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P E E R T O P E E R M A G A Z I N E · S P R I N G 2 0 2 6 79 strategy. Teams can use AI workflows to draft a motion to dismiss, draft full discovery and deposition documents, identify top cases by fact pattern or legal concept, extract key facts, or compare similar arguments or laws across jurisdictions. • Transactional workflows are focused on contracts, deal execution, and risk assessments. Common examples include drafting a transactional document or clause, generating a first-pass agreement from term sheets or templates, redlining agreements against internal standards, analyzing key provisions and identifying high-risk clauses, and reviewing contracts for diligence risks. • Broader legal workflows are ideal for drafting a client alert, extracting a timeline of key events, summarizing an interview, or transcribing audio to text. AI MATURITY BEYOND LEGAL: UNPACKING ENTERPRISE-WIDE WORKFLOWS Beyond legal, we are seeing enterprise-wide workflows take root across industries. What unites all these exam- ples is that AI maturity only emerges when workflows standardize decision making and outputs across teams, not when individuals experiment independently. Consider these AI-driven workflow examples: • In marketing, a team member could use AI to take a campaign from brief to distribution plan before their coffee gets cold. • In finance, it is intake through final reporting without the usual back-and-forth to validate and ensure consistency. • In manufacturing, it could streamline incident reporting, root cause analysis, and regulatory compliance documentation into a single seamless process. WHEN AI BECOMES INDISPENSABLE Achieving AI maturity is not just about access to best- in-class tools, prompt sophistication, or even exper- imentation. Organizations see real returns when AI becomes embedded into how work happens every day. Of course, experimentation has guided this important first chapter. But leaders can now move beyond broad experimentation and towards creating a strategic blue- print. Define the workflows that matter most, clarify the underlying logic, and build governance into the process from the very start. The organizations that succeed in this next phase of AI will not be those with the largest arsenal of tools, the ones that have tested the most pilots, or the ones with the highest usage numbers. They will be the ones who design intentional, repeatable workflows that integrate AI into the core of daily operations. This will mark the shift from experimentation to true ROI, and the point where AI stops being the tool you talk about in meet- ings and becomes the tool that makes meetings shorter or eliminates them entirely. ALEXANDRA SMYTH Alexandra Smyth is the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for the LexisNexis Legal & Professional division of RELX, as well as for the Exhibitions division of RELX. With a career spanning multiple jurisdictions, Alex brings a global perspective, having lived and worked in Greece, Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Her expertise spans corporate law, M&A, and finance, making her a strategic leader in complex legal and business matters. Since joining RELX in 2012, Alex has played a pivotal role in shaping the company's legal framework. Initially appointed as General Counsel, Corporate and M&A, she led the legal aspects of RELX's global acquisitions and divestitures. Her role later expanded to include corporate structure transactions and supporting the RELX treasury function, focusing on European and U.S. debt issuances. In 2020, Alex became General Counsel for RX, and in 2021, she took on the additional role of EVP, Human Resources for the Exhibitions business. In June 2024, she was appointed to her current position as EVP and General Counsel for LexisNexis Legal & Professional and Exhibitions. She also continues to support the RELX treasury function. Before joining RELX, Alex was a Senior Associate at the global law firm Freshfields and an Associate at Allens in Australia. She holds a Bachelor of Finance and an LLB (Hons) from the University of Melbourne, as well as a Master's in Banking & Finance (with Distinction) from King's College London. She is admitted to practice law in Australia, England & Wales, and New York. Recognized for her leadership and contributions, Alex was named one of Management Today's "35 Women Under 35" in 2015. She lives in London where she enjoys spending time with her son and two very large goldendoodles!

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