Thomson Reuters takes CoCounsel Legal cross-border research beyond 100 jurisdictions

The Multinational Profile brings legal sources from more than 100 countries and territories into one research workflow. Access to the new capability remains narrower than its geographic research coverage.

Thomson Reuters expanded CoCounsel Legal cross-border research on 14 October 2026 with Multinational Profile, a capability designed to compare legal requirements across more than 100 countries and territories within one workflow. The company says the tool draws on its legal content and vetted official sources, providing citations lawyers can inspect before relying on an answer.

In its official announcement, Thomson Reuters said the new profile helps legal teams compare requirements across countries, flag differences and identify issues that need local advice. The development extends an existing legal AI product, rather than launching a completely new platform. Access to the profile is also separate from the geographical reach of its research content.

Multinational research keeps legal sources beside answers

A legal team assessing a data-handling policy or multinational supplier contract can ask questions spanning several jurisdictions without repeatedly switching research tools. Thomson Reuters says the profile brings together material from Westlaw, Practical Law and vetted legal or regulatory sources, then attaches references to its findings.

The company’s 21 October product explanation says cited sources appear in their original language and can be examined inside CoCounsel Legal. Users with access to the underlying Westlaw or Practical Law material can continue their research there. Citations support verification; they do not establish that a generated interpretation is legally correct.

Research coverage varies between jurisdictions

The research catalogue covers more than 100 countries and territories, but depth and source availability differ across them. Some jurisdictions have richer available material than others, Thomson Reuters acknowledges. Legal teams may still need local counsel to confirm the interpretation of unfamiliar law or deal with issues requiring specialist advice.

The company’s October announcement also describes the next generation of CoCounsel Legal, including matter-specific Workspaces and Tabular Analysis for reviewing sets of documents with source references. Those platform functions are distinct from the cross-border research profile and may not be accessible in every customer market.

Product access follows a separate geographic rollout

Thomson Reuters confirmed on 21 October that Multinational Profile was available to customers using the current CoCounsel Legal experience in the United States and United Kingdom. It said Canada and Australia were scheduled to receive the profile later in October. Its 14 October announcement separately projected rollout of the upgraded CoCounsel Legal platform to customers in more than 90 countries and territories during 2026.

That 90-plus-country plan concerns distribution of the platform, not the number of legal jurisdictions searchable through Multinational Profile. Thomson Reuters has not claimed uniform research coverage or published independent accuracy results for the new cross-border capability.