Corteva is Transforming Legal Operations with Onit’s AI and Intelligent Automation
Challenge
Corteva Agriscience, a global leader in agriculture, faced increasing pressure to remain state-of-the-art in managing complex global compliance demands while maximizing legal operations efficiency. With a vast footprint and growing volumes of contracts, supplier engagements, and internal requests, Corteva’s Legal team needed a scalable solution to drive automation and elevate their strategic value across the organization.
Legacy tools, manual processes, and fragmented data were slowing progress and introducing risk. The team needed more than incremental improvements—they set out to transform Legal into a proactive, data-driven partner for the enterprise.
Solution
Corteva launched a multi-year Global Legal Transformation & Automation initiative, with Onit’s AI-native workflow automation platform as a central enabler. The program focused on reimagining service delivery through intelligent automation and AI, tightly integrated across Corteva’s legal and procurement ecosystems.
To ensure long-term success, Corteva also engaged Onit’s Managed Services team as a strategic partner. This partnership includes regular touchpoints to review product performance, align on priorities, and guide adoption best practices, ensuring Corteva continues to extract maximum value from the platform.
“The proactive partnership we’ve built through Managed Services has delivered consistent value. We aligned on a roadmap of key value drivers across our Onit solutions, and the Managed Services team helped us execute it.”
Key components included:
Managed Services: Established a proactive, ongoing partnership that ensures product health, adoption, and strategic alignment. The Managed Services team meets regularly with Corteva to review system performance, support broader product engagement, and ensure continuous value realization across Onit solutions.
AI-Native Chatbots: Branded as LISA, EVA, RIVA, LEVI, and SIVA, these multilingual virtual assistants address global legal and procurement queries in real-time. Designed and deployed in collaboration with Corteva’s internal Enterprise AI Center of Excellence, external consulting partners, and powered by Onit-connected data – the chatbots leverage Onit’s AI to surface policy answers, contract metadata, and supplier insights to instantly removing bottlenecks and reducing manual triage.
Automated Digital Workflows: High-volume, repetitive tasks like extracting entity data, processing invoices, and migrating supplier records are now managed by digital solutions that integrate seamlessly with Onit and Corteva’s broader technology stack. This orchestration layer ensures consistency, scalability, and auditability across global processes.
Generative AI Capabilities: In 2024, Corteva advanced its AI footprint with a generative AI assistant capable of interpreting and translating complex legal and procurement questions across multiple languages driving inclusivity, responsiveness, and standardization worldwide.
Six-Stage Automation Roadmap: Together Corteva, Onit, and Corteva’s external consulting partners co-developed a structured roadmap to prioritize automation opportunities aligned to business impact, enabling ongoing innovation and continuous improvement.
Results & ROI
Corteva transformed its global legal operations with Onit’s AI and automation, achieving real-time efficiency, reduced manual workload, and scalable innovation through a strategic managed services partnership and structured automation roadmap.
1M+ Tasks Streamlined
From 2021–2025, automation and AI initiatives facilitated nearly one million hours of time saved
Productivity Gains
Legal and procurement teams have shifted their focus to strategic, high-value work
Risk Mitigation
Automated workflows reduce errors and strengthen compliance controls across jurisdictions
Global Enablement
Multilingual AI tools increase accessibility and responsiveness across Corteva’s international footprint
Industry Recognition
The initiative earned “Overall Winner” honors at the 2024 Buying Legal Counsel Awards, celebrating Corteva’s leadership in legal innovation
Strategic Impact
What began as a modernization effort has grown into a model for enterprise transformation. With Onit’s platform and ongoing strategic alignment, Corteva has positioned Legal as an agile, AI-enabled partner to the business. The collaboration continues to fuel innovation and set a new benchmark for running Legal as a business scalable, data-driven, and globally connected.
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Key Components of the Transformation
The transformation of Corteva's legal operations was driven by several key components that enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. These components included the establishment of a Managed Services partnership, the deployment of AI-native chatbots, and the development of a structured automation roadmap.
