No-code legal automation platform Legal OS raises €6M venture capital, co-led by Gradient Ventures, Google’s AI-focused venture fund, and 10x with participation from existing investors HV Capital and Speedinvest. The company has built a no-code platform for automated contract creation, document generation, and process development to help legal teams speed-up their work and contribute to the no-code transformation in the legal industry.

Onit, Inc., a provider of enterprise workflow solutions including enterprise legal management and contract lifecycle management, announced that it has acquired SecureDocs, a global software company for contract management, virtual deal rooms and electronic signatures. With this acquisition, Onit aims to strengthen its position as a leading, modern contract lifecycle management (CLM) provider and to expand the company’s product portfolio from enterprise-level CLM to include a quickly deployable contract management solution for legal operations teams.

Global legal tech provider Litera announced it had acquired Lynch Marks, LLC, a California-based invoicing and shipping management company that developed PS/Ship. With this acquisition Litera aims to add another piece to its platform for law firms looking to solve more issues through a single technology partner integrating with their broader systems. This is now Litera's 14th M&A deal in recent times and follows the purchase of Kira Systems and Concep last year.

Aderant, a global provider of business software to law firms, announced the acquisition of American LegalNet (ALN), a provider of court forms, eFiling, calendaring and docketing solutions. Hence, Aderant and ALN customers will get access to an expanded suite of solutions to meet the demands of their clients and foster digital transformation. 

On 20 January 2022, the first AI & Law Conference will be held by recode.law in cooperation with the Oxford Fintech & Legaltech Society. Due to the still ongoing pandemic, the event will take place online.