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RELX to Acquire French Legal AI Firm Doctrine
RELX Group announced that it will acquire Doctrine, a Paris-based legal AI platform serving 27,000 legal professionals across Europe. RELX Group, the parent company of LexisNexis Legal and Professiona
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RELX Group announced that it will acquire Doctrine, a Paris-based legal AI platform serving 27,000 legal professionals across Europe.
RELX Group, the parent company of LexisNexis Legal and Professional, has agreed to acquire Doctrine, a French legal technology company founded in 2016. The deal, announced in Paris and New York on April 28, 2026, aims to expand LexisNexis's legal AI workflow capabilities across France, Germany, Spain, and Italy. The acquisition is driven by RELX's goal to deliver stronger legal research and drafting tools to professionals across civil law jurisdictions in Europe.
This move signals a major consolidation in European legal technology, where demand for AI-powered legal research and drafting tools is growing rapidly among law firms, corporations, and public institutions.
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RELX Group has not disclosed the financial terms of the transaction. The proposed acquisition remains subject to applicable employee consultation procedures and regulatory approvals. Both companies will continue to operate independently until the process is complete.
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