Drafting & Automation

#226 rlegaltech500

Definely

Est. 2017 United Kingdom Updated 2026-02-10
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Definely is a UK-based legal technology company providing AI-powered tools for creating, drafting, and reviewing legal documents, all working natively inside Microsoft Word. Founded 2017, raised $42.5M total ($30M Series B in June 2025 led by Revaia with Clio as investor). ~118 employees, HQ London. Product suite: Draft (active drafting with definition/cross-reference navigation, Cascade for knock-on effect detection), Proof (automated proofreading for legal documents), Enhance (AI-powered virtual assistant for drafting and review), and a PDF Reader for document analysis. SOC 2 Type II certified (re-certified October 2025). G2 listed (Definely Draft). Customers include S+M (UK firm, adopted Definely Proof per Artificial Lawyer). Pricing is custom/not published — subscription-based per user. Key differentiator: unified pre-execution suite in Word (create → draft → proofread → review) rather than point solutions. Named in Attorney at Work Buyer’s Guide. Won multiple legal tech awards. Founded by lawyers who experienced the frustrations first-hand.

Company Info

  • Founded: 2017
  • Funding: $42.5M
  • HQ: United Kingdom
  • Sector: CLM & Contracting

What We Haven’t Verified

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Workflows

Based on practitioner evidence, Definely is used in these workflows:

What practitioners struggle with

Real frustrations from legal professionals — the problems Definely addresses (or should address). Sourced from practitioner reviews, Reddit threads, and case studies.

Contract redlining is a nightmare — 7 rounds of Track Changes in Word, counterparty turns off tracking, and nobody knows what changed between v5 and v7

Document Drafting & Automation 76 vendors affected In-house counsel · Legal ops · Large firm (51–200) · Mid-size firm (11–50)

Transactional attorney reviews 5-10 contracts per week by reading every line in Word — no AI risk flagging, no clause benchmarking against market standards, no automated issue spotting. Missing a problematic indemnification clause or non-standard termination provision is a malpractice risk that scales with volume

Document Review & Management 37 vendors affected Solo practitioner · Small firm (2–10) · Mid-size firm (11–50) · In-house counsel

Associate reviews a 60-page credit agreement against the firm's playbook — manually checking each clause against preferred positions takes 6-10 hours, and fatigue-induced errors in the final sections are almost guaranteed

Document Review & Management 20 vendors affected Large firm (51–200) · Mid-size firm (11–50) · In-house counsel · Legal ops

Senior partner spends 3 hours line-editing a junior associate's 30-page brief — fixing passive voice, nominalizations, throat-clearing introductions, and inconsistent tone — because the firm has no systematic way to enforce writing standards before work reaches partner review, and every associate makes the same mistakes

Document Drafting & Automation 23 vendors affected BigLaw (200+) · litigation-associate · partner · Small firm (2–10)

Where it fits in your workflow

Before Definely

Lawyer opens contract in Microsoft Word → installs/activates Definely Word add-in → begins drafting or reviewing with AI-assisted tools.

After Definely

Draft reviewed and proofed → sent to counterparty for negotiation → final version executed → stored in DMS (iManage, NetDocuments, etc.)

Integrations & hand-offs

Associate → Definely Draft (drafting/review in Word). Definely Proof → automated proofreading. Reviewed contract → partner approval. Final contract → DMS/CLM system for execution and storage.

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