At ILTA Evolve 2026, the International Legal Technology Association (ILTA) recognized Thomson Reuters with four awards. The company took home the Solution Provider of the Year Award and the Trailblazer Award, both for CoCounsel Legal, the Thomson Reuters AI legal platform.
Additionally, Rawia Ashraf, Head of Product, CoCounsel Transactional & GCOs, was named one of ILTA’s 2026 Influential Women in Legal Tech honorees, recognition that reflects her contributions at the intersection of AI and legal work. Samantha Delaney, Senior Solution Consultant, AI Specialist was also recognized, winning the Young Professionals to Watch Award.
Solution Provider of the Year
The Solution Provider of the Year Award recognizes technology providers that have demonstrated exceptional partnership and transformational impact within the legal industry. Thomson Reuters earned this recognition for CoCounsel Legal, which has redefined what fiduciary-grade AI looks like in legal practice.
CoCounsel Legal brings together legal research from Westlaw, practical guidance from Practical Law, and AI-powered document analysis and drafting, all within a single platform. One million professionals across 107 countries and territories have access to CoCounsel, the foundational technology underpinning CoCounsel Legal.
The impact CoCounsel Legal is having across the legal industry speaks for itself. Legal professionals report dramatic efficiency gains, with tasks that once took eight or nine hours now completed in one to two hours. The quality of work has improved too, with lawyers gaining confidence in the thoroughness and accuracy of its outputs.
There have been big benefits, given CoCounsel Legal can complete full workflows.
Firms are taking on more clients, expanding into new practice areas, and competing more effectively against larger, better-resourced competitors. Across the board, CoCounsel Legal is not just saving time; it is fundamentally changing what legal teams are capable of.
Trailblazer Award
The Trailblazer Award, shared by Thomson Reuters and Womble Bond Dickinson, recognized the two organizations’ early adoption initiative as a model for responsible, enterprise-scale AI deployment.
Womble Bond Dickinson is a full-service international law firm, and in 2025, they partnered with Thomson Reuters to roll out CoCounsel Legal to 650 timekeepers (including 457 qualified lawyers) across all 7 of its staffed UK offices, ahead of its launch to the UK market. The initiative spanned a rigorous evaluation phase, a strategically constructed pilot group, and a rollout anchored by an executive-led training initiative.
The firm notes that its lawyers are consistently choosing to use CoCounsel Legal every month, and that it is delivering real value across the organization.
Rawia Ashraf, Head of Product, CoCounsel Transactional & GCOs, named one of ILTA’s 2026 Influential Women in Legal Tech Honorees
Rawia Ashraf was named one of ILTA’s 2026 Influential Women in Legal Tech honorees, recognition that reflects her broader contributions to legal technology. Rawia has been instrumental in accelerating responsible AI adoption and driving measurable outcomes across the legal industry, and her work on CoCounsel Legal exemplifies the kind of product innovation the honor is designed to celebrate.
Formerly an antitrust attorney focusing on civil and criminal antitrust litigation at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Rawia joined Thomson Reuters in 2013. She was responsible for leading the integration of the $650 million acquisition of Casetext into Thomson Reuters. Additionally, she led the build and launch of CoCounsel Drafting as well as the development of the next generation of CoCounsel Legal, now in beta.
Samantha Delaney, Senior Solution Consultant, AI Specialist wins Young Professionals to Watch Award
Samantha Delaney won the Young Professionals to Watch Award, which recognizes rising young professionals in the legal technology industry. Her inclusion on this list is due to her demonstrated steady growth, strong technical capability, and an insightful approach to supporting her colleagues and customers.
Samantha is currently also Adjunct Professor of AI and Technology at Osgoode Hall Law School, and prior to joining Thomson Reuters was a Senior Innovation Advisor at Norton Rose Fulbright, driving strategic adoption of emerging technologies across the firm.
These awards reflect Thomson Reuters continued commitment to building AI that meets the highest standards of the legal profession and the people leading that work. This work will continue with the launch of the next generation of CoCounsel Legal in September.
