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September 22, 2025. Arbor Ridge Partners, the M&A advisory firm for the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry, is pleased to announce that our client, Celerity Discovery – a portfolio company of Hastings Equity Partners – has been acquired by Array. This marks the twentieth deal in the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry for Arbor Ridge Partners in the past five years, and further cements their position as the industry’s leader in M&A. “With their industry expertise, Arbor Ridge Partners tailored a process that yielded an optimal transaction.” said Grant Reckhow, Principal, Hastings Equity Partners. The acquisition is a… Read more »

Follow Us On LinkedIn Arbor Ridge Partners is pleased to announce that James MacGregor has joined our Team as an M&A Advisor. James MacGregor has extensive experience in Legal Services, including Digital Forensics, eDiscovery, and Document Review. For the past 15 years, he has worked in global leadership roles at some of the largest eDiscovery professional services firms in the world, overseeing projects across the US, UK, and European markets. While serving as the Managing Director for Consilio’s London office, James played a key role in overseeing the integration of multiple acquired businesses, giving him valuable hands-on experience with M&A… Read more »

September 17, 2024: Arbor Ridge Partners, the leading M&A advisory firm for the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry, is pleased to announce that our client, Novitas Data has been acquired by Proteus Discovery Group. Proteus, founded in 2015 in Indianapolis by four former AmLaw 100 litigators, built its portfolio and reputation by focusing on organic growth starting in the Midwest, and through eDiscovery technology partnerships with industry-leaders like Relativity. Novitas, founded in 1997 in Portland, Oregon, was an early adopter of Relativity’s server technology, which integrated with its scanning operation and forensic services to assist clients in identifying important… Read more »

May 8, 2024: Arbor Ridge Partners, the leading M&A advisory firm for the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry, is pleased to announce that our client, CJK has been acquired by Elevate – a leading provider of software, consulting, and services to law departments and law firms globally and a trusted Chambers-recognized, Band 1 provider of eDiscovery and Document Review solutions globally. Based in the US and Japan, The CJK Group (“CJK”) helps legal teams navigate unfamiliar terrain faced during discovery in non-English language environments. CJK provides best-in-class multi-language support for litigation, investigations, and transaction-based due diligence to a diverse… Read more »

Ricoh USA, Inc., a leading provider of integrated digital services and print and imaging solutions, today announced the sale of its eDiscovery Services business to Array, a litigation support company that provides a comprehensive suite of legal services. Ricoh eDiscovery provides ISO 9001:2015 quality-certified evidence and document management solutions, as well as litigation support services that successfully integrate technology, defensible process, and professional services to meet the unique needs of the legal industry. With innovative solutions that deliver insight and control, Ricoh eDiscovery solutions enable organizations to make informed business decisions, discover critical information from their data at the earliest… Read more »

Time for another thought leader interview on eDiscovery Today! This time, I’m interviewing Rick Weber, Managing Partner of Arbor Ridge Partners! Read the interview at eDiscoveryToday.com Read The Transcript

Industry News Follow Us On LinkedIn Legal Week. Arbor Ridge Partners will be in New York the week of March 20th for New York Legal Tech. If you are interested in learning more about the current state of Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A, please email info@ArborRidgePartners.com or use the following form to schedule a confidential and free consultation with Arbor Ridge Partners before, during, or after the conference. Recent Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A Activity October 24, 2022. Reveal Acquires Technically Creative Reveal Begins Rapid Deployment of Automated Data Connectors After Acquiring Technically Creative. Acquisition fuses Technically Creative’s… Read more »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Arbor Ridge Partners Advises On Celerity Consulting Group’s Expansion February 8, 2023. Arbor Ridge Partners, the M&A advisory firm for the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry, advises on Celerity Consulting Group, LLC’s expansion with a new cybersecurity and information governance practice group. This marks the fifth deal in the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry for Arbor Ridge Partners in the last quarter. Kenya Parrish-Dixon, now Celerity’s Vice President and Associate Counsel states, “Arbor Ridge Partners worked miracles. Joining the Celerity Consulting Group family provides our team the opportunity to further expand our ability to serve… Read more »

Arbor Ridge Partners is pleased to announce that Bob Ranck has joined our Leadership Team as an M&A Advisor. Bob Ranck has over ten years of experience in mergers and acquisitions, providing deal sourcing and origination services in the Records and Information Management (RIM) industry. His experience includes VP, M&A Development with 2-20 Records Management, a middle market private equity portfolio company that was successfully sold in 2022, and M&A with Iron Mountain, where he had business acquisition responsibility for the Western U.S. and Canada. Prior to M&A, Bob spent 20 years in business development and consulting in the Legal… Read more »

Industry News Follow Us On LinkedIn Relativity Fest. Arbor Ridge Partners will be in Chicago the week of October 24th for Relativity Fest. If you are interested in learning more about the current state of Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A, please email info@ArborRidgePartners.com or use the following form to schedule a confidential and free consultation with Arbor Ridge Partners before, during, or after the conference. Recent Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A Activity August 25, 2022. OpenText to Acquire Micro Focus International Open Text announced that it has reached agreement to acquire Micro Focus. Micro Focus is one of… Read more »