Using Alf

What happens after people start using Alf?

When we talk to legal professionals about their daily routines while showing them a demo of Alf’s legal automation platform, they report having between 50-70 documents to create, verify, and correct each week. So if your business is anything like those of our clients and leads, highly competent individuals might be spending over half of their day on recurring administrative tasks to generate the proper legal documentation.

That isn’t just a formula for boredom and mistakes: it’s a guarantee that too much time at your company is being taken up on repetitive paperwork instead of spending value-added (and billable!) hours on improving your clients’ legal outcomes.

That’s why we keep refining Alf’s platform to ensure that it can help you claw that time back, saving money and effort by automating tedious legal tasks. 

What happens when people love our demo and start using Alf? Here are the top pieces of feedback we’ve heard lately:

Improved profitability

Cost savings come in various ways. Our customers tend to note that Alf’s automations help them reduce costs previously found in:

  • Paperwork being generated by hand (or, more accurately, by keyboard 😉
  • IT costs; one legal department recently told us they’re estimating their 2024 IT budget to have been reduced by roughly €30K after starting to use Alf
  • Reduced productivity

It’s all about eliminating “work about work”. Whether you’re most concerned with time or money slipping through your team’s fingers, Alf has a range of features that help you win back resources.

Increased client satisfaction

A happy client is a client that will stick with you. That’s why Alf makes sure that it’s not only legal professionals who are happy to be using the platform; our customers’ clients are also always kept in mind.

It’s visible from the moment you invite a client to collaborate on their file with you in Alf:

  • A simple sign-up process that gives them secure access to their file (and only their file), letting them see where things stand in real-time.
  • Automated questionnaires that get the information needed the first time, without needing to constantly fill in the same answers over and over.
  • A centralized calendar and messaging system to make sure everyone stays up to date as the file progresses.

The result? A modern client experience that matches people’s 21st century expectations. And that’s without even circling back to the big benefit mentioned earlier, of having more time for valuable exchanges with the client, rather than having most communications centered on generating the required paperwork.

Better risk management

Legal automation can help you reduce the risks of mistakes, guaranteeing that your documents conform to all legal and/or internal requirements. To err is indeed human, which is why having a machine carrying out your orders and acting as a guardian for the proper procedures can be such a relief.

Alf’s platform tries to foresee the areas where mistakes can creep in, automating tasks when possible and checking to ensure that the procedures you’ve defined are being followed:

  • Building file workflows and smart questionnaires
  • Communicating with clients thanks to automated messaging
  • Real-time progress updates
  • Clear, automatic document classification
  • Centralized and verified document approvals and filing
  • All the third-party tools that make your life easier: electronic signatures, online payments, cloud document organization, storage and authentication, and more.

With all that said, let’s come back to how things work at your company. If you’re like our current customers, and you’re thinking about the dozens and dozens of documents that you have to generate, verify and manage every week, you might be thinking it’s time to give technology a chance.

And we’ll obviously confirm: it is the right time. In terms of both the global economy and the legal sector, we’re leaving the hype of automation and AI behind. It’s now possible to point to very concrete ways that these technologies can improve your day-to-day legal work.


Recap

With their new legal automations up and running, Alf’s users enjoy:

Increased Efficiency and Profitability: Alf automates tedious legal tasks, significantly reducing time spent on administrative work and IT costs, thus enhancing overall profitability and resource allocation.

Enhanced Client Satisfaction: By offering a seamless client experience through secure access, automated questionnaires, and centralized communication tools, Alf ensures higher client satisfaction and better client retention.

Improved Risk Management: Alf minimizes the risk of errors by automating and verifying legal procedures, ensuring compliance with legal and internal requirements through smart workflows, real-time updates, and integrated third-party tools.

Want to see Alf in action? Book a demo today.

A lawyer for 20 years with international law firms and worldwide companies (Canal+, PwC Legal, Nomos, Amazon), I’ve had the experience on the inside: too much time wasted on regularly monitoring recurring tasks linked to files, with low added value. Alf, the first workflow automation platform for the legal files, was designed and developed to respond to this critical problem. Customizable, collaborative and accessible in all languages, Alf is also part of a GreenTech approach that encourages responsible innovation by reducing your carbon emissions. — Sabine Zylberbogen, Registered lawyer and Founder