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Recent Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A Activity
January 27, 2025. OPEXUS and Casepoint Merger
OPEXUS, a provider of government process management software, and Casepoint, an eDiscovery and data discovery technology for litigation, investigations, and data compliance, today announced a merger and a majority investment from Thoma Bravo, a leading software investment firm. Casepoint shareholders and OPEXUS’s existing investor Gemspring Capital will both retain minority positions in the combined company. Read More…
January 28, 2025. Elevate Acquires Intellectual Property Provider Sagacious IP
Elevate, a provider of software, consulting, and services to law departments and law firms, today announced the acquisition of intellectual property research company Sagacious IP, with Sagacious co-founders Anant Kataria and Tarun Bansal joining the Elevate management team. Founded in 2008, Sagacious serves law department and law firm customers worldwide, including Fortune 500 companies and IAM1000-listed firms, in the US, Europe, China, Japan and beyond. Read More…
February 3, 2025. Veritext Legal Solutions Acquires UWWM, The McCammon Group and
Resolute Systems
Veritext Legal Solutions, a technology-enabled court reporting services and litigation support solutions company, today announces the expansion of its service offerings to include alternative dispute resolution by acquiring ADR firms: UWWM (Upchurch Watson White & Max), The McCammon Group and Resolute Systems. These organizations bring expertise in dispute resolution and provide Veritext with the ability to offer ADR solutions to legal professionals. Read More…
February 6, 2025. Litera Acquires Peppermint Technology
Litera, a legal technology company announce the acquisition of Peppermint Technology, a provider of technology solutions tailored to law firms. This acquisition is aimed to help law firms elevate value from their Microsoft applications and help manage the end-to-end legal
experience. Read More…
February 25, 2025. Baretz+Brunelle Acquires LexFusion
Baretz+Brunelle, a growth advisory firm to businesses in the legal industry, announced today its acquisition of LexFusion, an accelerator legal tech companies and law departments and law firms. Together, Baretz+Brunelle and LexFusion will focus on growth across the diverse legal asset class. Read More…
March 18, 2025. Innovative Driven Acquires Indexed I/O
Innovative Driven, an Electronic Discovery data processing and analytics company, has acquired Indexed I/O, an eDiscovery software solution, strengthening its long-term commitment to delivering exceptional services and solutions to law firms and corporate legal departments. This acquisition allows Innovative Driven to bring another creative outlet that enhances their ability to tailor solutions, giving clients greater flexibility and control over their data workflows. As the eDiscovery and litigation support industry continues to shift toward a cloud-first strategy with Relativity’s transition away from on-prem solutions to RelOne, clients face new challenges and opportunities in cloud adoption. Innovative Driven recognizes that a one-size-fits-all approach does not work. It is vital that clients can choose what works best for their use cases. Read More…
May 5, 2025. Arcapita Acquires TrustPoint
Arcapita Group Holdings Limited (“Arcapita”), the global alternative investment firm, announced today that it has successfully completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Trustpoint.One a provider of tech-enabled legal services to law firms and corporate clients in the United States, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Valued at over $400 billion, the US legal services market is highly fragmented and experiencing growing demand for alternative legal service providers (ALSPs) due to rising litigation volumes and the need for technology-driven solutions. Historically, litigation has not been linked to GDP growth and is generally insulated from macroeconomic trends. ALSPs are an integral part of the modern litigation landscape due to their ability to generate meaningful cost and time savings, and allow law firms to focus on higher value-add activities such as building case strategy. The market is projected to grow at a stable rate, driven by increasing regulatory complexity and data volumes. Trustpoint offers a comprehensive suite of legal services, including eDiscovery, managed review, legal staffing, and cyber security solutions. The Company serves top 100 law firms and a variety of Fortune 500 companies. Read More…
May 14, 2025. Morae Acquires Gimmal
Morae Global Corporation (“Morae”), providing law firms, legal departments and compliance executives with solutions for managing their information lifecycle, today announced that it has acquired Gimmal, the leading end-to-end information governance (IG) software platform for managing the lifecycle of physical and digital records. Read More…
June 17, 2025. Consilio Acquires TruLaw
Consilio, a provider of legal technology solutions and enterprise legal services, today announced it has completed the acquisition of TrueLaw, a legal AI research lab based in New York City. This acquisition expands Consilio’s AI capabilities. Read More…
July 1, 2025. ArcherHall Acquires R3 Digital Forensics
ArcherHall, a provider of digital forensics, eDiscovery, and cybersecurity services to law firms, corporations, and government agencies, is pleased to announce its acquisition of R3 Digital Forensics, a digital forensics firm based in Austin, Texas. With this acquisition, ArcherHall continues executing on its national growth strategy to become the premier provider of digital forensics and eDiscovery services. Read More…
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