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CASE STUDY LEGAL / M&A / CONTRACT LAW

Meridian Legal: From document chaos to review-ready clarity

A 120-lawyer European firm specializing in cross-border M&A and contract law replaced fragmented review workflows with Kervalt. The result: due diligence moves 70% faster, every answer carries a source citation, and client data never leaves European servers.

RESULT

70%

Faster due diligence reviews

RESULT

0

Made-up citations in final memos

RESULT

100%

EU data residency guaranteed

RESULT

3x

More cross-default risks surfaced

01 / CHALLENGE

High-volume transactions, fragmented insight

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MERIDIAN LEGAL AT A GLANCE

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02 / SOLUTION

One clear view across the entire matter

Kervalt replaced point-solution AI with a single workspace where finding text, mapping relationships, and checking facts work together.

FIND

Search by meaning across the data room

Kervalt indexes every representation, warranty, and indemnity clause by meaning. Lawyers ask questions in plain language and get context-aware answers, not keyword matches.

CONNECT

Map relationships across documents

Kervalt traces corporate ownership trees, cross-default chains, and related-party obligations across thousands of documents. Hidden risks surface as interactive paths.

VERIFY

Exact precision for terms and dates

Kervalt checks structured schemas for closing dates, survival periods, monetary caps, and notice windows. No more spreadsheet errors driving wrong-way risk.

"We stopped accepting AI answers we could not verify. With Kervalt, every output links to the exact contract page and clause. Our partners now sign off on AI-assisted memos because the citations are real."

Elena Visser

Managing Partner, Corporate & M&A, Meridian Legal

KEY WINS

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03 / OUTCOME

Legal teams move faster, clients stay safer

Meridian Legal now runs AI-assisted due diligence without compromising on verifiability or sovereignty.

OPERATIONAL IMPACT

Senior associates redeploy from manual document review to client strategy. Junior lawyers ramp faster because Kervalt teaches them the matter structure as they query it. The firm bids more competitively on fixed-fee mandates.

CLIENT IMPACT

Clients receive earlier risk flags, fully cited issue lists, and transparent progress reports. Legal privilege and EU data residency are guaranteed by architecture, not contract clauses.

NEXT STEP

See what source-backed clarity looks like for your firm

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