RSLS was created in response to a growing challenge facing corporate legal departments. Clients are under increasing pressure to control costs, move faster, and do more with less, yet many continue to rely on a fragmented mix of outside counsel, alternative legal service providers, technology vendors, and consultants. The result is often greater complexity, inconsistent quality, and a growing burden on in-house teams to coordinate across multiple providers.

RSLS offers a different approach.

By combining experienced lawyers, legal operations professionals, technologists, and AI-enabled workflows within a single team, RSLS delivers end-to-end legal support that helps clients address complex legal and business challenges more efficiently while maintaining the quality, judgment, and accountability expected from a leading global law firm.

“Clients are looking for more than legal advice,” said Casey Ryan, Reed Smith Global Managing Partner. “They want a trusted partner that can help them solve problems across the full lifecycle of legal work. Reed Smith Legal Solutions brings together the people, processes, and technology needed to deliver legal services in a way that is efficient, predictable, and better aligned with how clients operate today.”

RSLS combines capabilities previously operating across several Reed Smith teams, including Staff Attorneys, RED, Leeds Global Solutions, and Gravity Stack, into a coordinated legal solutions platform spanning discovery, investigations, due diligence, contract management, legal operations support, risk management, and high-volume disputes. 

Formerly, RED managed the end-to-end eDiscovery and document review lifecycle; the Staff Attorneys team provided scalable attorney support for document review, contract analysis, and litigation; Leeds Global Solutions served as Reed Smith's global delivery center, streamlining legal and business services through analysts and legal process specialists; and Gravity Stack delivered AI-powered legal technology and data analytics for litigation, transactions, and regulatory matters. 

Together, these complementary capabilities are now integrated within RSLS, enabling a more connected, technology-enabled, and scalable approach to legal service delivery. As part of this evolution, Gravity Stack has become Reed Smith's dedicated AI and innovation lab, identifying, evaluating, and deploying emerging technologies to support RSLS and the broader firm while continuing to advance client-focused innovation.

“Clients are increasingly looking for solutions, not service providers,” said Lee Zoeller, Chair of Reed Smith Legal Solutions. “They want a trusted team that can combine legal experience, operational excellence, and technology-enabled delivery to help them achieve their objectives more effectively. RSLS provides a single point of access to a broad range of integrated capabilities while maintaining the quality, accountability, and client service standards that define Reed Smith.”

Rather than viewing technology as a replacement for legal experience, RSLS is built on the belief that legal work should be redesigned around client needs, with technology and AI applied where they can improve efficiency, enhance quality, and deliver better outcomes.

The combined organization includes more than 200 professionals and reflects Reed Smith’s long-standing investment in innovation, process improvement, and client service.

The launch of RSLS marks the next phase of Reed Smith’s evolution as the firm continues to invest in innovative ways to help clients navigate increasing complexity, improve efficiency, and achieve better business outcomes. By integrating legal experience, operational rigor, and technology-enabled delivery within a single offering, RSLS is designed to meet the changing expectations of modern legal departments while creating lasting value for clients.

About Reed Smith Legal Solutions

Reed Smith Legal Solutions (RSLS) is Reed Smith’s integrated legal services business unit, bringing together lawyers, legal operations professionals, technology specialists, and AI-enabled delivery capabilities to help clients solve legal challenges more efficiently and effectively. RSLS combines the firm’s Staff Attorneys, RED, Gravity Stack, and Leeds Legal teams into a single coordinated offering that supports clients across discovery, investigations, due diligence, contract management, risk management, legal operations, and high-volume disputes. By integrating legal experience with process excellence and technology, RSLS helps clients achieve better outcomes while maintaining the quality and trust associated with Reed Smith.