Luminance, the global leader in Legal-Grade™ AI for the enterprise, today announced that Ajinomoto Europe, an affiliate of the Ajinomoto Group – a global leader in food and biotechnology, has adopted its AI platform to streamline contract review and strengthen governance across its European and African operations.

With a small in-house legal team responsible for managing a wide range of contracts across multiple jurisdictions, Ajinomoto Europe was seeking an AI-powered solution to improve efficiency, reduce risk and ensure greater consistency in contract review and oversight. Luminance was selected to support these objectives by accelerating review processes while providing deeper insight into contractual risk.

“AI is essential to help our legal team work more efficiently while maintaining high standards of control and compliance,” said Gabrielle Chedal,  Legal Director at Ajinomoto Europe. “Luminance’s powerful AI, intuitive platform and personal approach really impressed us.”

Luminance stood out due to its advanced Legal-Grade™ AI and deep legal specialism, complemented by a highly consultative, customer-focused approach that gave Ajinomoto Europe confidence in the long-term value of the partnership.

Luminance will enable Ajinomoto Europe to accelerate contract reviews, standardize processes and gain granular insight into business activity. As a result, the legal team will be able to focus more time on strategic priorities while ensuring consistency and risk mitigation across the business.

“Ajinomoto Europe is a great example of an organization using AI pragmatically to support a lean legal function operating at scale,” said Eleanor Lightbody, CEO of Luminance. “Their focus on efficiency, governance and standardization aligns perfectly with our mission to help businesses move faster while staying firmly in control.”

About the Ajinomoto Group

The Ajinomoto Group will contribute to the well-being of all human beings, our society and our planet with “AminoScience” based on the corporate slogan “Eat Well, Live Well.” The Ajinomoto Group has offices in 31 countries and regions, with 121 businesses operating worldwide as of 2025. In fiscal year 2024, sales totaled 1.5305 trillion yen. To learn more, visit www.ajinomoto.com.

About Ajinomoto Europe

 Ajinomoto Europe is an Ajinomoto Group company providing support functions to Ajinomoto’s affiliates in the EMEA region.

About Luminance
Luminance is the Contract Intelligence platform that turns the language that defines a business into the intelligence it runs on. Born out of the University of Cambridge and purpose-built by AI, legal and technology experts, Luminance understands the history and context of every contract. It acts on that intelligence, proactively surfacing risk, flagging obligations, accelerating negotiations and driving action across Legal, Finance, Procurement, Sales and the wider business. It enables enterprises to learn from their contracts, while contracts learn from the enterprise, helping businesses make better decisions and move forward with confidence.