Excellence in legal work looks slightly different depending on where you sit.
Small law firms need speed and consistency. Larger firms need accountability at scale. Government needs defensible decision making, while academia needs rigour and relevance.
But in a rapidly changing global context, the same pressures apply to everyone: more complexity, tighter timelines, and higher levels of scrutiny.
That is why in 2025, LexisNexis focused our innovation efforts on one outcome: helping professionals move from research to action quickly and confidently using trusted intelligence.
Here are some of the innovation highlights from 2025 that can help you build that edge:
From knowing the law in theory to applying it in practice
One of the most topical advancements that we launched last year was the new B-BBEE practice area added to LexisNexis Practical Guidance. Conveniently offered under various Sector Codes, it turns South Africa’s complex B- BBEE framework into clear, actionable guidance that helps organisations comply, plan, and defend their B-BBEE position with greater confidence.
Instead of piecing together advice from legislation, consultants, and past matters, users get centralised guidance, checklists, tools, templates, and consistent interpretation across teams.
Legal specific AI that stays grounded in trusted content
It was impossible to ignore artificial intelligence in 2025. But rather than adding to the hype, the launch of Lexis+ AI advanced the way legal professionals research, draft, and analyse by integrating legal specific AI capabilities with trusted LexisNexis content and workflows.
The value here is not novelty. It is better legal output, produced more efficiently, because the inputs are relevant and reliable.
A shift from answering questions to completing tasks
Then there is LexisNexis Protégé, which combines personalisation, advanced task automation and integration with trusted workflows and content to enhance productivity and work quality.
It adapts to role and workflow, can complete complex tasks and self-review and supports repeatable multi step work with consistency inside a secure ecosystem.
Brand new modern platforms for evolving modern legal work
For property and due diligence workflows, two significant improvements stood out.
Lexis Convey moved online, now offering a fully online, integrated conveyancing solution designed to improve efficiency, flexibility, and collaboration.
Foreign Identity Verification within Lexis WinDeed and Lexis KYC now extends identity checks to international individuals and entities, enabling real time global checks, stronger cross border compliance and reduced fraud and operational risk.
Recognised innovation, built for real-world use
Our product innovation is built to benefit the professionals who put their trust in us, but in 2025, LexisNexis was honoured with an AI Innovation Award at Africa Tech Week.
The award recognised our commitment to advancing modern legal practice through Lexis+ AI and Protégé, which support faster legal research and drafting.
What is coming next in 2026?
In 2026, you can look forward to the debut of Lexis KYC+ AI, which will transform KYC from a manual, rules based process into an intelligent, AI driven decision engine.
By embedding Protégé, Lexis KYC+ AI will automate workflows, analyse risk holistically and recommend next actions grounded in trusted global data.
You cannot predict the future, but if you have already chosen LexisNexis as your strategic legal resource partner, you have chosen a partner that will keep investing in trusted intelligence to help you stay ahead of change.
Here is to the progress yet to come.