Function cockpit
Legal
Agents draft, extract and verify. Lawyers hold judgment and privilege.
Phase: Phase 2 — Bounded execution
Industrialize intake, drafting, obligation monitoring and regulatory sensing so legal attention concentrates on judgment, privilege, negotiation and representation.
Trust score
0
Touchless
0%
Human review
0%
Override rate
0%
Capacity released
30-50% released legal-operating capacity (not autonomous legal judgment)
Accountable human
General Counsel
CoS agent: Legal Chief of Staff
Cost to serve per unit including inference, and where the capacity went
Unit economics
What a unit of Legal work costs to serve
Cost per unit is stated after inference, not before it. more
Units per week
108,092
Cost to serve / wk
$967K
was $2.7M
Run-rate saving
$88.3M
annualized at current volume
Inference spend / wk
$226K
23% of cost to serve
Capacity released
185.2 FTE
601 → 416 on the work
Cost to serve by sub-function
Before and after, per unit, with the inference component shown separately.
| Sub-function | Units / wk | Cost / unit before | Cost / unit now | Of which inference | Change | Weekly delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contract Lifecycle | 11,220 | $43 | $11 | $3.18 | -75% | $359K |
| Commercial Advisory | 14,214 | $19 | $7.32 | $1.90 | -62% | $167K |
| Corporate & Governance | 7,927 | $15 | $6.03 | $1.62 | -59% | $69K |
| Compliance & Ethics | 16,344 | $17 | $5.37 | $0.60 | -68% | $188K |
| Regulatory Affairs | 12,245 | $8.08 | $2.76 | $0.41 | -66% | $65K |
| IP Portfolio | 10,374 | $8.10 | $2.30 | $0.52 | -72% | $60K |
| Litigation & Disputes | 10,475 | $43 | $16 | $2.98 | -62% | $278K |
| Employment Legal | 10,567 | $43 | $22 | $6.36 | -49% | $225K |
| Privacy & Data Protection | 5,925 | $33 | $14 | $3.38 | -59% | $113K |
| Outside Counsel Management | 8,028 | $29 | $8.34 | $1.37 | -71% | $165K |
| Legal Ops & Spend | 773 | $17 | $4.37 | $1.27 | -74% | $10K |
| Total | 108,092 | $2.7M | $967K | $226K | -64% | $1.7M |
Inference is a variable cost that scales with volume, unlike the headcount it replaced. more
Where the released capacity went
Capacity that is not redeployed is not a saving, it is a rounding error waiting to be re-hired.
Contract Lifecycle
69.6 → 35.3 FTE
Roles held flat; released hours absorbed volume growth rather than headcount reduction.
Commercial Advisory
87.2 → 61.8 FTE
Redeployed into cross-function process redesign.
Corporate & Governance
24.5 → 14.1 FTE
Redeployed into scenario work and strategy authoring review.
Compliance & Ethics
83.8 → 62.8 FTE
Redeployed into control design and independent testing.
Regulatory Affairs
82.6 → 62.0 FTE
Redeployed into agent supervision, calibration and coaching.
IP Portfolio
47.1 → 33.7 FTE
Roles held flat; released hours absorbed volume growth rather than headcount reduction.
Litigation & Disputes
49.3 → 34.4 FTE
Redeployed into exception judgment and supplier relationship work.
Employment Legal
51.9 → 36.5 FTE
Redeployed into control design and independent testing.
Privacy & Data Protection
43.1 → 33.3 FTE
Redeployed into data stewardship and evidence quality.
Outside Counsel Management
52.0 → 34.8 FTE
Redeployed into cross-function process redesign.
Legal Ops & Spend
9.8 → 7.0 FTE
Redeployed into exception judgment and supplier relationship work.