AI contract review at commercially realistic rates
360 Business Law has launched AiLa, an AI-driven contract review service priced for SMEs. A simple agreement costs £17.50 plus VAT, with a RAG (red/amber/green) analysis flagging risk, deviations, and clauses that need scrutiny against a lawyer-built playbook. A more detailed review is available through a Word plugin that suggests alternative clauses and deeper commentary. If needed, clients can request a fixed-fee quote for human legal advice.
The move extends the group's enterprise-grade setup to smaller businesses without the overhead of traditional review cycles. As the founder put it, the goal is to make first-class legal services accessible at commercially realistic rates by removing unnecessary overheads. That's the benchmark here.
What AiLa covers right now
- Sales or purchase agreements
- Supplier contracts
- Non-disclosure agreements
Employment contracts are next, with the longer-term plan to generate contracts from scratch. AiLa is currently available through 360 Business Law, with plans to make it available via 360 Law Services for documents such as wills and leases.
How it works in practice
AiLa checks contracts against a best-practice playbook authored by the firm's lawyers. For enterprise clients, the team has already built bespoke playbooks that reflect each client's risk appetite. The Word plugin is where most clients end up-because it can propose alternative clauses and tighter edits, not just flags.
In larger companies, lawyer review is typically added only where there's no in-house coverage in a given jurisdiction. Confidence has grown as the system has been used on real matters-even the founder's own office lease went through it. For SMEs tempted to paste contracts into general-purpose AI tools, the message is straightforward: you'll get something "obvious," but not the kind of analysis a lawyer would give-unless the AI is guided by a legal playbook.
Pricing at a glance
- Simple agreement review: £17.50 + VAT
- Complex agreement review: £87.50 + VAT
- Credit bundles: from £165 for 10 credits
- Word plugin: £15/month or £150/year
The group says it prices AI work with only a small mark-up to keep it competitive with other firms.
Structure and scale
360 Law Group operates a two-entity model: a regulated law firm (an ABS) for reserved legal work under 360 Law Services, and an unregulated business, 360 Business Law, for everything else. Professional indemnity insurance costs are part of why this split exists.
The group reports more than 700 lawyers across 100+ jurisdictions. AiLa for SMEs builds on its enterprise deployment after integrating Lexical Labs' Tiro AI into its proprietary LawLink system.
Why this matters for legal teams
- Faster triage: push routine reviews through AiLa, escalate edge cases for fixed-fee human input.
- Consistency: enforce risk positions through playbooks rather than ad hoc reviewer judgment.
- Cost visibility: per-document pricing and a low-cost plugin reduce approval barriers.
- Quality control: the Word plugin's clause alternatives help move from "flagging" to "fixing."
Practical next steps
- Pilot 10 credits on your most common contracts. Track turnaround time, risk flags, and negotiation outcomes.
- Adopt the Word plugin if you want suggested language, not just a RAG report.
- Define thresholds: what triggers escalation to a lawyer vs. sign-off by legal ops or the business?
- Align the playbook with your risk posture. Start with standard positions, then refine based on disputes and escalations.
- Log outcomes so your clause library evolves. Close the loop between AI suggestions and executed positions.
What to watch next
Employment contracts and contract generation are on the roadmap. AiLa is planned to extend into wills and leases via the regulated firm. If you're standardizing your intake and review process this year, this is a practical way to take load off the team without losing guardrails.
If you're building AI capability across your legal function, you may find value in role-specific training resources: AI courses by job.
Your membership also unlocks:
