About OECHSLER

At OECHSLER, the pioneering spirit is deep in the company's DNA. Founded in 1864 as a small bone button maker in Ansbach, Franconia, the company is today a global leader in plastic, ceramic and metal injection molding. With seven production sites worldwide, OECHSLER supplies the automotive, medical, consumer goods and sporting goods industries.

The Decision: Why AI?

OECHSLER has always been quick to adopt new technologies. When Head of Legal Peter Dorscht came across Legartis at a conference, the concept of AI-supported contract review immediately resonated. The legal department — staffed with only two lawyers and a student trainee — needed a way to handle the steady inflow of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) from potential customers and suppliers without slowing down the sales organisation.

"Our biggest issue was that the sales team had to wait for us. NDAs piled up because we simply didn't have the capacity. With Legartis it suddenly became possible to let the business units handle NDA reviews themselves — the ideal solution for us."

— Stud. Jur. Anna Heidner, Legal Department, OECHSLER

Key benefits OECHSLER wanted from Legal AI

• Faster turnaround: Stop sales from waiting on legal for routine NDA reviews
• Empowerment of business units: Enable non-lawyers to do first-pass NDA review confidently
• Legal capacity freed up: Shift the legal team from reactive contract clearing to higher-value work
• Built-in safety net: Software guidance plus easy escalation back to legal when needed

The Solution: Legartis for Self-Service NDA Review

What convinced OECHSLER in the live demo was the simplicity: Legartis directly shows which passages need to be inserted and which standard clauses are missing. The team chose NDAs as the entry point — high-volume, standardised, and the most acute pain point.

"Legartis is self-explanatory — after a short introduction, all users could get started immediately."

— Anna Heidner, OECHSLER

The Use Case: NDAs Reviewed by the Sales Organisation

Instead of routing every NDA through the legal department, OECHSLER trained selected colleagues across the business to handle reviews themselves with Legartis. The benefits cited by the sales team:

• Faster processing: "We no longer have to wait for legal and can return contracts to our customers faster."
• Independence: "We can take the review into our own hands and split the work among ourselves."
• Legal certainty: "When questions or issues come up, we can always escalate to the experts — the software prompts us to do exactly that."

Onboarding: A Smooth Rollout

The introduction ran smoothly. Legartis customer success guided users through simulations, and within a single training session participants gained the confidence to review NDAs on their own. The Contract Review AI guides users step by step, which made the transition quick and low-risk.

Two implementation tips from OECHSLER

1. Limit user accounts deliberately. OECHSLER works with around 10 active users. Concentrating reviews on a smaller group means those users build real expertise — far more effective than rolling out accounts to everyone.
2. Stay close to the users. The legal department remains available for questions and edge cases. This builds trust, ensures quality, and reinforces that AI is a powerful tool — not a replacement for legal expertise.

Results After One Month

• 10 active users across the sales organisation reviewing NDAs autonomously
• Sales bottleneck eliminated: NDAs no longer pile up in legal
• Legal team freed up for advisory and complex matters
• Zero substantive escalations: users handle reviews independently, only occasional usability questions
• Internal verdict: "A complete success" — Anna Heidner

"I use Legartis very gladly because it makes my working day so much easier. With Legartis we can quickly capture the essentials of a contract and work through the most important points in order. Everything I need is stored in the playbook."

— Anna Heidner, OECHSLER

Outlook: Beyond NDAs

OECHSLER plans to extend Legartis to additional contract types — starting with quality assurance agreements (QSVs), which are similarly standardised in form and content. The longer-term vision: process large contract volumes efficiently in a market where qualified lawyers are scarce.

"I would recommend Legartis to any company that no longer wants to invest large amounts of resources and personnel into reviewing standard contracts."

— Anna Heidner, OECHSLER