Document assembly and contract automation specialists


May 10, 2006


Leading international law firm Shearman & Sterling has licensed DealBuilder from Business Integrity for generating first drafts of core legal documentation in Europe.

Director International, Jonathan Clelland, commented: "Shearman & Sterling is committed to providing legal advice that is insightful and valuable to our clients. We continue to invest heavily in both people and technology and look forward to using DealBuilder to further enhance the service that we offer."

Tim Allen, Business Integrity's CEO commented, "Our agreement with Shearman & Sterling is a further milestone in establishing DealBuilder as the document automation technology of choice for leading law firms in both the US and UK. Furthermore, it demonstrates the value that our US partner, Kraft, Kennedy & Lesser, brings to the legal technology arena".

Note to Editors:

Shearman & Sterling LLP (www.shearman.com) has more than 1,000 lawyers in 19 cities throughout the world: Abu Dhabi, Beijing, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Mannheim, Menlo Park, Munich, New York, Paris, Rome, San Francisco, São Paulo, Singapore, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.

Kraft, Kennedy & Lesser, Inc (www.kkl.com) is the leading US legal IT consultancy, with offices in New York, San Francisco, and Houston.