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RELX Group to acquire French legaltech company Doctrine
Brief
Relx Group agreed to acquire Doctrine, a French legaltech AI platform, on May 1, 2026. The Paris-based company, founded in 2016, provides AI-powered legal research and drafting tools for civil law jurisdictions. The acquisition, which is subject to regulatory approvals and employee consultations, is expected to expand LexisNexis’s AI workflow capabilities in France, Germany, Spain and Italy.
RELX Group, the owner of LexisNexis Legal & Professional, has agreed to acquire Doctrine, a France-based legal AI platform.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Paris, Doctrine provides AI-powered tools for legal search, analysis, drafting, and practitioner workflows, leveraging a comprehensive corpus of case law and legislation for civil law jurisdictions.
The acquisition is expected to accelerate the delivery of AI-driven legal workflow solutions in France and other key European markets, and is subject to empl...
Deal details
- Buyer
- Relx Group
- Sponsor
- Relx Group
- Target
- Doctrine
- Platform
- Doctrine
- Deal type
- Platform
- Announced
- May 1, 2026
- Status
- announced