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Fit and scope
Fit and scope.
Who is this for?
Solo lawyers, law firms of every size, in-house legal departments, government legal functions, and any department of any organisation with real legal work - provided you have real matters moving and someone who can decide something on a Tuesday.
Do you work with big firms?
Yes. A large or heavily regulated organisation usually cannot go fully AI-native on any honest timeline, so we run AI Adoption instead - the same primitives and sequence, installed within the structure you actually have. We say which track applies to you before any work begins.
What is the difference between AI-Native Transformation and AI Adoption?
AI-Native Transformation rebuilds pricing, intake, and delivery from zero for organisations with no legacy pyramid to protect. AI Adoption installs the same six primitives as a systematic layer inside an existing structure, for organisations that cannot honestly rebuild from scratch. Both start from the same structural audit.
Do you work with in-house teams and government legal functions?
Yes, regularly. In-house departments and government legal functions almost always run on the AI Adoption track, given procurement cycles and sign-off chains, but the underlying model - systematic first-pass AI, measured improvement, transparent process - applies equally.
Do you work outside law?
No. The primitives are specific to legal work - matter, evidence, research have precise meanings we have earned by practising. Adjacent industries have their own primitives; we are not the studio to build those.
Cost and timing
Cost and timing.
How much does a transformation cost?
Fixed fee, quoted after the intake call, scaled to the size and complexity of your organisation. The range is public on request; we don't post it here because sequence and scope vary. We hold ourselves to the pricing model we run: one number, quoted up front, no line items.
How long does it take?
Four to eight weeks on average, occasionally up to ten for a larger or more constrained organisation on the AI Adoption track. The first working artefact - usually a matter template live in the organisation - ships in the first two weeks, without exception.
How many organisations do you take on a year?
A deliberately limited number. The founder and the team behind him will not stretch thin enough to make the model dishonest. If the calendar is full when you apply, we say so and give you a date.
Can we start with a reduced-scope pilot?
No. The transformation has a fixed sequence and a minimum viable scope for a reason - a partial pass produces worse outcomes than no engagement at all. If we cannot do the full pass, we do not start.
What actually happens
What actually happens.
Who is in the room during a transformation?
The studio's team, plus one or two named people at your organisation - usually whoever runs the work and whoever owns operations. We do not accept 'observer' seats; every session has an owner on your side.
Do you need access to our systems?
Yes, read access to your case management, document store, calendar and billing, from week one. We do not migrate you to anything of our own by default. What we build runs on MatterOS, LexOS, custom-built tools, or tools you already have - whichever fits.
What if we already use an AI tool?
Great. That's part of the structural audit - we look at what you use now and how. We keep what earns its place, remove what does not, and integrate the survivors into the primitives. We are tool-agnostic; we are not tool-tolerant.
What happens after the transformation?
Either you run the operating model yourself - the success case - or we hold a light monthly retainer while the organisation extends the model into new actions and matter types. There is no lock-in, ever.
The studio itself
The studio itself.
Are you a software company?
No. We do not sell software, licences, or dashboards. What we deliver is a set of primitives your organisation owns, running on MatterOS, LexOS, custom-built tools, or market software you can swap without us.
Are you a consultancy?
No. Consultancies produce decks and leave. We produce running systems and stay only if the organisation wants a retainer. The output is a working practice, not a slide.
Where are you based?
The studio is remote-first and async-first. The founder is a practising lawyer in India, the UAE, and Singapore. Transformations happen wherever the organisation is; most sessions are video, some are on-site by request.
Do you speak or write publicly?
Rarely and reluctantly on the speaking side. Regularly and gladly in the journal. The studio's public work is written; the paid work is inside firms.
Still on the fence
The intake note is the shortest way in.