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The whole firm, on one platform

Research, drafting, review, and every matter on one platform, so the whole firm delivers to a single standard with the source behind every answer. Playbooks and precedent stay in one place, and the firm’s knowledge stops leaving with the people who built it. Boutique to multi-office.

§ 01 - One platformLaw firms

The whole firm works from one system

Research, drafting, review, and matter management sit in one place, so a first-year and a partner work to the same standard and see the same current state. Every result carries the source it came from, and the firm runs on one record instead of a dozen tools that never talk to each other.

  • Research, drafting, review, and matters in one place
  • One standard, from first-year to partner
  • The source behind every answer
PONS · WorkspaceLive
Matters
24Active matters
6Due this week
3Awaiting you
SMAcme acquisitionDue diligenceSigning Tue
JRBravo repaper42 contractsDrafting
ALCharlie lease renewal3 open issuesReview
SMDelta dispute 114Hearing MonFiling
§ 02 - A new instructionLaw firms

Open the matter and the groundwork is already done

Create a matter, drop in what the client sent, and PONS reads out the parties, dates, and jurisdiction, surfaces the law that applies, and proposes the first set of tasks. The work starts with the groundwork finished.

  • Parties, dates, and jurisdiction, read from the file
  • The governing law in front of you, not a research task
  • A first task list you can accept or adjust
PONS · WorkspaceLive
New matter
Reading Acme_SPA.pdf
PartiesAcme · Bravo
JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Governing lawEnglish law
Key dates3 found
Suggested first tasks
Review the share purchase agreement
Check the disclosure schedule
Draft the board minutes
§ 03 - The firm’s knowledgeLaw firms

Your best work is there for everyone

Playbooks, templates, and precedent live in the platform, so a first-year drafts from the same approved wording as the partner who wrote it, and every answer cites the firm’s own material. When someone moves on, the way your firm works stays.

  • One approved version, firm-wide
  • Juniors draft from the partner’s precedent
  • Every answer cites the firm’s own material
PONS · WorkspaceLive
Firm knowledge
Limitation of liabilityApproved

Liability is capped at 12 months’ fees, save for fraud or wilful default.

Authored by SM · v4Live in 34 matters
Mutual NDA51 matters
Share purchase12 matters
Indemnity27 matters
SMJRALTZEvery lawyer drafts from the approved version
§ 04 - The billable hourLaw firms

Bill for the judgement, not the reading

Clearing the volume work faster is what lets you take the matter you would have turned down, answer the client the same day, and hold realisation on the fixed-fee work you are already writing down. The reading gets quicker. The judgement, which is what the client retained you for, is where the hours go.

  • Take on the matter you would have declined
  • Answer the client the same day
  • Hold realisation on fixed-fee work
A day on the matters
Today1 matterReadingJudgement
With PONS3 mattersJudgementJudgementJudgement
ReadingBillable judgement

The same hours in the day. The reading shrinks, so more of it is the judgement you bill for.

§ 05 - Where to startLaw firms

One practice area, one playbook

Pick the team with the most repetitive reading, load the playbook they already work to, and run a fortnight of real matters through it. Two weeks is enough to know it holds, and the rest of the firm follows the path you just proved.

  • One team, one playbook, real matters
  • Two weeks is enough to know
  • Roll out on evidence, not a pilot deck
PONS · WorkspaceLive
Rollout
One practice area first, then the firm
CorporatePlaybook proven · 2 weeksPilot
Real estateQueuedQueued
DisputesQueuedQueued
EmploymentQueuedQueued
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The whole firm,on one platform