Your firm's old files may be worth real money to AI companies.

Yes. What you share with us about your firm and its records is used only to check whether you may qualify and to help you apply. We don't publish it or share it with anyone without your permission. Before anything is shared with a buyer, the confidentiality terms are covered in the agreement, and you review them first.

That's the first question to settle, and it's yours to decide. Law firms have professional duties around privilege and client confidentiality, and accounting, financial and investment firms have their own confidentiality obligations. How a buyer handles privileged or confidential material is covered in the agreement before anything is shared. We recommend your ethics counsel or compliance team review those terms before you accept any offer.

Typically several years of records kept mostly in English and stored digitally (or easy to digitize): emails, case or client files, memos, templates and internal procedures. The buyer sets the final criteria. Email us what you have and we'll tell you honestly whether it looks like a fit, usually within a day or two.

How client and personal information is removed or de-identified, and what the buyer may and may not receive, is set out in the agreement before anything is shared. We don't want to promise a specific method here. Read those terms closely and have your counsel review them. If they don't meet your obligations, you don't have to go ahead.

Nothing. The buyer pays Hidden Value Advisory a referral fee, not your firm, and we tell you that up front.

You keep your original files. The buyer licenses a copy, so nothing leaves your firm's ownership. The exact license terms are in the agreement you review before anything is shared.

Very little to start. Everything can happen by email on your schedule, or on a 30-minute call if you prefer. We learn what kinds of records you have and how many years they cover, and if you're a fit we help you apply directly to the buyer.

Yes. Checking whether you qualify commits you to nothing. If you're approved, the buyer makes you an offer and you decide whether to accept. What happens after you accept is covered in the agreement, so review it before you sign.