Buy, Build, or Partner: Four BigLaw Bets on AI
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Cleary Gottlieb acquired an AI company. A&O Shearman co-develops with Harvey and shares the revenue. Sullivan & Cromwell invested in a startup and lost it to an acquirer. Freshfields partnered with both Google and Anthropic while building its own tools. Four elite firms, four AI strategies, four very different results.