Day: June 2, 2026

Choosing your M&A advisor is the highest-leverage decision you will make in selling your legal technology company. It shapes which buyers you reach, how your company is positioned, how the deal is structured, much of the value you actually keep. And yet most founders choose on the wrong signals: the firm with the most familiar brand, the advisor they had the best rapport with over coffee, or the one who quoted the lowest fee. Those things are not irrelevant, but they are not what determines your outcome. The advisor who quotes a lower fee but misprices your company, or the… Read more »

Houlihan Lokey is a respected name in mergers and acquisitions. It is the number one global M&A advisor by deal volume, with a deep technology practice and a reputation built over decades. If you are a legal technology founder and Houlihan Lokey is on your list, that is a sign you are taking your exit seriously. So why would a founder ever choose a small specialist firm like Arbor Ridge Partners over a global powerhouse? The answer has nothing to do with prestige and everything to do with fit. For a founder-led legal technology or legal services company, the question… Read more »