McInnes Cooper has adopted LexisNexis Protégé™ across the firm, expanding its use of artificial intelligence to support legal research, drafting, analysis, and discovery preparation.
McInnes Cooper is a long-established Canadian business law firm with more than 200 lawyers across seven offices in Atlantic Canada, and is among the country’s 25 largest business law firms, serving a broad range of corporate and litigation clients.
The firm is among the early Canadian collaborators on LexisNexis Protégé, deploying Protégé to streamline document analysis, accelerate legislative updates, and improve contract drafting accuracy. The AI platform is designed to support end-to-end legal workflows while maintaining rigorous standards around confidentiality and data security.
“Protégé enables us to deliver smarter, faster solutions for our clients, while upholding the highest standards of confidentiality and legal excellence,” said James Mosher, Chief Innovation Officer at McInnes Cooper. “This technology empowers our teams to work more efficiently and focus on what matters most: exceptional client service.”
According to the firm, pilot projects demonstrated measurable efficiency gains, reinforcing its decision to proceed with firm-wide adoption. McInnes Cooper’s approach to AI deployment includes formal governance protocols, ongoing training, and security controls aligned with client and regulatory expectations.
Protégé uses advanced AI models to generate responses backed by verifiable, linked legal citations drawn from authoritative LexisNexis Canada content—addressing one of the key concerns law firms have raised about the reliability of generative AI tools.
McInnes Cooper has been recognized for its innovation efforts, including nominations for Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America 2025, as Canadian law firms increasingly move from AI experimentation to operational deployment.