Lexroom launches Lex, an AI agent that lets lawyers run their practice from their phone
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Lexroom has opened a closed beta of Lex, an assistant for lawyers that works from WhatsApp and keeps an eye on email, calendar, case files and client contacts. Lex takes requests in writing or by voice note, yet every message, appointment or filing waits for the lawyer's permission. Italy, Spain, France, Germany and Bulgaria are the first countries, with sign-ups open on a waiting list and the official launch still undated.
Lexroom, a European artificial intelligence company working in the legal sector, has introduced Lex, a personal agent for lawyers that is operated from WhatsApp. Since Tuesday, November 10, it has been in closed beta in Spain, Italy, Germany, France and Bulgaria, and it targets lawyers who practise on their own and small or mid-sized firms.
According to the company, Lex goes through email (certified email included), the calendar, case files and messages with clients, then flags what needs attention and suggests what to do next. Lawyers hand it tasks by text or voice note, such as sorting out their calendar, researching a legal question or drafting a document. The examples Lexroom gives, reported by Confilegal and elEconomista, are everyday ones: asking what is pending and getting a summary of urgent emails, upcoming deadlines and client requests, or having the agent find a free slot when a client asks for a meeting and book it as soon as the lawyer agrees.
The company keeps repeating one rule: Lex proposes and the lawyer decides. Without the lawyer's approval, nothing is sent, scheduled or filed. "AI is finally becoming proactive," says Paolo Fois, Lexroom's co-founder and chief executive.
Lex runs on the Lexroom platform, which the company says brings together more than 16 million verified legal sources; its templates and workflows were designed by the company's own lawyers. Lexroom, founded in 2023, says it passed 30 million euros in annual recurring revenue last summer, has more than 20,000 customers and employs over 300 people.
Anyone who wants to try it can join a waiting list, and no date has been given for the official launch. Lexroom says Lex will come to other messaging apps, without saying which ones or when. As Confilegal points out, the announcement also does not explain how the confidentiality of client data passing through the platform is protected.
Why it matters · analysis and opinion
The change lies in the channel more than in the technology. Instead of asking lawyers to open yet another tool, Lexroom moves into the app they already check all day and tells them what is pending without them having to ask. For a practice of one or two people, with nobody to sort emails or arrange appointments, that support may count for more than any new feature. The big question is confidentiality: an assistant that reads certified email and case files sends information covered by professional secrecy through third-party services, and the announcement does not say how it is protected. Before joining the waiting list, it is worth asking where the data is stored, who can see it and what data processing agreement the company offers.
Source: Confilegal · Written with the help of AI: how we make the news
