European Report: AI Experimentation Is Over — Gleiss Lutz, Loyens & Loeff, Hengeler Mueller on Structured Deployment
Global Legal Post's special report on European law firm GenAI adoption, published July 1, surveyed leading firms and produced five findings that define the current frontier for structured deployment. The headline: AI experimentation is over — Pérez-Llorca's legaltech partner Sara Molina summarised it as "AI is no longer a side project driven by a few enthusiastic partners, it's a strategic part of
BY FRONTIER DESK · JULY 7, 2026 · 1 MIN READ
Global Legal Post's special report on European law firm GenAI adoption, published July 1, surveyed leading firms and produced five findings that define the current frontier for structured deployment. The headline: AI experimentation is over — Pérez-Llorca's legaltech partner Sara Molina summarised it as "AI is no longer a side project driven by a few enthusiastic partners, it's a strategic part of the firm," while Gleiss Lutz partner Eric Wagner reported AI "embedded in our daily workflows." The governance finding is the most operationally specific: Loyens & Loeff's Lieselot Oosterkamp reported setting up a governance model ensuring data is handled securely and shadow storage avoided — and said firms "often underestimate" how important this backend organisation is. Hengeler Mueller has built an AI-powered due diligence tool, and its legal technology manager Pierre Zickert described the firm converting its best prompts into AI agents stored in an agent library — accessible to anyone, with explanations, so someone with no AI experience can browse and get inspired. For mid-sized firm IT directors, the agent library model is the most immediately replicable structural move: it converts individual experimentation into institutional capability without requiring every lawyer to be an AI power user.