Cross-Border M&A Shows AI Compresses Diligence but Raises Judgment Value

Foley's Legaltech News reprint argues that legal AI can make the middle of diligence nearly free by reading large data rooms quickly, but it does not remove the scoping and remediation work at the beginning and end of the process. Cross-border deals still require lawyers to decide what to examine, which jurisdictions matter, which findings threaten the deal, and what insurers, lenders or regulators will require. The piece is a useful antidote to automation-only ROI claims. AI changes matter economics by compressing review time, but it also increases the premium on front-end architecture, risk triage, remediation strategy and cross-border legal judgment.

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