Blog
June 25, 2025
Partnership will enable institutions to streamline contract and compliance reviews with powerful, tailored AI software
In June 2025, Attain Partners announced a strategic partnership with Luminance, a leading legal AI company founded in 2015 by mathematicians from the University of Cambridge. Luminance’s Legal-Grade™ AI automates and augments every touchpoint a business has with its contracts, from drafting and negotiation to review and post execution analysis.
“With the funding landscape for research in flux, higher education is being asked to do more with less,” said Mark Davis, Managing Partner at Attain Partners. “AI will play a critical role in helping institutions meet these challenges head-on. Through our partnership, we’re combining our deep subject matter expertise with Luminance’s cutting-edge technology to deliver research-focused AI solutions. This is going to be a game changer for our clients.”
The Power of Collaboration
Attain Partners is no stranger to strategic alliances. We specialize in blending deep domain expertise with transformative technology to accelerate results. With decades of experience working with and in research institutions, we understand the complex contracting, compliance, and operational challenges research administrators face every day.
By partnering with Luminance, a leader in AI-powered contracting technology, we’re elevating that expertise. This collaboration enables us to tailor powerful AI tools specifically for the unique needs of research institutions, helping them work more efficiently, mitigate risk, and enhance accuracy throughout the contract lifecycle. When we work together, the possibilities are endless.
Why Luminance? A Best-in-Class Platform
Attain Partners’ research contracting negotiation experts evaluated numerous AI tools before selecting Luminance as the platform best positioned to serve the research community. Several key reasons make this powerful AI software stand out among its competitors.
Ease of Implementation
Luminance can be deployed in minutes, eliminating the need for long ramp-up periods or complex integrations.
Intuitive User Experience
Designed with legal professionals in mind, Luminance integrates directly into Microsoft Word, allowing contract drafters to work in the environment they already know. This dramatically increases adoption and efficiency.
Smart Compliance and Redlining
The platform takes a first pass review of any incoming contract, highlighting where it may violate institutional guidelines and offering either AI-generated redlines or suggested precedent and fallback provisions, both of which can be inserted in one click. A built-in chatbot offers further on-demand guidance, all within a single, easy-to-use interface.
Future Potential
While the initial focus is on research contracting, Attain Partners and Luminance are already exploring additional applications, including tools to review scopes of work in funding proposals—a critical step in ensuring compliance during the application phase.
“We are delighted to partner with such an innovative firm and are looking forward to being part of their mission to empower the education, nonprofit, healthcare, and public sectors through the use of cutting-edge technologies,” said Daniel Lumby, COO at Luminance.
AI for Research Institutions
Attain Partners brings decades of hands-on experience in research contract negotiations and higher education technology. When paired with Luminance’s cutting-edge AI contracting platform, this collaboration offers a powerful, purpose-built solution for research institutions.
Together, we are tailoring AI to meet the complex, compliance-driven needs of research administration—streamlining workflows, reducing risk, and accelerating outcomes.
Interested in learning more about how AI can transform your institution’s research contracting process? Contact us today.
