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About us
Henchman, the fastest contract drafting experience ever made, enables a sharing mindset among hundreds of organizations across 35+ countries, turning their collective knowledge into a superpower. Henchman adds an intelligent layer on top of its clients’ existing contract database, making it ideal for their legal professionals to tap into their team’s collective expertise and to help modern-day organizations scale their legal excellence. By centralizing past clauses and definitions paired with contextual data, it eliminates time-consuming tasks and allows lawyers to focus on adding value and expertise that amazes clients. The solution has AI-powered capabilities, backed by a multi-LLM approach, that allows clients to translate clauses, automatically change verbiage (eg. single to plural, or vice versa), and instantly enrich existing clauses during the drafting process. Henchman experienced 1300% growth this past year and a half, has hundreds of customers across 5 continents, and recently won British Legal Tech Forum's ‘Legal AI Supplier of the Year’-award.
- Website
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http://henchman.io
External link for Henchman
- Industry
- Software Development
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Ghent
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2020
Products
Henchman
Document Creation Software
Legal professionals rarely start from a blank sheet of paper when drafting contracts or negotiating details with other parties. They spend at least 60 minutes sifting through old contracts or talking to colleagues to find relevant precedents. On a company level, a lot of redundant work is done as collective knowledge is not actionable. The absence of insights leaves legal professionals with lots of guesswork: are the suggested clauses and definitions according to our clients or own standards? Are the suggestions best practice, or is specific wording also used by my colleagues? Henchman solves this problem by automatically centralizing past clauses and definitions from any legal team's contract database and delivering them intelligently in lawyers’ familiar Microsoft Word, Outlook or Copilot environments. Henchman helps lawyers and legal professionals to eliminate time consuming tasks and focus on adding value and expertise.
Locations
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Primary
Ghent, BE
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New York, US
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London, GB
Employees at Henchman
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Chris Ureta Casos
Creator/Writer at Trusty Henchman | 25+ Years Of Retail Service Excellence | Connecting People To Art & Stories
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Guus De Graeve
CISO at Henchman
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Fritz Oidtmann
Managing Partner @ Acton; co-founder OnVista, formerly at Cyberport, CHIP, McKinsey
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Jorn Vanysacker
Co-CEO & Founder at Henchman
Updates
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We went to Nashville last week and found: our LexisNexis colleagues, indoor boat rides, and... line dancing. Thanks #ILTACON for a lot of enriching conversations and amazing energy! Henchman’s very excited to be part of LexisNexis, joining forces to level up our customers. LexisNexis Protégé is a great example of how a sync of both our technologies empower legal professionals, introducing the private and trusted Legal AI Assistant in Lexis+ AI. The best is yet to come. 😉 International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) #ILTACON2024 #ILTA #Legaltech
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Believe it or not, even for us it’s hard to recognize Steve Lit in holiday mode. Speaking of summertime, we hope you’ve had an as diverse break as he had. Even when Steve isn't around he can’t let go of his duties, sending you a postcard to make sure we meet at #ILTACON next week. 💌 Refreshing your mind sharing our schedule: > August 12: LexisNexis x Henchman champagne and Belgian beer night at booth #603 🍻🍾 > August 13: "Cutting-Edge Collaboration: When Generative AI Meets DMS" panel with Jorn Vanysacker and LexisNexis > August 13: "Customer showcase: How Goodwin uses Henchman" with Florence Dobbenie and Meghann Barloewen (Director, KM Technology Solutions at Goodwin) > August 14: "Real use of GenAI: Legal text analysis and summarization" panel with Julien Steel and colleagues from NetDocuments, Redgrave Data, and Filevine. See you at ILTACON, August 11-15th, Nashville! 💙 International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) #ILTA #ILTACON24 #Legaltech #bbl
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Henchman’s incredibly proud to have received the “Legal Tech Company of the Year 2024” award by FDI Insider. 🍾 It is truly wonderful to be recognized by FDI Insider, a global platform publishing news, up-to-date reviews, and in-depth analysis of the corporate investment climate across a multitude of sectors. Currently shining bright next to other award winners operating in different industries such as UBS, Delta Air Lines, Raistone, and many others. Our team’s ambition to support legal professionals in drafting and negotiating complex contracts has always been the driving force and it’s wonderful to see where this is taking us. On to the next! 💙 #legaltech #FDI
