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Published Jun 30, 2025
Every so often, there are moments that redefine what’s possible.
Today is one of those moments.
Clio has signed a definitive agreement to acquire vLex, the global leader in legal intelligence that combines the world’s most comprehensive legal research platform with cutting-edge AI.
This acquisition represents the largest in legaltech history. It also stands to be the largest deal for a privately held tech company in both Canada, where Clio was founded, and Spain, the home of vLex. With offices across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and beyond, Clio and vLex together are uniquely positioned to transform how law firms work around the world.
To date, Clio supports over 200,000 law firms globally, while vLex’s platform reaches 2.8 million registered users. Together, we serve firms of every size and specialization, and are already trusted by courts, Am Law 100 firms, and law societies around the world. By combining our scale, teams, and technology, the number of firms we can empower will only continue to grow while further strengthening our ability to transform how the entire legal industry works.
Through this acquisition we are laying the foundation for the first and only cloud-based, AI-powered platform that seamlessly connects the business and practice of law. It’s a moment that reflects not only the scale of what we’re building, but the scale of what’s possible and represents a bold step toward building a new category of legal technology.
It’s not just about transforming tools. It’s about transforming how legal work gets done.
What this means for the legal profession
Since day one, we’ve been committed to helping lawyers get more done in one platform, saving them the friction and difficulties of working across multiple solutions. We offer solutions for intake, payments, accounting, document drafting, and e-filing. And now, with our acquisition of vLex, we’re bringing even more to Clio, including extensive legal research and the industry-leading AI known as Vincent.
By bringing together Clio’s legal operating system and vLex’s award-winning AI platform, Vincent, we’re unlocking something truly unprecedented: an end-to-end solution where legal professionals can manage all of clients and matters with the seamless support of an intelligent AI that leverages one of the largest legal databases in the world. Vincent’s capabilities go far beyond traditional research. It enables multimodal analysis (including video and audio), can test legal theories, assist with document drafting and contract analysis, and adapts to firm-specific workflows. It draws from a proprietary database of over one billion editorially enriched legal documents across 110+ countries, trusted by courts, law firms, and enterprise legal teams alike.
With the breadth and depth of this data, combined with the ability to leverage their own firm data, legal professionals will be able to make faster, more informed, and more strategic decisions. This also sets the stage for a future of powerful agentic AI that will empower legal professionals to serve clients with unprecedented insight and precision. This has the potential to make legal teams more powerful, more efficient, and better equipped to close the access to justice gap.
Through this acquisition, these capabilities won’t just be integrated, they’ll be elevated, enhanced by the power and simplicity of Clio.
Why we’re taking a different path
Others in the industry have announced partnerships with AI providers. We’re going further.
By fully acquiring and integrating vLex, we’re creating deep alignment across our vision, our technology, and our product roadmap. This isn’t a plug-in. It’s a foundational shift.
It means we can move faster, innovate more meaningfully, and deliver a platform that not only keeps pace with change but sets the pace. A platform built not just to solve today’s problems, but to transform how legal work gets done in the years to come.
We believe the future of legal practice won’t be pieced together with disconnected tools. It will be unified. Intelligent. Seamless. And, above all, client-centered.
That future doesn’t start someday. It starts now.
What’s next
While the acquisition will be closing later this year, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals, we’re sharing the news because we want you to understand what it means for you.
In the months ahead, you can expect even more value, more powerful capabilities, and more time to focus on what matters most, serving your clients and growing your practice.
You’ll also see meaningful advancements to Clio Duo, our built-in AI partner in Clio Manage, as we continue to invest in its evolution alongside this acquisition.
Our goal is to bring the power of AI closer to your everyday work, all within the tools you already use.
This is just the beginning. We’ll share more as the acquisition progresses and as we continue to build the platform that will define the future of legal work.
Thank you for being part of this journey.
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