On April 4, 2023, legal technology companies vLex and Fastcase announced that they are merging. Oakley Capital and Bain Capital Credit agreed to invest in the combined company. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati advised Fastcase on the transaction.

The investment from Oakley and Bain will be used to help the combined company expand its reach globally and to accelerate the company’s legal artificial intelligence (AI) lab, which develops AI tools to streamline research, tracking, writing and filing documents for the legal industry. The new entity will be called vLex Group while the products will use the vLex name in global markets and Fastcase in the United States.

For more information, please read the press release or media coverage at LawSites.

Wilson Sonsini previously advised Fastcase on its 2021 merger with Casemaker. The team that advised Fastcase on this deal includes:

Boston Corporate
Mark Fitzgerald
Amanda Creedon
Reilly Clark
Drew Kohlmeier
Rebecca Fliegel
Andrew Savage
Daniel Jordan

Technology Transactions
James Clessuras

Tax
Gregory Broome
Derek Wallace
Anthony Yanez

Delaware
Ryan Greecher
Jason Schoenberg

Employee Benefits and Compensation
Michelle Wallin
Jessica Bliss

Employment Litigation
Briza Sanchez

National Security
Stephen Heifetz
Josephine Aiello LeBeau
Anne Seymour
Nimit Dhir
Kara Millard

Privacy and Cybersecurity
Matthew Staples
Daniel Chen
Edward Ruse
Nikolaos Theodorakis