Following the completion of its historic $1 billion acquisition of vLex final month, Clio has introduced the management positions for key former vLex executives becoming a member of the corporate.
The appointments are:
Lluis Faus will function strategic advisor and interim chief content material officer. As the previous CEO of vLex, which he and his brother based in 2000, he brings a long time of expertise in authorized analysis and content material innovation to his new position overseeing Clio’s content material technique.
Ed Walters takes on the place of vp, authorized innovation and technique. Walters was chief technique officer at vLex and, earlier than that, cofounder and CEO of Fastcase, which he based in 1999. He’ll concentrate on driving innovation throughout Clio’s expanded product portfolio.
Angel Faus joins Clio’s govt roster as vp of engineering. As cofounder of vLex, he had been its chief know-how officer. He’ll now apply his technical experience to integrating vLex’s know-how with Clio’s platform.
Phil Rosenthal turns into head of bar and educational partnerships, persevering with his work constructing relationships with bar associations and regulation faculties, as he beforehand did at each vLex and Fastcase. Rosenthal was cofounder of Fastcase and its president and chairman.
The acquisition, which closed in November, mixed Clio’s follow administration platform with vLex’s authorized analysis capabilities, creating what Clio CEO Jack Newton described as an built-in resolution spanning your entire authorized workflow.
The deal was accompanied by a $500 million Sequence G funding spherical that valued Clio at $5 billion.
As I reported on the time of the acquisition’s completion, the mixture brings collectively Clio’s 150,000 prospects with vLex’s analysis platform utilized by thousands and thousands of authorized professionals globally.
