November 18, 2025 – Financial Times shortlists Elevate’s customer and global HCM leader, UKG in the best Operations and Digital category at the FT Innovative Lawyers Awards North America 2025. This recognition highlights how Elevate and UKG combined AI-driven solutions with modern processes to transform operations and deliver measurable real value.

Elevate partnered with UKG, to execute one of the largest contract migration initiatives in the sector: migrating 700,000 legacy contracts into a modern CLM system within six months. Leveraging Elevate’s AI-powered ELM platform, the project delivered >99% metadata accuracy, 65% reduction in manual effort, and real-time operational visibility, setting a new benchmark for scale, speed, and precision in legal operations. Read more about the project here.

Such accolades reflect Elevate’s continued commitment to helping leading legal teams rethink strategy, drive innovation, and deliver best results.

The winners in the category are expected to be announced at the awards ceremony on December 8 in New York. Stay tuned!

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