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The Smarter Way to Simplify Legal Work

We combine expert legal advice with modern market-leading technology and ongoing support to help legal teams work faster, reduce risk, and achieve more, using the tools they already trust, and the automation and AI features they’re ready for. 

Our Difference

Legal Thinking. Technological Execution. Real Results.

At LawHawk, we believe legal transformation isn’t about the newest tools, it’s about smarter design and execution. We bring solutions that simplify complex processes, reduce risk, and unlock value.

What sets us apart is our ability to understand the legal context behind every workflow, and to translate that into user-friendly systems that fit your existing environment. Because we already understand the complexities of legal documents and processes, you won’t need to explain the details to us.  You can focus on the problem and the outcomes you want, and we can take care of the rest.

With proven automation, Microsoft 365 expertise, and the ability to integrate AI solutions when you’re ready, we help legal teams deliver faster, more consistently, and with greater confidence.

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A Typical Process

From First Conversation to Fully Delivered

We make modernisation easy. Our process is structured, transparent, and tailored to your team. Whether you're automating one task or rethinking end-to-end delivery.

 

 

 

 

How We Work?

  • 01. Understand your goals

    We begin by listening. Whether you’re trying to scale legal delivery, reduce risk, or modernise workflows, we first ensure we understand your current environment, pain points, and success metrics.

  • 02. Identify viable options for improvement

    We assess where automation, smarter workflows, or document improvements can deliver the most value. Our team presents achievable, clearly scoped options that work with your situation and your budget, including where AI can safely accelerate results. Our focus at this stage is on what is possible and what will work, so you can choose the option that’s best for you.

     

  • 03. Agree changes, responsibilities and costs

    Once we know your preferred option, we confirm deliverables, responsibilities, outcomes and pricing with transparency. You’ll know exactly what’s involved and what you’ll get before we begin.

  • 04. Deliver for testing

    Most solutions are configured and delivered within weeks. You’ll test in your own environment with support from our team, and we’ll iterate based on your feedback. Many customers go live earlier than they expected as the solutions work so much better than the current process.

  • 05. Feedback & improvement

    We make adjustments to optimise performance and usability. Whether it’s streamlining a clause, making a question clearer for users, or automating a new approval step, your input shapes the final product. We don’t believe in arbitrary acceptance criteria or deadlines.

  • 06. Ongoing support

    Legal work evolves, so do our solutions. We offer ongoing support and optimisation, including the ability to update underlying templates, incorporate AI features, integrate new tools, and respond to regulatory changes as needed. As a LawHawk customer, you’ve got access to us anytime you have a question and want some advice. We’ll also call you when we have ideas.

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"We've got a system that makes the workflow of a business broker easier and more efficient. That means more time talking to buyers and sellers, and less time chasing paper."

David NewportBusiness Owner

"...the nature of the whole process has significantly improved. Business owners can put all the required information into one platform, and their accountants can add information as well, which eliminates double-handling. It's a huge time saver."

David NewportBusiness Owner

"LawHawk has been very responsive and great to work with, helping turn my big ideas into reality."

David NewportBusiness Owner

"LawHawk facilitated the whole process... They make sure the transition and whole system is set up really well"

Sam BaileySenior Legal Counsel, Air New Zealand

"It was important to us to have a local provider as part of the solution - first, to ensure we had a high level of responsiveness and secondly, to support local business"

Sam BaileySenior Legal Counsel, Air New Zealand

"For me, it's brilliant. I can just sit there watching requests come through. I can see them coming in. I can see them getting signed. I can see them going into SharePoint, all signed, all data tagged."

Tim RennieGeneral Counsel, LayBuy

"I think the benefit of working with LawHawk is that they help you focus your mind on what it is that you're trying to do. If you try and go for the most complex automation at the beginning, you'll probably just get nowhere... LawHawk has been critical for us in that regard."

Tim RennieGeneral Counsel, Laybuy

"I'm now meeting deadlines for filing, and have significantly improved the accuracy of my legal documentation... The processes are more efficient, which means I've achieved a major goal - that of time savings"

David PawsonDirector

"Automation means I know things are actually under control. The system is reliable, it's working, it removes that margin of error - that gives me business confidence and peace of mind."

David PawsonDirector

"People at Foodies who have used our automated contracts love that we have embraced legal innovation, with many really enjoying the process. It's not just the legal team who have been impressed by it and how easy it is to use. It is starting to represent significant time savings for other departments as well as ours."

Julian BenefieldAssociate General Counsel

"With greater accuracy from the automation, and the related review and approval processes, there's less chance a contract template can be completed incorrectly, which reduces the legal and project risk."

Julian BenefieldAssociate General Counsel

"Their ability to look at our problem, and help us identify our requirements, has been amazing. They're lawyers as well as software developers and they've got to know us."

Yazmin JunedAssociate General Counsel, Kāinga Ora

"LawHawk's document automation system means that there's not just a huge increase in productivity gain, but there's no compromise on quality."

Yazmin JunedAssociate General Counsel, Kāinga Ora

"The time savings Kāinga Ora are seeing from the automation project are huge. Where we produce contracts using the automation we average a 75% reduction in the time taken relative to the time had we not used automation."

Bruce RidenGeneral Counsel, Kāinga Ora

"We had to consider user experience - which comes at a cost - because traditionally users don't like change. So the more we could align an upgraded product to user needs, the better off we would be."

Julian FarberSolutions Architect, MinterEllisonRuddWatts

"LawHawk and ProLegalTech were instrumental in helping us come up with a solution when it became clear that the professional services fees others charged would be commercially impractical for a New Zealand law firm."

