Petrobras recovers $2M annually and cuts manual errors 80% with agentic legal document automation

Petrobras operates in a highly regulated environment where legal and compliance workflows are document-heavy and error-sensitive. Processes relied on fragmented systems, heavy dependence on SAP with manual inputs, and unstructured documents. Low visibility across document lifecycles drove high rework and elevated financial and compliance risk.

Petrobras deployed Automation Anywhere Document Automation with agentic workflows to extract and structure data from complex legal contracts and filings. AI agents validate and reconcile entries across SAP and enterprise systems, with human-in-the-loop exception handling via Automation Co-Pilot. The same agentic approach is being extended into tax workflows to validate ICMS records and detect inconsistencies in real time.

Workflows are now standardized and audit-ready, with near-perfect data accuracy in critical processes. Manual errors were reduced by 80%, governance was simplified, and decision-making accelerated. The company reports $2M recovered annually and stronger control over financial and regulatory risk at enterprise scale.

• • Combining AI document extraction with agentic validation and human-in-the-loop oversight can bring near-100% accuracy to high-risk legal and compliance processes.
• • Integrating automation with core systems like SAP is key to eliminating manual rework and making unstructured legal data operational.
• • Agentic automation can extend from legal document processing into adjacent compliance domains such as tax validation without losing governance controls.