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ARTICLE · 25 SEPTEMBER 2026

Building More Efficient Legal Workflows Without Sacrificing Quality

Efficiency has become one of the defining priorities for legal teams. The 2026 ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey found that 53% of CLOs rank operational efficiency among their top three strategic initiatives for the next 12 months, ahead of regulatory compliance and technology implementation.

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Efficiency has become one of the defining priorities for legal teams.

The 2026 ACC Chief Legal Officers Survey found that 53% of CLOs rank operational efficiency among their top three strategic initiatives for the next 12 months, ahead of regulatory compliance and technology implementation.

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AI and automation create new opportunities to get there. Routine tasks can move faster. Manual work can be reduced. Internal teams can regain capacity.

But in high-stakes legal work, efficiency is only valuable if the quality of the work holds up.

For multilingual legal workflows, that means finding the right balance between what can be automated, what should be standardized and where professional expertise and oversight still matter.

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