Secure by Design: How Barros & Errázuriz Uses Harvey to Power Everyday Legal Work

About Barros & Errázuriz

Barros & Errázuriz (B&E) is one of Chile’s leading full-service firms, known for combining technical excellence with forward-thinking innovation. With offices in Santiago and New York, the firm advises local and international clients across complex corporate, regulatory, and transactional matters.

A pioneer in responsible technology adoption, B&E became the first Chilean firm to adopt Harvey — setting a new benchmark in Latin America for how secure, intelligent workflows can elevate legal quality while protecting client trust.

Opportunity

When B&E began shaping its AI strategy, they faced a familiar challenge for Latin American law firms — scaling quality and efficiency without compromising security or professional rigor.

“Our lawyers were spending too much time on operational work — reviewing large document sets, conducting repetitive research, and standardizing templates,” Rodríguez says. “We wanted to free that time for higher-value thinking, but only if we could do it safely, within our governance standards.”

Solution

Off-the-shelf tools couldn’t meet B&E’s requirements for confidentiality, auditability, and legal precision.

“We needed a platform built for legal practice — with enterprise-grade security and full transparency,” Rodríguez explains. “After a rigorous evaluation across multiple tools, Harvey was the clear choice.”

B&E rolled out Harvey through a phased, responsible AI framework that combined targeted pilots, firmwide training, and robust governance emphasizing confidentiality, validation, and traceability.

Today, Harvey is deeply embedded in daily practice for lawyers at B&E:

• Use has expanded across multiple practice groups, with sustained, frequent engagement according to recent internal measurements.
• Time spent in-platform is meaningful and growing, reflecting integration into day-to-day workflows.

“These numbers show it’s not just adoption — it’s integration,” Rodríguez says. “Harvey has become part of how we think, work, and deliver high-quality legal services.”

Secure Workflows in Word

Harvey for Word transformed Microsoft Word into a secure AI workspace for B&E. Using Harvey, B&E lawyers can now:

• Draft contracts, letters, and filings in firm templates and tone — reducing first draft cycles in selected use cases, cutting time spent preparing first drafts in a significant way.
• Negotiate contracts more efficiently with Harvey-assisted redlining that flags deviations, suggests alternatives, and explains clause trade-offs aligned with firm principles.
• Quality-check documents with automated playbooks that scan for undefined terms, broken references, and missing annexes — reducing late-stage revisions.

“Harvey for Word feels native and has become an extension of how we work,” Rodríguez says. “Because it runs in our secure enterprise environment, our lawyers trust it for real client work.”

Local Knowledge Sources: Grounded in Latin American Law

Harvey connects directly to B&E’s internal repositories — from document repositories to regulatory circulars and firm memos — giving lawyers access to AI insights rooted in regional legal data across Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, and beyond.

Instead of searching across disparate internal and external data sources, B&E lawyers now use Harvey to:

• Surface the most up-to-date regulations across jurisdictions and summarize their implications with references to internal memoranda and materials, subject to team review and approval.
• Draft and negotiate documents with consistent, firm-standard language across practice areas.

“Legal research is only as good as the sources behind it,” Rodríguez says. “With Harvey, our lawyers access the latest regional regulations instantly, tied directly to firm precedents.”

Impact

By using Harvey to drive efficiency across document review, research, and drafting, B&E’s lawyers now spend more time on strategic analysis and client advisory work.

This shift has delivered measurable results:

• New business wins: “When we include Harvey in proposals, clients see the efficiency, security, and value we bring,” Rodríguez says. “It has been a valued factor in proposals, especially in fixed-fee work where speed and accuracy make all the difference.”
• Faster turnaround and enhanced quality: Built-in validation and traceability streamline reviews and enhance collaboration.
• Empowered teams and mentorship: By reducing operational load, partners and senior lawyers dedicate more time to mentoring and accompanying junior teams, strengthening professional judgment in responsible AI use and contributing to talent attraction and retention, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence.

For Barros & Errázuriz, Harvey isn’t just a productivity tool, it’s a trusted partner in reimagining legal excellence across Latin America and beyond. “We see Harvey as the orchestrator of our innovation strategy,” Rodríguez added. “It allows us to scale quality securely, proving that in the next era of law, responsibility and efficiency can — and must — go hand in hand.”