Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer signed an agreement with Anthropic to co‑develop artificial intelligence tools for legal services.
Freshfields will receive early access to Anthropic’s upcoming AI models and expand use of the Cowork autonomous platform with a legal plug‑in.
No financial terms were disclosed; Freshfields already uses Anthropic’s Claude chatbot internally and plans broader deployment.
The partnership highlights rising AI demand among large law firms, with AI‑legal startups like Legora and Harvey valued at multibillion‑dollar levels.