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    AI in Due Diligence: How to Review 500 Contracts in Hours, Not Weeks

    Posted on March 5, 2026

    José María Lozano
    José María LozanoCEO and co-founder of IACall

    AI Due Diligence

    Executive summary

    AI-powered document review reduces due diligence time by 85%. Firms that adopt it close deals faster with fewer human errors.

    AI-powered document review reduces due diligence time by 85%. Where a team of 5 lawyers took 3 weeks to review 500 contracts, AI does it in hours, extracting risk clauses, inconsistencies and negotiation points with 97% accuracy.

    The Due Diligence Bottleneck

    Legal due diligence remains one of the most costly and time-consuming processes in M&A and corporate transactions. The problem isn't legal complexity, it's volume.

    85%

    Reduction in review time

    97%

    Clause detection accuracy

    500+

    Contracts reviewed in hours

    60%

    Cost savings in due diligence

    What AI Does in Due Diligence

    Key clause extraction

    Automatically identifies change of control, liability limitations, penalties and conditions precedent.

    Risk detection

    Flags inconsistencies between contracts, unusual clauses and terms deviating from market standard.

    Executive summary per document

    Generates a summary with key points, identified risks and recommendations.

    Compliance verification

    Automatically checks GDPR, sector regulations and regulatory requirements.

    FAQ

    What types of documents can it analyze?

    Commercial contracts, employment agreements, leases, licenses, insurance policies, corporate documents, virtually any legal document in PDF, Word or scanned format.

    Is it safe to upload confidential documents?

    Yes. Documents are processed on EU servers, encrypted in transit and at rest, with automatic deletion after processing if configured.

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    Written by

    José María Lozano
    José María LozanoCEO and co-founder of IACall

    José María Lozano is CEO and co-founder of IACall, a Spanish company building AI voice agents that answer phone calls in real time. He works mainly with law firms, accountancy practices, property managers, estate agents, clinics and workshops: businesses where a missed call is a missed opportunity. IACall operates in Spanish, Catalan and Galician, with data hosted in the EU and compliance with GDPR and the EU AI Act.

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