amplify attorney capabilities. Kirkland’s decision to build on Syllo reflects the depth and unique strengths of our platform, which powers our clients’ work across the market every day. We are proud to support the next chapter of litigation at Kirkland, and the litigators everywhere who rely on Syllo.”
About Kirkland
Kirkland & Ellis serves a broad range of clients with market-leading practices in private equity, M&A, and other complex corporate transactions; investment fund formation and alternative asset management; restructurings; high-stakes commercial and intellectual property litigation; and government, regulatory, and internal investigations.
About Syllo
Syllo is an all-in-one, unified litigation AI platform that enables legal teams to securely harness AI through all stages of litigation. Founded in 2019 by a team of litigators and engineers, Syllo provides case-winning insight and a competitive advantage to law firms and Fortune 500 companies managing the most complex litigation portfolios.