Syed Musa Askari is a legally-trained professional at the intersection of law and AI, with early experience at Freshfields and Clifford Chance. Syed Musa studied Law at King's College London. He joined Safe Sign Technologies, a Cambridge-led legal AI venture acquired by Thomson Reuters, before becoming lead Account Executive at Serac Group.
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The Shift Has Already Happened: How Legal's Relationship with AI Changed
Two years ago, the dominant argument in the legal industry was whether AI had any place in the profession at all. That debate is over.
Analysts are now calling 2026 the year AI moves from an “interesting tool” to “operational infrastructure”. The speed at which that narrative has changed tells you everything about where the industry is heading.
Key takeaways
- The legal profession's central question has moved from "can we trust this?" to "how do we integrate this properly?"
- AI adoption across IP practice has risen from 57% in 2023 to 85% in 2025.
- Firms are not just trialling AI tools, they are expanding its use across full workflows. Practitioners using Solve Intelligence grew ~560% in 2025 alone.
- Clearer regulatory guidance has removed one of the most significant psychological barriers to adoption.
- The profile of firms now adopting AI has changed: these are not early experimenters, but some of the most demanding legal professionals in the world.
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