EY Abogados and A&0 Shearman Advise on the Acquisition of vLex for $1b

EY Abogados and A&0 Shearman advise on the acquisition of vLex for $1b

Canadian legal software firm Clio has reached an agreement to acquire vLex, a global legal intelligence platform, from Oakley Capital. The transaction, which values vLex at $1 billion, makes the company one of the few tech unicorns to emerge from Spain. Oakley Capital, which acquired vLex in 2022, supported the company’s international expansion, including its entry into the US market with the purchase of Fastcase, and the development of artifici…

Guest Post: Ken Crutchfield on Clio’s Acquisition of vLex – Have We Seen this Movie Before?

It was major news this week when law practice management company Clio announced its acquisition of legal research and AI company vLex for $1 billion. But Ken Crutchfield, who has been an executive at LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters, and most recently Wolters Kluwer, where he was vice president and general manager of legal markets for Wolters […]