The business
vLex Headquartered in London (UK), Barcelona (Spain) and Miami (US) with other offices worldwide.
vLex is a global legal intelligence platform that provides legal professionals with access to the most extensive collection of legal and regulatory information in the world, all on one award-winning and unique platform
vLEx acquired London-based Justis Publishing, which has the largest database of structured common law cases in the world. Justis had clients in more than 40 countries and the acquisition increases by more than 20 the number of countries in which vLex has a presence.
The funding
£4.2m growth loan
Use of funds: Acquisition of another business
1998
1998
vLex established
2000
2000
vLex was founded in Barcelona to serve the legal market in Spain
2005
2005
vLex expanded its presence in Latin America and opened international offices
2011
2011
The company received VC funding to further develop its technology and expand its reach
2017
2017
The company introduced vLex Analytics
2018
2018
vLex introduced Vincent A an AI-powered assistant that helps legal professionals quickly find and extract key information from legal documents
2019
2019
Investment from Growth Lending secured to acquire Justis Publishing, which expanded the company’s library of cases and statutes, adding coverage for the UK, Ireland, the Caribbean, Southeast Asia, Australia and New Zealand
2020
2020
The company introduced vLex Cloud
2022
2022
Oakley Capital made a PE
This funding will play a big part in vLex achieving its targets for growth. Kim has built a working relationship that is characterised by excellent communication and trust, and she ensured that Growth Lending’s offer was the right fit for us.”
Lluís Faus, Co-Founder and Chief Executive
When you make an acquisition, you’re looking for one plus one to equal three or four, and that’s certainly been the case here. The work was complex, but this is the type of deal that Growth Lending can do.”
Kim Martin, Managing Director of Origination
