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Industry News Follow Us On LinkedIn Recent Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A Activity August 2, 2021. Cobra Acquires Digital Discovery Cobra Legal Solutions, a legal support services company, has acquired digital forensics and data collection company, Digital Discovery. Based in Dallas, the team at Digital Discovery adds upstream evidence collection, forensic investigations, and cyber incident response capabilities to further augment Cobra’s eDiscovery and data breach services.…Read More August 10. 2021. Litera Agrees to Acquire Kira Systems Litera, a legal technology solutions company, announced that it has agreed to acquire Kira Systems (“Kira”), a contract review and analysis software company.… Read more »

Arbor Ridge Partners is pleased to announce that Greg Mazares has joined our Leadership Team as an M&A Advisor. Greg Mazares has over 40 years of experience as a senior executive for public and private corporations in consumer goods, financial services, and litigation support services. He has spent the past 33 years as a senior leader of litigation services and legal technology companies. His experience includes serving as EVP of M&A for KLDiscovery Inc. Previously, he was president & CEO at Encore Discovery Solutions and president of sales at Discovia, where he led the growth of both companies prior to… Read more »

September 7, 2021: Arbor Ridge Partners, the leading M&A advisory firm for the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry, is pleased to announce that our client, ESI Analyst, has been acquired by CloudNine – a leading provider of legal technology. ESI Analyst is a standout amongst eDiscovery investigation tools, allowing forensic investigators, legal teams and experts to tell the entire case story by combining multiple sources of digital evidence in a single platform. ESI Analyst set the standard for modern file types such as mobile, chat, social media, text, computer activity, and financial data. The integration of these two platforms… Read more »

Industry News ILTA Conference. Arbor Ridge Partners will be in Las Vegas the week of August 23rd for the ILTA Conference. If you are interested in learning about the current state of Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A, please email [email protected] or use the following form to schedule a confidential and free consultation with Arbor Ridge Partners before, during, or after the conference. Follow Us On LinkedIn Recent Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A Activity May 5, 2021. Gimmal acquires Sherpa Software Gimmal LLC, a provider of information governance software solutions, has announced that Sherpa Software, LLC, a Pittsburgh-based enterprise… Read more »

Industry News COVID-19 Update. The Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A landscape has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. If you are thinking about buying or selling a legal technology or legal services business, or simply interested in learning about the current state of Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A, please email [email protected] or use the following form to schedule a confidential and free consultation with Arbor Ridge Partners. – Follow Us on LinkedIn Recent Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A Activity March 2, 2021. HBR Consulting Acquires Keno Kozie HBR Consulting LLC, an advisor to law firms and… Read more »

COVID-19 Update. The Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A landscape has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. If you are thinking about buying or selling a legal technology or legal services business, or simply interested in learning about the current state of Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A, please email [email protected] or use the following form to schedule a confidential and free consultation with Arbor Ridge Partners. Recent Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A Activity January 5, 2021. Fastcase Merges with Casemaker Legal publishers Casemaker and Fastcase today announce their merger and joint building out of legal research and… Read more »

COVID-19 Update. The Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A landscape has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. If you are thinking about buying or selling a legal technology or legal services business, or simply interested in learning about the current state of Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A, please email [email protected] or use the following form to schedule a confidential and free consultation with Arbor Ridge Partners. Recent Legal Technology & Legal Services M&A Activity July 31, 2020. Mitratech Acquires Tracker Corp Mitratech, a provider of legal and compliance software, today announced its acquisition of Tracker Corp. a provider… Read more »

M&A ACTIVITY ROUND-UP | December 3, 2020 Chicago, Illinois – December 1, 2020: Arbor Ridge Partners, the leading M&A advisory firm for the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry, is pleased to announce that our client, Cicayda, has been acquired by TCDI – a leading provider of legal services, software and cybersecurity. Cicayda was founded in 2012 by a team of legal experts to provide a full-service eDiscovery ecosystem offering pre-discovery strategy, consulting/testifying experts, managed document review, and a fully cloud based technology platform supported by expert project managers. Cicayda’s processes, procedures, and technology are based on years of industry… Read more »

M&A ACTIVITY ROUND-UP | October 20, 2020 Chicago, Illinois – October 15, 2020: Arbor Ridge Partners, the leading M&A advisory firm for the Legal Technology and Legal Services industry, is pleased to announce that our client, Capensys, has been acquired by Wilson Allen. Founded in 2008, Capensys is a trusted provider of technology and security training solutions for law firms and corporate legal departments for clients in the US, Canada, the UK, and Australia, helping firms optimize their training programs through blended learning strategies and innovative training tools. The company has a full portfolio of training delivery tools, a comprehensive… Read more »

Legal industry analyst Ari Kaplan interviews Rick Weber, the co-founder of Arbor Ridge Partners on the Virtual Lunch – August 21, 2020. Watch the interview here. About Ari Kaplan & Ari Kaplan Advisors As a leading legal industry analyst, Ari is the founder of Ari Kaplan Advisors and has published over 200 articles, served as an Internet law commentator for CNET Radio and has been interviewed on CNN. He received Apex Awards in 2010, 2008 and 2007 for feature writing, and was named a “Law Star” by LawCrossing. He is the principal researcher for a variety of widely distributed benchmarking… Read more »