Smarter Drafter by Tensis Powers Transformational Productivity at the World’s Largest Law Firm
We’re proud to announce a major milestone for Smarter Drafter.
Following a rigorous evaluation and successful proof-of-concept program, the world’s largest law firm, Dentons, has implemented Smarter Drafter Pro to drive large-scale document automation across its business. This achievement marks a defining moment not only for our company, but for the evolution of legal technology itself.
From Incremental Tools to Strategic Transformation
Like many global firms, Dentons faced a familiar challenge: document automation existed in pockets, supported by disconnected systems and tactical solutions. While these delivered short-term gains, they also created long-term complexity, such as inconsistent processes, duplicated effort, and limited scalability.
Dentons set out to change that.
Rather than deploying yet another tool, its leadership sought a strategic, enterprise-wide approach. One capable of standardising automation across practice areas, integrating with existing infrastructure, and unlocking the full value of structured matter data.
The objective was clear: move from fragmented experimentation to a unified automation platform that could support lawyer-driven, client-driven, and data-driven workflows at scale.
Proving What’s Possible
To identify the right solution, Dentons conducted a structured evaluation involving multiple platforms and real-world testing. Two high-volume practice groups were selected to run proof-of-concept implementations involving complex, multi-layered document generation.
The requirements were demanding. Automation needed to be built in a no-code environment, handle sophisticated legal drafting logic, and support high-volume output driven by structured data, all without reliance on custom scripting or vendor intervention.
Smarter Drafter Pro was the only platform to meet these criteria across both use cases.
The results were immediate and measurable. Processes were not simply optimised, they were fundamentally redefined.
Creating a New Category: Document Automation-as-a-Service
The success of the proofs of concept revealed something more profound than efficiency gains.
By embedding automation deeply into the firm’s technology ecosystem and enabling structured data to trigger document generation automatically, Dentons effectively pioneered a new operating model: Document Automation-as-a-Service (read more about here).
In one example, a process that previously took around 30 minutes was reduced to just seconds, delivering time savings of approximately 80% and unlocking significant new capacity without increasing headcount.
Scaling the Productivity Engine
Following the success of the initial deployments, the firm began preparing for a broader rollout. This step was not just about technology adoption, it was about implementing a proven productivity model across the organisation.
Today, Smarter Drafter Pro operates as a strategic layer within the firm’s legal technology stack, quietly powering thousands of documents each month.
Strategic Value Beyond Efficiency
As adoption has grown, so too has the impact.
Dentons is seeing:
- Increased lawyer capacity without additional hiring
- Improved consistency and compliance across jurisdictions
- Faster onboarding of new lawyers and practice groups
- Greater return on investment from existing document management and precedent systems
What began as a search for efficiency has evolved into a new standard for legal document creation: data-driven, scalable, and fully integrated into the way modern firms work.
A Milestone for Smarter Drafter
For Smarter Drafter, this success story represents a defining validation of our vision.
We believe document automation should not exist as isolated tools or niche workflows. It should function as enterprise infrastructure: embedded, intelligent, and capable of transforming how legal work gets done.
Partnering with the world’s largest law firm to deliver this step-change demonstrates what is possible when the right technology meets the right strategic ambition.
Download the case study to see in detail how Dentons unlocked transformational productivity with Smarter Drafter Pro.
