LEGALFLY launches Agent Studio in Germany expansion
LEGALFLY has launched Agent Studio, a new environment for automating legal workflows, and is opening a base in Mannheim as part of its expansion in Germany and the Netherlands.
The Belgian legal technology group said the product is aimed at in-house legal teams looking to move beyond using artificial intelligence for single tasks such as contract review or legal research.
Agent Studio lets legal departments set up workflows that run across multiple steps, from receiving a contract by email to checking it against internal policy and sending back a revised version. Lawyers remain responsible for decisions and approvals, while AI agents handle parts of the process.
The launch marks a shift from tools built around one-off actions to systems that organise repeat work into a documented sequence. The product can be used for contract reviews, due diligence checks and legal research, with users deciding which steps to include and which teams to involve.
"Legal work is rarely purely legal. Behind every contract review, approval, or escalation lies a web of coordination, emails, follow-up, transfers, and status checks - all time-consuming steps that add little value. Agent Studio automates this entire process," said Ruben Miessen, co-founder and CEO of LEGALFLY.
The launch comes as companies across Europe increase their use of AI in legal and compliance work while facing stricter demands around governance, documentation and oversight. LEGALFLY said more than 90 per cent of companies already use AI tools, with usage in legal and compliance departments at about 77 per cent. Only around 18 per cent have a fully developed AI governance policy.
Governance focus
The group is positioning its platform around those concerns. Customer inputs are anonymised before processing and are not used to train language models. Clients can choose between software-as-a-service, single-tenant and on-premises deployments, depending on their data residency and internal control requirements.
The system is model-agnostic, allowing different language models to be used for different applications rather than relying on a single provider. The platform is ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified and complies with GDPR.
Its technology is intended to bring together internal knowledge bases and external data sources, and to work across multiple jurisdictions within one system. The platform can be used in more than 60 jurisdictions for tasks including contract review, research and regulatory analysis.
Miessen linked the launch to broader pressure on legal departments to support faster commercial decision-making while coping with greater regulatory scrutiny.
"Innovation cycles are becoming shorter and companies have to bring new products to market more and more quickly. At the same time, regulation and compliance requirements continue to increase. Legal departments often have to review innovations, contracts or new markets under great time pressure, often across multiple jurisdictions and with limited internal resources. I founded LEGALFLY to enable in-house legal teams to use AI in a structured and comprehensible manner and thus keep up with the speed of modern companies. What is crucial, it's not about whether AI is used, but rather how it is embedded in legal work processes," said Miessen.
Regional expansion
Alongside the product launch, LEGALFLY is strengthening its presence in continental Europe. The new base in Mannheim will support a growing sales team in Germany, while the business is also adding staff in the Netherlands.
Germany appears to be a key market as legal teams there face strict compliance and data protection requirements. LEGALFLY said its German customers include SAP, Bosch, Nemetschek Group and HRS. In the Netherlands, users include Mediahuis, Destinus and Sun Pharmaceuticals.
The company was founded in Ghent in 2023 and says it now serves more than 120 clients in 23 countries. It operates hubs in Ghent and London and has raised more than EUR €17 million from investors including Notion Capital, redalpine and Fortino Capital.
Investor Sebastian Becker said the legal AI market is being judged differently, with more attention now on control and accountability than on simple time savings.
"The market for Legal AI is entering a new phase. It is no longer just about productivity gains. Structured and responsible use of AI is becoming increasingly important, especially in markets like Germany with high compliance and data protection requirements. LEGALFLY is very well positioned to meet these requirements as a platform that was developed specifically for legal in-house teams," said Becker.