May 20, 2026
There is an emerging trend whereby clients are increasingly
using AI tools to prepare and negotiate a broader range of
documents internally, from term sheets and employment agreements
through to commercial contracts and internal governance materials,
often without legal review at the earlier stages (or at all). Such
a trend creates serious downstream risk, one partner argues.
In this episode of The Lawyers Weekly Show, host Jerome Doraisamy
welcomes back Hazelbrook Legal partner Aabid Farouk to discuss the
downstream disputes risk where documents are incomplete,
inconsistent, poorly negotiated or not properly tested against
regulatory and enforcement realities, and how the rise of
AI-enabled legal and commercial workflows is likely to drive
further growth in disputes, investigations and enforcement work
over time.
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