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More Consolidation As AffiniPay Buys ClientPay
More consolidation, this time within the ‘billing tech’ field. AffiniPay, which is a professional services payments conglomerate, has acquired ClientPay, a company focused on online …
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Epiq Buys Hyperion Legal Ops + Tech Consultancy
Epiq, the multi-stream legal services company, has acquired Hyperion Global Partners, a global business and technology advisory practice for legal operations and transformation. The acquisition …
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PE’s Impact Felt Again As BigHand Buys Consulting Firm
Following Levine Leichtman Capital Partners’ (LLCP) acquisition of rapidly expanding tech group BigHand, the company has bought resource management firm Mason & Cook – the …
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Role Reversal as Litera Buys Tech Product from Law Firm
In an unusual role reversal, leading Australian law firm Gilbert + Tobin has sold its digital disclosure tool that it built internally to the ever-growing legal tech platform, Litera, in what is a rare example of a large software company buying an innovative solution lock, stock and barrel from a law firm. Such a move could also be a world first, the firm claims. …
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Deloitte Legal Acquires UK Law Firm Kemp Little
Breaking News: Deloitte has today announced that it has signed an agreement that will, on completion, see the team from Kemp Little, a leading technology …
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VDR Datasite Bought By Private Equity Firm
In another example of private equity funds driving change in the legal tech and adjacent sectors, virtual data room (VDR) Datasite is to be acquired …
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DocuSign To Buy AI Pioneer Seal Software For $188m
BREAKING NEWS – DocuSign has today announced its intent to acquire one of the leading contract analytics and AI technology providers, Seal Software, for $188 million in cash. [See …
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Litera Bags Doxly….In Surprise Deal As Consolidation Continues
In a case of unusual timing, just after writing about Wilson Sonsini and Doxly, this just arrived…. Here is the basics, more tomorrow- Litera has …
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Legal Engineers Wavelength Acquired By Simmons & Simmons
Wavelength, the world’s first regulated legal engineering firm, has announced that it has joined Simmons & Simmons following its acquisition by the leading international law …
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Consolidation Gets Real as Thomson Reuters Buys HighQ
Official statement below – analysis to follow shortly. Thomson Reuters (TSX/NYSE: TRI) today announced that it has acquired HighQ, a leading collaboration platform for the legal …