// AI-native law firm

Lawyers who see the difference.

Transactions, technology, property and disputes.
We assess risks, prepare documents and support business decisions. We agree the outcome, scope, fees and timing before work begins.

To make an enquiry, a contact is enough. Documents and confidential information — after an NDA.

@@ what makes us different @@

a template from a database, hours of lawyer time
an edit that changes the deal

@@ rights to the product @@

“development was paid for” — the chain of rights is unchecked
a map of rights: from the contractor and the dataset to the contract

@@ review before the deal @@

a stack of reviewed documents with no conclusions
a risk map and questions for the negotiations

@@ property and construction @@

the property is bought and built “as is”
the chain of rights, encumbrances and contractor agreements are checked before signing

@@ a court dispute @@

a conflict without a plan: reacting to events
a position, evidence and an action plan

@@ getting started @@

a long brief and a document pack just to start
a contact is enough — we agree the scope and timeline before the start

Deals and investments, technology rights,
real estate and construction, court disputes,
external legal support.

AI is part of the lawyers' daily work: drafts, proofreading and case-law research.
We develop our own tools around the needs of projects and share our approaches in the knowledge base and our AI academy — diff.academy.

01 / practices

What we help with

Deals and investments, technology rights, real estate and construction, court disputes, and external legal support. Below are the scope of work and the result for each practice. Separately — an initial AI transformation readiness assessment for lawyers, law firms and legal departments.

[01]M&A / PE / VENTURE
Illustration: a deal, a funding round, a joint venture

Preparing a deal
or a round

Investing in, buying or selling a business or an asset, forming a joint venture. You need to see the risks and agree the terms.

A map of legal risks, a transaction structure and an agreed set of documents.

Scope of the deal support Discuss the deal
[04]COURT / CONTRACT DISPUTES
Illustration: a court dispute and negotiations

Need to defend
your position

We prepare the evidence, represent you in court, and offer pretrial settlement options.

A legal position, an evidence map and an action plan for the agreed stage of the dispute.

See the scope of court work Discuss a court dispute
[05]IN-HOUSE / SUPPORT
Illustration: a lawyer alongside a business team

Need a lawyer
inside the team

We help with contracts and corporate matters, or take on the role of your external legal department. We agree priorities and ways of working.

Completed day-to-day tasks and prepared documents within the agreed scope of support.

Terms of support Discuss support
[06]AI FOR LEGAL TEAMS
DIFF / AI READINESSLEGAL TEAMS

tools picked at random

data boundaries undefined

team readiness map

adoption roadmap

Bringing AI
into legal work

For lawyers and legal teams: we review tasks, processes and documents, and draft an AI adoption roadmap.

A team readiness assessment and an AI implementation roadmap: priorities, stages and limits of use.

What the assessment covers Discuss the assessment

// an example of a result

Risk map
and action plan

Depending on the task, the result includes a risk map, amendments to the terms, a check of the chain of title and a list of questions for the negotiations.

DIFF / APPROACH FRAGMENT01 — IP

Who owns the rights?

“Development has been paid for”
The chain of transfer of rights has not been checked.
Check the agreements and acceptance acts.
Identify the gaps. Formalise the transfer of rights.

The result of the work: a risk map, action priorities and the necessary documents.

AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE APPROACH, NOT A CLIENT CASE

Team qualifications
and rankings

diff.legal was founded by graduates of the Faculty of Law of Lomonosov Moscow State University and the Russian School of Private Law. The firm's lawyers are recognised by leading Russian and international rankings. The decision and the responsibility remain with the practising lawyer.

Pravo-300Best LawyersLeaders of the Legal Marketthe Rossiyskaya Gazeta lawyers' ranking

03 / starting work

No lengthy brief
at the start.

01 / ENQUIRY

Leave a contact

A general description is enough. Documents and details of the deal are not needed yet.

02 / CHECK

We will check whether we can take it on

We will clarify whether we can take it on and check for conflicts of interest. Before a confidential discussion — an NDA.

03 / TERMS

We will agree the work

Before work begins, we agree the task, scope, expected outcome, constraints, cost and timing.

04 / START

We will start the work

We will determine who is responsible and how documents are exchanged. We will keep the history of amendments and arrangements in the project.

// diff.legal / for people and their agents

Connect your
AI assistant

The assistant can find out what services we offer and what the work includes, then prepare a description of your task. You review the draft and consent text; once you confirm, the assistant can submit the enquiry through submit_enquiry.

For AI agents

The open reference service returns information about the services and the enquiry procedure.
No client documents or legal opinions; submission is possible only after the user's explicit confirmation.

Example exchange / open catalogue
Your agent asks

What does deal support include?

The diff.legal catalogue replies

Deals and investments

  • Defining the structure and scope of the support
  • Due diligence, documents and negotiations — as agreed in the scope of work

Scope, cost and timing are agreed before the work begins.

You review the description.
After you confirm, the assistant submits the enquiry.

01 / PROJECT MEMORY

We do not forget versions, amendments and arrangements. The context is stored inside the client's project.

02 / OUR OWN AI ENGINE

It detects discrepancies and helps to check documents. The result is assessed by a lawyer.

03 / CLOSED LOOP

Sensitive documents stay in a closed environment, with no public AI services and no training on your data. External models are used only for open legislation and case law.

diff.academy
AI in a lawyer's work

An educational project by diff.legal: practical programmes on working with documents, checking AI answers and building legal assistants. For individual specialists and teams. Enrolment is not open yet — leave a request on the academy's site.

04 / questions

Before the first
conversation.

Can I get in touch if I do not know which service I need?

Yes. Choose “Not decided yet” and leave a contact. You can briefly describe what is happening in your business and the result you want to reach. A legal qualification of the task is not needed at this step.

How do I find out the cost?

First we define the task, the scope of the review and the result you need. Then we agree the cost, the stages and the timing. If additional work is needed, we discuss it before the new stage begins.

Do I need to send documents straight away?

No. A general description is enough in the open form. Share confidential information and documents after the check that we can take on the project and an NDA, via the agreed secure channel.

Do you work only with technology companies?

Technology is one of our practices, not a limitation. We work with business assets as a whole: from an AI product and a funding round to a building, a construction project and a dispute with a contractor.

We are a buyer or an investor. Will you work on our side?

Yes. We support startups, funds and ecosystem businesses, buyers and sellers of technology, developers, contractors and real estate owners. In each project we first check conflicts of interest and agree the team's role.

Will AI make legal decisions?

No. Our own AI engine helps to proofread and compare documents. The legal position and the final result are checked by a lawyer. The open service for external AI agents answers only questions about the services and the enquiry procedure.

Can we work remotely?

We work across Russia and with international counterparties. The format of communication, electronic document interchange and secure document exchange are agreed before the start. Foreign-law matters are included in the scope of the work separately.

05 / next step

Let's discuss
your task

Leave a contact. If you wish, add a few words about the project. You can share the details after you submit the form.

→

No registration is needed.
The mailing — only with a separate opt-in.
Documents — after an NDA.

DIFF.LEGAL / NEW TASK01 → CONTACT

Go to the secure enquiry form. One contact is enough; no registration is needed.

A general description, up to 2000 characters. No confidential information.

By sending an enquiry, you ask diff.legal to contact you about this task. How we use the contact is set out in Personal-data processing policy. The mailing — only with a separate opt-in.