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Clio Closes $1 Billion vLex Deal as Series G Values Legal-Tech Firm at $5 Billion

A new $350 million debt facility backs an AI-first push to fuse practice management with legal research.

Overview

  • Clio completed the US$1 billion purchase of vLex, uniting its practice-management system with vLex’s Vincent AI and global research corpus under an “Intelligent Legal Work Platform.”
  • The company raised a US$500 million Series G at a US$5 billion valuation, led by NEA with participation from TCV, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Sixth Street Growth and JMI Equity.
  • A US$350 million debt facility from Blackstone and Blue Owl provides capacity for AI investment, product buildout and further acquisitions.
  • vLex brings a library exceeding one billion legal documents across 110 jurisdictions plus an AI assistant that drafts, cites sources and flags issues with safeguards to reduce fabrication.
  • Clio reports profitability around US$400 million in revenue and more than 400,000 users, while executives say the company is not rushing toward an IPO.