Wim Dejonghe and Mbrella founders launch Falcon, an AI-native law firm for SMB contracts

# What happened Wim Dejonghe, former global senior partner at Allen & Overy, has co-founded Falcon, an AI-native law firm. The founding team includes the technology entrepreneurs behind Belgium HR-tech scaleup Mbrella — Amaury Gérard, Quinten Vandermeulen and David Nguyen — and former Freshfields lawyer Rémy Bonnaffé.

# What Falcon offers Falcon focuses on high-volume commercial contracts: NDAs, data processing agreements (DPAs), master service agreements (MSAs), and customer and supplier contracts. Clients submit documents through chat platforms such as Slack or Microsoft Teams. Every review is signed off by a qualified lawyer and returned the same day.

The firm is built around two operational choices:

• AI-assisted automation to cut time spent on factual and repetitive tasks.
• Flat-fee pricing rather than billing by the hour, with lawyers remaining accountable for legal advice and final sign-off.

# How the service works Each engagement starts with a 45-minute intake call to map how the client's business operates, the types of deals they do, and their tolerance for legal risk. Falcon then builds a playbook tailored to that client. That playbook guides rapid, repeatable reviews so routine matters can be handled quickly and at lower cost.

Early customers, including Loop Earplugs in Belgium, have used Falcon to process transactional contract needs.

# Why the founders started Falcon The Mbrella founders experienced commercial-contract bottlenecks as their scaleup grew. Outsourcing routine work to traditional firms could cost thousands of euros and take days or weeks, they say. Falcon was designed to reduce that time and cost while keeping lawyers central to decision-making.

# Market and expansion plans

# Practical implications for buyers If you are an SME that handles recurring commercial agreements, Falcon offers:

• Faster turnaround through a tailored playbook and AI-assisted review.
• Predictable pricing via flat fees rather than hourly billing.
• Lawyer-signed outputs the same day, delivered through familiar chat tools.

If you are an in-house counsel or procurement lead, Falcon's model may reduce internal time spent on routine reviews and cut external spend on standard contracts.

# What to watch next

• Falcon's performance on turnaround times, quality and error rates as it scales.
• How readily the playbook approach covers varied commercial scenarios across industries and jurisdictions.
• The firm's pricing levels and how they compare with traditional outsourcing and in-house costs.