LexisNexis Japan Hosts Media Roundtable on the Launch of AI Workflow for Legal Professionals, "LexisNexis Protégé™ Workflows"

LexisNexis Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; President: Pascal Rosier; hereinafter referred to as the Company), which advocates "transforming legal and compliance operations" and provides legal SaaS products such as "ASONE®" and "Lexis+® with Protégé™ (formerly Lexis+ AI)" by combining its legal information database cultivated in businesses across more than 150 countries with technology, held a media roundtable on Tuesday, May 19, for the Japan launch of "LexisNexis Protégé™ Workflows," an AI workflow for legal professionals that began offering its services on the same day. Reference release: https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000000041.000002998.html

Media Roundtable - Tuesday, May 19 - LexisNexis Japan (Chuo-ku, Tokyo)

At this roundtable, alongside introducing the Japan debut of the AI workflow for legal professionals "LexisNexis Protégé™ Workflows," a talk session was held featuring Takayuki Urushizaki, Head of Content Solutions at LexisNexis Japan; Yoshifumi Kondo, Partner Attorney at Nozomi Sogo Law Offices; and Shuichi Takano, Associate Attorney at Nozomi Sogo Law Offices. They discussed themes including "the current state, importance, and benefits of AI utilization in legal affairs," "the superiority of legal-specialized AI compared to general-purpose AI," and "AI governance in legal tasks that could arise in the future as AI usage becomes standard," debating the necessary form of "legal AI governance" moving forward.

Pascal Rosier: "An essential element for risk management, productivity improvement, and value creation"

In his opening remarks, President Pascal Rosier introduced the company and spoke about "LexisNexis Protégé™ Workflows" as follows:

LexisNexis Pascal Rosier

"While supporting customers globally in more than 150 countries, we started our business in Japan in 1990. We have provided specialized databases, intellectual property solutions, business intelligence, and consulting to law firms, universities, research institutions, and government agencies. Our mission is to 'support those involved in legal compliance so they can access, understand, and utilize reliable information in their practical work.' Currently, the business environment in Japan is becoming increasingly complex, and the role of legal and compliance departments is no longer just about responding to risks. With AI evolving rapidly, we have entered an era where lawyers and corporate legal staff demand not only 'speed' but also reliable information sources, verification of cited information, confidentiality, governance, reproducible processes, and outputs that professionals can verify and explain themselves. We believe the 'LexisNexis Protégé™ Workflows' launched today is a solution for realizing repeatable and structured legal operations and represents a very significant turning point. It is a crucial step to make legal AI more practical, highly reliable, and better suited to the actual working styles of legal professionals, and I am confident it will become an essential element for organizations to manage risks, increase productivity, and create value."

Talk Session on the Theme of "AI in Legal Affairs"

Subsequently, a talk session was held, where Head of Content Solutions Takayuki Urushizaki, Partner Attorney Yoshifumi Kondo of Nozomi Sogo Law Offices, and Associate Attorney Shuichi Takano discussed the following three themes.

LexisNexis Takayuki Urushizaki

<On the current state, importance, and benefits of AI utilization in legal affairs>

At the beginning, Urushizaki introduced research results from Grand View Research regarding the "global market size of legal affairs," noting that the market, which stood at a scale of 230 billion to 300 billion yen as of 2024, is expected to expand further. He explained, "This is backed by the simultaneous increase in the volume of information handled by law firms and legal departments, the number of contracts, and the speed required for regulatory compliance."

Furthermore, regarding the "main legal tasks where AI is utilized and the benefits of AI utilization," he presented AI usage scenarios from seven perspectives and asked Kondo and Takano about the current status and effects of its application.

In response, Kondo explained, "As more companies utilize AI, there are consultations such as 'based on the results investigated by AI, in which direction should we proceed?'" Additionally, regarding "legal and precedent research," he stated, "In practice, there is a ne