Each component played a crucial role: the Managed Services team ensured ongoing product health and strategic alignment, while the AI-native chatbots, branded as LISA, EVA, RIVA, LEVI, and SIVA, provided real-time support for legal and procurement queries. The six-stage automation roadmap prioritized opportunities for automation based on their potential business impact, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
AI and Automation in Legal Operations
The integration of AI and automation into Corteva's legal operations has revolutionized the way the department functions. By leveraging Onit's advanced AI tools, Corteva has significantly reduced the manual workload of its legal team, allowing them to focus on more strategic initiatives.
For instance, the AI-native chatbots not only facilitate instant responses to queries but also automate workflows that previously required extensive human intervention. This shift has led to a marked increase in productivity and efficiency, as the legal team can now allocate their time to high-value tasks that drive business growth.
Measuring Success: Metrics and Achievements
Corteva's partnership with Onit has yielded impressive metrics that highlight the success of their legal transformation initiatives. Over the course of their automation and AI initiatives from 2021 to 2025, the legal department streamlined over 1 million tasks, resulting in significant time savings and enhanced operational efficiency.
Furthermore, the focus on risk mitigation through automated workflows has strengthened compliance controls across various jurisdictions. The initiative not only garnered recognition as the "Overall Winner" at the 2024 Buying Legal Counsel Awards but also established Corteva as a leader in legal innovation within the industry.
Future Directions and Innovations
Looking ahead, Corteva is committed to further innovation in its legal operations through the continued integration of AI and automation. The success of the current initiatives has laid a solid foundation for exploring new technologies and methodologies that can further enhance operational efficiencies.
Future directions may include expanding the capabilities of AI chatbots, incorporating machine learning for predictive analytics in legal processes, and exploring additional automation opportunities across different departments. This forward-looking approach ensures that Corteva remains at the forefront of legal technology advancements and continues to drive enterprise transformation.
Key Components of the Transformation
The transformation of Corteva's legal operations was driven by several key components that enhanced efficiency and effectiveness. These components included the establishment of a Managed Services partnership, the deployment of AI-native chatbots, and the development of a structured automation roadmap.
Each component played a crucial role: the Managed Services team ensured ongoing product health and strategic alignment, while the AI-native chatbots, branded as LISA, EVA, RIVA, LEVI, and SIVA, provided real-time support for legal and procurement queries. The six-stage automation roadmap prioritized opportunities for automation based on their potential business impact, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
AI and Automation in Legal Operations
The integration of AI and automation into Corteva's legal operations has revolutionized the way the department functions. By leveraging Onit's advanced AI tools, Corteva has significantly reduced the manual workload of its legal team, allowing them to focus on more strategic initiatives.
For instance, the AI-native chatbots not only facilitate instant responses to queries but also automate workflows that previously required extensive human intervention. This shift has led to a marked increase in productivity and efficiency, as the legal team can now allocate their time to high-value tasks that drive business growth.
Measuring Success: Metrics and Achievements
Corteva's partnership with Onit has yielded impressive metrics that highlight the success of their legal transformation initiatives. Over the course of their automation and AI initiatives from 2021 to 2025, the legal department streamlined over 1 million tasks, resulting in significant time savings and enhanced operational efficiency.
Furthermore, the focus on risk mitigation through automated workflows has strengthened compliance controls across various jurisdictions. The initiative not only garnered recognition as the "Overall Winner" at the 2024 Buying Legal Counsel Awards but also established Corteva as a leader in legal innovation within the industry.
Future Directions and Innovations
Looking ahead, Corteva is committed to further innovation in its legal operations through the continued integration of AI and automation. The success of the current initiatives has laid a solid foundation for exploring new technologies and methodologies that can further enhance operational efficiencies.
Future directions may include expanding the capabilities of AI chatbots, incorporating machine learning for predictive analytics in legal processes, and exploring additional automation opportunities across different departments. This forward-looking approach ensures that Corteva remains at the forefront of legal technology advancements and continues to drive enterprise transformation.
