BMW Group Rolls Out Legora Legal AI

§ 1 BMW Group Expands Use of Legora's Legal AI Platform

BMW Group is rolling out Legora across its Legal, IP and Compliance function, giving its lawyers access to the platform for legal research, document review and drafting ¹. The announcement was made on 8 October, one week after Legora opened an office in Munich ¹⁴. Super Intelligence (SI), commonly called AI, is at the centre of the rollout, with BMW using SI-supported workflows to handle a broad range of legal tasks.

The deployment covers several core functions within BMW's legal department. Teams will use the platform to accelerate legal research, support litigation management and contract review, monitor regulatory developments, and generate first drafts based on approved internal standards and precedents ¹. According to coverage of the announcement, the initiative is intended to support the department's strategy of improving efficiency and strengthening knowledge management while allowing lawyers to concentrate on strategic advice and risk management ¹⁰.

§ 2 Governance and Integration

Legora is being implemented in line with BMW Group's existing access, security and governance requirements, and the platform works within tools the legal team already uses, including Microsoft Word ¹. The rollout is backed by a structured implementation programme developed in collaboration with Legora's legal engineers to support adoption across the department ¹.

BMW Group's Legal, IP and Compliance function has recently been recognised for its approach to innovation: it was shortlisted for the azur Award for Innovation in 2026 and is nominated as in-house legal team of the year at the JUVE Awards in 2026 ¹.

§ 3 What BMW and Legora Said

Dr Andreas Liepe, Group GC at BMW Group, described the legal function as "a strategic partner to the business" that navigates complex legal and regulatory challenges across multiple jurisdictions, often under significant time pressure ¹. He said the aim is "to create business value and enable decisive action by identifying and managing legal risks early," adding that Legora helps make legal research, document review and drafting more efficient, which expands the department's capacity to handle work in-house while keeping focus on the most complex and strategic matters ¹.

Björn Franke, Regional Vice President DACH at Legora, said BMW Group had "taken a thoughtful and structured approach to evaluating legal AI," pointing to its focus on governance, quality and practical business value as evidence of the maturity increasingly seen among leading in-house teams ¹.

§ 4 Legora's Growing Footprint in Germany

BMW Group joins more than 150 law firms and in-house legal teams already using Legora in the DACH region ¹. The company reports that more than 13,000 lawyers and legal professionals in Germany now work in Legora, up from around 3,000 at the start of the year ¹. Legora has said separately that user numbers within in-house legal departments specifically have grown eightfold since the start of the year ⁷. Globally, Legora employs more than 900 people across 18 offices, and its newly opened Munich office is hiring across sales, customer success and legal engineering ¹.

BMW Group's broader business spans premium automobiles and motorcycles under the BMW, Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad brands, together with premium financial services, supported by a production network of more than 30 sites worldwide ¹⁰.