Legal Innovation Spotlight How GenAI Is Increasing Legal Work, Not Reducing It
Dec 10, 2025
Ned Gannon, Co-founder and CEO of Coheso, previously founded eBrevia and has significant experience as a corporate attorney. He discusses how in-house legal teams are embracing AI-native workflows to enhance efficiency and tackle repetitive tasks. Ned shares insights on the shift in corporate legal spending, challenges of change management, and the importance of measuring ROI with AI tools. He also explores practical applications and strategies for integrating AI in legal operations, emphasizing the need for seamless workflows and quick wins in adoption.
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From Data-Room Nights To AI Startup
- Ned Gannon described starting Ebrevia after late-night M&A due diligence convinced him contracts could be summarized by NLP.
- He spun tech out of Columbia and later ran the business through an acquisition before founding Coheso in 2023.
AI-Native Legal Front Door
- Coheso is an AI-native legal front door that routes business requests via Outlook, Slack, Teams or a homepage.
- The platform auto-responds when answers exist in company docs and funnels complex items to legal with auditability.
More Work Moves In-House
- In-house legal now handles a larger share of corporate legal spend (around 54% vs 40% a decade ago).
- GenAI may further increase request volume as other departments accelerate output needing legal sign-off.