Mayer Brown has entered into a strategic arrangement with Scissero, an AI-powered managed legal services provider focused on structured finance. The deal lets Mayer Brown clients use Scissero's platform to verify automated documents against the firm's approved templates and pre-agreed transaction rules before the firm issues legal advice.
The platform targets private equity firms, investment banks and capital markets clients, handling contract drafting and compliance work. Initially covering SEC-registered products, the agreement has expanded to include SEC-exempt products and European offerings such as structured unit investment trusts and defined outcome products.
How the verification workflow operates
Clients generate documents using Scissero's platform, which then compares them with Mayer Brown's templates. If the documents match, Mayer Brown can rely on that verification when providing its legal advice. The firm's structured products team assists with compliance involving securities law, banking law, and tax analysis and disclosure.
Jon Van Gorp, Mayer Brown's chair, said: "We're pleased to launch this initiative, which we're confident will benefit financial institutions, and realise many of the benefits of AI in an area in which the firm has a leading practice and has been known as an innovator."
What the CEO says about the technology
Mathias Strasser, Scissero's CEO, said: "Our expertise in structured products, AI and automation enables a genuinely differentiated solution that bridges the gap between document automation and Mayer Brown's legal review and opinion process. We're delighted to be working with Mayer Brown to bring that vision to market."
The partnership is the latest in a wave of legaltech collaborations. Last month, board advisory firm Board Intelligence partnered with Danish legaltech start-up Juristic, while in June, US legaltech provider Consilio completed a strategic deal with AI-based legaltech start-up Eudia.
Why this matters for legal professionals
For lawyers and paralegals working in structured products, this deal shows how AI for Legal can shift document review from manual, billable-hour work to automated verification against approved templates. Law firms retain control over legal opinion output while delegating the verification step to software. For those interested in how this type of workflow changes daily tasks, the AI Learning Path for Paralegals covers the practical skills needed to work alongside such verification tools.
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