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We're as excited about Tom joining the team as Head of Quality Assurance, as he is about reaching new summits during his leisurely hikes. 🤘🏼 Tom, also known as adventurer, rockstar, and historian, clearly enjoys lots of interests. He loves hiking from time to time, has a natural interest in history and castles, will never say no to concerts, and plays bass guitar on the side. Rumor has it he will play some chords on today’s afterwork (FYI Tom - In case you didn’t know). Happy to have you lead our QA team! You’re rocking the stage already. 💙
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How do you maximize the benefits of legal technology within your organization? What's the secret sauce of securing successful implementation and adoption? Henchman gathered an international panel of legal tech experts to shine a light on these questions. 🔦 Conan Hines (Fried Frank), Aalia Manie (Webber Wentzel), and Joshua Fireman (Fireman & Company, an Epiq Company) took a deep dive into the topic, sharing their knowledge, best practices, and prime examples of how to achieve actual outcomes. 👉🏼 Dive into the topic yourself and read our brand-new article here: https://lnkd.in/dYjiHG3Z 👉🏼 Interested in rewatching the panel discussion? Discover the conversation: https://lnkd.in/dN8uWfz9
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Henchman and Halsten, two peas in a pod. 👊🏽 Halsten has an eye for legal tech, all having one objective in mind: offer the most qualitative service to their clients. Roel Hakvoort, Director Legal Operations Consultancy at Halsten, specifies how they optimized the contract drafting experience for their lawyers: “Henchman has significantly improved our contract creation and negotiation processes by analyzing our legal database. We can instantly locate relevant definitions and clauses, matched by sector and jurisdiction, among others, without manually searching documents.” The team, and Ine Herman especially as their Customer Success Manager, are happy to be by Halsten’s side in this journey. We are enjoying the smooth collaboration and very eager to continue this promising partnership. 💙
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We've blocked our calendars, #ILTACON we're ready for you! 🇺🇸 ILTACON is just around the corner and we're looking forward to spending quality time with you. The team can’t wait to welcome you at booth #735, have chats about legal tech, enjoy delicious Belgian chocolates, and share Steve Lit’s holiday plans. Also, you won’t regret marking the following sessions in your personal calendar: 1. August 12: Belgian beer night hosted by Henchman at our booth 🍻 2. August 13: "Cutting-Edge Collaboration: When Generative AI Meets DMS" panel with Jorn Vanysacker and LexisNexis 3. August 13: "Customer showcase: How Goodwin uses Henchman" with Florence Dobbenie and Meghann Barloewen (Director, KM Technology Solutions at Goodwin) 4. August 14: "Real use of GenAI: Legal text analysis and summarization" panel with Julien Steel and colleagues from NetDocuments, Redgrave Data, and Filevine. See you at ILTACON, August 11-15th, Nashville! 💙 International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) #ILTA #ILTACON24 #Legaltech
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If Cinderella secretly really exists, then it would be Cindy: named after Cinderella because of how close she's born to midnight, and the adventurous side of the character she clearly carries with her. Our new Head of Product Integration has been all over the world. She grew up in the Philippines, lived in the US, followed by Singapore, and now lives in Belgium since 2020. Cindy is obsessed with tulips and some might say this is the reason why she moved to Europe. However, we believe it’s because her favorite beer is easily (and dangerously?) within reach. #lachouffe Welcome to the Hench-gang, Cinderella! 💙 The team is excited about the next steps having your Saas passion and experience on board. PS - Please pick up your glass slipper at the reception.
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Have you ever compared data with Lego bricks? 🧱 Don't worry if you haven't, Tricia Stephens-Adams (Director of Enterprise Applications & Development at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP) does the analogy for you. “Imagine having a big bucket of Legos and throwing them on the floor. A brick on its own has no purpose. It's when you put those bricks together that you start to give them context, you start to give them meaning.” Ilona Logvinova (Director of Practice Innovation at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP), David Wang (Chief Innovation Officer at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati), and Tricia are the living examples you’re never too old to play with Legos. In our “Data strategies for legal teams” webinar, our international panel is surfacing its important role in legal organizations, sharing their personal construction kit on how to successfully map out a data-strategy. Want to start building too? 👷🏽 👉🏼 Dive into our newest blog here: https://lnkd.in/dGYtDene 👉🏼 Rewatch the webinar recording here: https://lnkd.in/dCetYsvB