Tila HoffmanSpecial Counsel & Business Transformation Manager, MinterEllisonRuddWatts

"We've had tremendous uptake... We are already investigating how we can automate more workflows to further support our clients and staff."

Tila HoffmanSpecial Counsel & Business Transformation Manager, MinterEllisonRuddWatts

"The solutions LawHawk has delivered for us have transformed the way we do business and have driven value right throughout our organisation"

Ian MacKenzieHead of Legal, NZGIF

"LawHawk are, in my opinion, hands down the best service provider we use. We'll definitely be working with them in the future."

Ian MacKenzieHead of Legal, NZGIF
"We've always had to find ways of working smarter. We needed to find ways to automate processes that were repeatable and were taking up time, so that we could free up capacity for high value tasks."
Ian MacKenzieHead of Legal, NZGIF

"Initial delivery was very quick - only 3 weeks after we signed the contract, and the general functionality all worked straight away."

Phil HebdenCommercial Manager, Armstrong Downes Commercial

"It's an absolute success story. Our subcontractors are now signing agreements instantly off their mobile phones as they leave the pre-let meetings."

Phil HebdenCommercial Manager, Armstrong Downes Commercial

"Just do it. It saves so much time. It's not just a benefit from a financial point of view, but culturally for your staff too - which is priceless."

Phil HebdenCommercial Manager, Armstrong Downes Commercial

"Using the online contract template has allowed us to gain efficiencies and cost savings in terms of staff time. What previously took hours now takes minutes."

Neha GoyalLegal Operations Manager, Victoria University of Wellington

"[LawHawk] are also proactive. When they're presented with an idea or a pain point, they're able to provide a practical solution using language that is easily understandable by people who may not be so good with technology"

Neha GoyalLegal Operations Manager, Victoria University of Wellington

"[LawHawk] have been quite instrumental in creating a legal operations network and introducing people together and allowing various clients to speak to each other."

Neha GoyalLegal Operations Manager, Victoria University of Wellington

How We Help

LawHawk helps legal teams modernise the way they work through a combination of expert advice, automation, and ready-to-use legal solutions. Whether you're looking to save time, reduce risk, or improve visibility, our tools and services are built to deliver fast, measurable improvements, without the need for large-scale IT projects. From process design to document automation, we help legal teams get more done with greater consistency and control.

Advice
Legal and tech guidance tailored to your needs & ideal outcomes. Avoid assumptions and costly mistakes – adopt best practices first time.
Automation
Generate documents in minutes. Shorten processes by weeks. Less admin, fewer errors, faster turnaround.
Contract Management
Centralise contracts and clauses. Improve contract outcomes and ensure compliance across the lifecycle.
Matter Management
Manage matters, documents, and deadlines in one place improving visibility and control.
Pre-built Solutions
Ready-to-use legal templates for wills, EPAs, Probate, and more. Customisable, compliant, and fast to deploy. Pay for what you actually use.

Who We Help

We support a wide range of legal professionals, from in-house teams, law firms, to contract managers working in procurement, operations, and beyond. While their goals may differ, these teams all want the same thing: to deliver faster, safer, and smarter legal work without expensive new technology and becoming technology experts themselves. LawHawk tailors’ solutions and support to fit each role, team, and workflow, so legal impact can scale, without increasing risk or complexity.

Our Valued Clients

Trusted by legal teams across New Zealand, Australia, and beyond.
We work with forward-thinking organisations that value precision, partnership, and performance.

Partners & Tools We Work With

Partners that collaborate. Solutions that integrate with what you already use.
We work with a range of legal tech and business tools that we have tested and know work to ensure seamless delivery and long-term flexibility. Many of our solutions are built using Microsoft 365 to maximise the value you get from your existing investment, and we support integrations across document management, e-signature, and workflow platforms.

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SharePoint Agency
A specialist consultancy that helps organisations design, build, and optimise SharePoint-based intranets, document management systems, and workflows.
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Optimation
A New Zealand IT services and solutions provider offering consulting, software development, and digital transformation services across various industries.
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ProLegalTech
A New Zealand-based legal technology consultancy that helps law firms and legal teams select and implement technology for efficiency and compliance.
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Cognito Forms
An online form builder that lets users create advanced, customisable forms for data collection, workflows, and approvals.
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LawX NZ
A legal innovation collective focused on improving access to justice in New Zealand through design thinking and tech-enabled solutions.
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LinkIt
A New Zealand consultancy specialising in document templates, user training, and clear process documentation to boost workplace productivity.
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HotDocs
A leading document automation tool that enables law firms and businesses to generate complex, customised documents quickly and accurately.
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DocuSign
A secure and widely adopted electronic signature platform that allows users to sign, send, and manage documents digitally from anywhere.
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Secured Signing
A New Zealand-based digital signature and identity verification platform designed for secure, legally binding document signing.
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AdobeSign
Part of Adobe Acrobat, this e-signature tool enables seamless document signing, approvals, and workflows integrated with Adobe and Microsoft apps.
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NetDocuments
A cloud-based document and email management platform designed specifically for law firms and legal departments to ensure security and collaboration.
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Microsoft 365 (M365)
A suite of productivity tools including Word, Outlook, Teams, and SharePoint, widely used for communication, collaboration, and document management.
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OnePlace Solutions
A Microsoft 365 add-in that improves content management by allowing users to save and access emails and documents directly within SharePoint or Teams.
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ActionStep
A practice management software for law firms, offering case management, document automation, time tracking, and billing in a cloud-based platform.

Awards & Certifications

Recognised for excellence in legal technology and automation.

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