Case Study: Erste Group transforms legal work across 7 jurisdictions with Legora

Setting the new standard for AI in banking inside Erste Group’s landmark collaboration with Legora

Erste Group, one of the largest banks in Central and Eastern Europe, faced the challenge of transforming its legal operations to work faster and with higher quality across its complex, multi-jurisdictional environment. The highly regulated banking institution needed a solution that could meet its uncompromising standards for security and accuracy while handling the real-world complexity of its 30+ legal departments. To address this, Erste Group partnered with Legora to implement its AI platform.

Legora worked with Erste Group to implement its platform across the entire legal organization following a stringent evaluation. The solution included the development of banking-specific workflows and playbooks, which codified institutional knowledge to accelerate contract review and ensure consistency. The result was a transformative combination of speed and quality for the legal teams, enabling them to work smarter and faster while upholding the strict regulatory standards required in banking. A sophisticated, integrated rollout plan ensured traction and long-term value across the organization.

Erste Group

Robert Schmidbauer

Head of Group Secretariat and Legal