US legaltech firm Clio has acquired Canadian AI legal data start-up Jurisage as part of its push to expand in the Canadian legaltech market.
The deal will bring together Clio’s AI-powered legal work platform with Jurisage’s Canadian-based legal data. The agreement is also designed to accelerate the launch of Clio Work in Canada, an AI legal assistant that helps lawyers with research, drafting and document analysis.
The firm says that Clio Work is its fastest growing product globally, with significant interest from Canadian legal firms awaiting its arrival in the country.
Jurisage is an AI-powered legal research tool built on one of Canada’s most comprehensive legal data sets, spanning more than 470,000 cases across 43 courts, which is updated daily.
Jack Newton, CEO and founder of Clio, said that Canadian lawyers are some of the most “forward thinking” when it comes to AI adoption.
He added: “They deserve a platform that matches that ambition. Jurisage brings the legal data, expertise and longtime service to this market. Combined with the scale and depth of Clio’s Intelligent Legal Work Platform, we’re building the foundation for what’s next in legal AI in Canada.”
Aaron Wenner, co-founder of Jurisage, and now the manager of Canadian content strategy at Clio, said: “Joining Clio creates an opportunity to put that foundation to work at a much larger scale. By combining Jurisage’s legal data with Clio’s platform, we can build AI that is deeply informed by Canadian law and integrated into the workflows where legal professionals spend their time.”
Research compiled by Clio found that Canadian legal professionals are among the most AI-aware in the world. It discovered that 60% of law firms are encouraging AI use, and that two thirds of firms said that it has a positive effect on revenue.
Toronto-based Jurisage was founded in 2022 as a joint venture between Canadian legal publisher Compass Law and Edmonton-based AI company AltaML.
A year later it merged with AI managed legal services firm CiteRight, which was co-founded by Wenner and Ariel Nacson. Nacson has been appointed as senior customer success manager at Clio.
Clio has also promoted Ronnie Gurion to president of the company in addition to his existing role as chief operating officer. In his expanded new position his responsibilities include overseeing the firm’s global go-to-market strategy, customer experience and post-acquisition integration.
Last month, Clio announced that it had grown to reach £500m in annual recurring revenue, aided by its Intelligent Legal Work Platform launched last year and its $1bn acquisition of Barcelona-based legal intelligence provider vLex.
Clio says that it currently serves more than 400,000 legal professionals across more than 130 countries.
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