Supporting a high volume of contract reviews with a lean legal team

When Janet Weil joined Sunrider as General Counsel over three years ago, she inherited a lean legal team consisting of a handful of lawyers and paralegals tasked with supporting 129 entities and reviewing over 700+ contracts annually. Nearly 80% of these contracts were processed in-house and spanned multiple languages. 

Without the usage of any legal automation tools, the team was buried in cumbersome manual contract reviews. 

"We run very lean — everything was manual. Supporting 129 entities in multiple languages with such a small team meant we had to find a way to work faster and smarter."
Janet Weil
General Counsel, Sunrider

The search begins for an AI-powered contract solution 

While attending the Consero Legal Conference in Dallas, Texas (an event focused on bringing together General Counsels and Legal Operators), Janet noticed AI dominating the conversation. 

She went into the process of adopting AI feeling intimidated and unsure where to start, especially with vendors reaching out daily and making it hard to know what she truly needed. But in the trusted environment of Consero, she was able to see what her peers were exploring, gain clarity on AI solutions, and quickly recognize the potential of AI-powered tools to transform her legal operations.

After evaluating several vendors, Sunrider selected Ivo for its:

  • Immediate usability: Intuitive, out-of-the-box functionality - no steep learning curve or endless demos, and unlike competitors, Ivo delivered fully available features rather than future promises.
  • Contract QA & summarization: Automated error checks, consistency reviews, and executive-friendly summaries that saves time and improves accuracy.
  • Expanded use cases: Beyond legal contracts, Sunrider also quickly adopted Ivo for marketing collateral review and multilingual contract support (Chinese and Hebrew). 
"Ivo doesn't just review contracts; it ensures compliance in marketing collateral, creates executive-ready summaries, and even handles multi-national documents. It's integral to how we operate."
Kevin Chang
Associate Corporate Counsel, Sunrider

Scaling legal support with Ivo 

Sunrider’s legal team turned to Ivo to streamline workflows and support a major business model overhaul in the Philippines, where speed and accuracy were critical. 

With Ivo, they were able to:

  • Cut review time from weeks to hours by automating first-pass contract analysis and accelerating turnaround on high-volume agreements.
  • Free lawyers from repetitive QA tasks through automated checks that flagged unused definitions, inconsistent clauses, and missing disclaimers before manual review.
  • Ensure global consistency by applying the same standards across contracts prepared by global affiliates, reducing errors and rework.
  • Deliver executive-ready summaries that translate complex legal terms into clear overviews for business leaders, improving decision-making speed.
"There's no way I could have supported the Philippines' turnaround time without Ivo. It would have taken weeks with external lawyers, Ivo made it possible in days."
Janet Weil
General Counsel, Sunrider

Looking Ahead

While human oversight remains essential, Sunrider views Ivo as a long-term partner in scaling legal operations. The team is expanding use cases beyond contracts, confident that Ivo’s intuitive design, multilingual capability, and cost-effectiveness will grow alongside Sunrider’s global business.