Debevoise & Plimpton LLP won the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers North America Award in the Innovation in New Legal Products category. The firm was recognized for its Suite of Tools for Assessing AI Risk (STAAR), an AI-powered subscription platform that helps clients fast-track their responsible AI adoption.

Developed by the Data Strategy & Security group, STAAR brings together the firm’s market-leading AI legal, regulatory, and governance expertise into a single, technology-enabled platform. STAAR contains continuously updated and benchmarked AI legal resources, including policies, training materials, governance lessons, regulatory trackers, and detailed descriptions of common AI use cases. The platform reflects the firm’s commitment to developing forward-looking solutions that meet clients where they are on their stage of AI adoption and support them in building responsible and sustainable AI programs.

The firm was previously recognized by the FT with an Innovative Lawyers award in the Digitizing Legal Services category for its cybersecurity Data Portal.

Debevoise is launching an updated STAAR 2.0 on the Legora Portal platform in January 2026. STAAR is available as a monthly subscription. For more information, please contact STAARinfo@debevoise.com.