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Swiss Knowledge Hub

Nº 01 — Swiss Law Firms

AI solution for Swiss law firms

TL;DR

Swiss Knowledge Hub searches case files, case law, and contracts with source citations — on Swiss infrastructure, with no training use, and with role-based access per matter so that attorney-client privilege is supported technically.

Typical industry challenges

  • Case-law and doctrinal research are scattered across multiple tools and paper extracts
  • Client files live in yearly folders and are only partially accessible via full-text search
  • Contract drafts are repeatedly written from similar templates with no systematic reuse
  • Public-cloud AI tools are hard to reconcile with attorney-client privilege
  • Know-how from older matters stays with individual partners rather than the firm's knowledge base

Concrete scenarios

How Swiss Knowledge Hub is used in day-to-day work — factual, citable, with sources.

Search case history

Lawyers ask about precedents, settlements, or strategies from earlier matters. Answers cite the relevant dossier with a page number — strictly within the matter's permissions.

Compare contracts and review clauses

Multiple contract versions or standard clauses can be placed side by side. The AI highlights differences and cites the references in the original documents.

Client-document Q&A

Matter-specific Q&A across incoming correspondence, expert opinions, and evidence. Every answer links the source document; access is restricted to the relevant matter.

Drafting support

Summaries, key arguments, and outline suggestions based on the firm's existing documents — as a starting point for legal work, not a replacement.

Compliance anchors for Swiss Law Firms

Regulatory reference points that typically come up in conversations with compliance, legal, or supervisors. Not legal advice — case-by-case assessment stays with the organization.

  • Attorney-client privilege under Art. 321 of the Swiss Criminal Code
  • Federal Act on the Free Movement of Lawyers (BGFA)
  • Professional confidentiality under the SAV/FSA rules of conduct
  • Revised Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP)
  • Matter-specific confidentiality agreements

LLM-specific requirements

  • Attorney-client privilege and model training — under SKH default models there is no training on matter data by contract; under BYOK, provider terms apply
  • Workspace and page separation as a technical safeguard for clean per-matter role modeling
  • No transmission to public-cloud LLMs without an explicit decision by the firm
  • Traceability of data flows through the chronological per-tenant audit log

Matching integrations

From the SKH integration catalog — chosen for this industry's requirements. The full list of sources, vector databases, and infrastructure services lives in the integrations section on the home page.

SharePoint / OneDrive (case files)Bulk PDF ingest (historical matters, court decisions)Granular per-matter workspacesAudit log for access evidence

Frequent questions from this industry

Is the solution compatible with attorney-client privilege?
The technical foundation supports the protection of attorney-client privilege: core data in Azure Switzerland North, no training use under SKH default models, role-based access per matter, and an audit log. Effective protection requires clean per-matter role modeling; the legal assessment in any individual case remains with the firm.
How is it ensured that matters do not get mixed up?
Each matter can be run in its own workspace or with its own pages, with file-level permissions and custom roles. LLM scopes can be restricted per organization.
Can we easily import historical files?
Yes. PDFs, Office documents, and scanned files (OCR) can be ingested in bulk. URL import and Google Drive integration are also available.
Is our matter data used for model training?
Training use is contractually excluded for SKH default models. Under BYOK, the contracts with your chosen provider apply — you decide.
What does the access record look like?
The audit log captures queries, users, and the sources used. This supports professional confidentiality and later evidence requirements.

Further reading

Discuss the use case for Swiss Law Firms

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