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Kingsley Napley, the internationally recognised London law firm, and Kalisa, the AI knowledge and experience platform for regulated industries, today announce a strategic collaboration, with Kingsley Napley launching KNavigate - an AI-driven platform for internal and external stakeholders.
KNavigate is built on the Kalisa platform and extended with Kingsley Napley’s own knowledge, expertise, custom guardrails and brand. KNavigate gives lawyers and staff easier access to trusted knowledge and expertise, as well as firm policies and procedures all based on a safe, responsible and firm-shaped approach to AI. In addition, the platform is being beta-tested by select clients in order to give them access to baseline legal knowledge 24/7, alongside their more bespoke human-led legal advice.
Since rolling out in January 2026, KNavigate has already been actively adopted by almost 80% of Kingsley Napley’s legal and business services teams.
The traditional choice for firms seeking to embed GenAI has been binary: buy an off-the-shelf vendor product with limited firm-specific shaping, or build an internal system from scratch. Kalisa was designed to resolve that tension.
Kalisa gives regulated-sector organisations the speed and support of an enterprise ready platform while allowing them to extend it deeply with their own knowledge, professional standards and client-facing use cases, integrated through close collaboration with the Kalisa team. Security, safety, grounding in each customer’s own intellectual property, along with protection of that intellectual property, are central to how the Kalisa platform is designed.
Multi-cloud and multi-AI model support ensure the platform has access to the latest technology and is future-proofed. Zero data retention, a no AI train guarantee and GDPR compliance as standard mean firms can trust Kalisa with their most sensitive information from day one.
Sarah Harris, Director of Innovation and Knowledge and a Partner at Kingsley Napley said:
“Working with the Kalisa team on our internal AI platform has been truly groundbreaking for our firm. What sets this partnership apart is the rare combination of bold innovation and practical, real-world delivery. The team has empowered us to push boundaries and explore new possibilities whilst remaining firmly grounded in what actually works in practice.
As an independent law firm, we had the opportunity to think differently about how we would approach the AI question at our firm. It was important to us that we did not - certainly at this early stage - just follow the crowd. In addition, the workflows and knowledge of our internal experts are extremely precious to the business, and something that we want to preserve for ourselves and for our clients. It was important for us to demonstrate that there are cost-effective ways of accessing this powerful technology, with the right collaborations and outlook.”
Adam Roney, Kalisa Founder & CEO said:
"Kingsley Napley has been a brilliant partner. Thoughtful, ambitious and clear on what good looks like in a legal and client experience setting. This has been a real collaboration from the start. Together, we have shown that organisations do not need to choose between innovation and control. They can have AI that is secure, responsible, grounded in their own expertise, and shaped around the real needs of their people and clients."
KNavigate is used by Kingsley Napley’s lawyers and business services teams alike for tasks such as automating initial document analysis; comparing clauses and generating structural outputs across multiple files; summarising, rewriting and analysing text; early-stage thinking, drafting, and ideation and to streamline internal operations and processes, such as accessing HR policy and practice management information; reducing time spent on routine inquiries.
Kingsley Napley Managing Partner Matt Meyer added:
"It is important that we bring generative AI to the heart of the firm to harness the efficiency opportunities it can offer whilst at the same time ensuring we approach this in a responsible way. This is not about replacing professional judgment but freeing our people up to provide the real value-add of their advice and legal expertise. I am delighted by KNavigate’s success so far and its enthusiastic adoption by people across all areas of the firm. Without doubt there is further exploration to be done about the advantages it can deliver, and how our clients work with us using it, but teams are actively engaging in the journey and helping shape how the platform evolves through real use."
Kalisa and Kingsley Napley will continue to evolve KNavigate based on real use and client feedback, with an expansion of the client beta programme planned for the year ahead.
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PR Louise Beeson, Bell Yard Kysen Communications Louise@BYKcomms.com | 07768 956997
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About Kingsley Napley
Kingsley Napley is an internationally recognised London law firm with expertise across criminal litigation, regulatory and professional discipline, dispute resolution, corporate and commercial, private client, family, employment and real estate matters. The firm is known for acting in
high-profile and complex matters, and for its long-standing commitment to combining first-class legal advice with innovation in how legal services are delivered. Kingsley Napley is a seed investor in Kalisa.
About Kalisa
Kalisa is the AI knowledge and experience platform for regulated industries, helping organisations turn their own knowledge and expertise into secure AI solutions in minutes. Built for industries where privacy, trust and governance matter, Kalisa enables clients to embed their own knowledge, expertise, guardrails and brand into AI experiences that are reliable, traceable and aligned with professional standards. Client data remains fully under customer control and is never used to train AI models.
