Robert Ambrogi Blog
Following the completion of its historic $1 billion acquisition of vLex last month, Clio has announced the leadership positions for key former vLex executives joining the company.
The appointments are:
Lluis Faus will serve as strategic advisor and interim chief content officer. As the former CEO of vLex, which he and his brother founded in 2000, he brings decades of experience in legal research and content innovation to his new role overseeing Clio’s content strategy.
Ed Walters takes on the position of vice president, legal innovation and strategy. Walters was chief strategy officer at vLex and, before that, cofounder and CEO of Fastcase, which he founded in 1999. He will focus on driving innovation across Clio’s expanded product portfolio.
Angel Faus joins Clio’s executive roster as vice president of engineering. As cofounder of vLex, he had been its chief technology officer. He will now apply his technical expertise to integrating vLex’s technology with Clio’s platform.
Phil Rosenthal becomes head of bar and academic partnerships, continuing his work building relationships with bar associations and law schools, as he previously did at both vLex and Fastcase. Rosenthal was cofounder of Fastcase and its president and chairman.
The acquisition, which closed in November, combined Clio’s practice management platform with vLex’s legal research capabilities, creating what Clio CEO Jack Newton described as an integrated solution spanning the entire legal workflow.
The deal was accompanied by a $500 million Series G funding round that valued Clio at $5 billion.
As I reported at the time of the acquisition’s completion, the combination brings together Clio’s 150,000 customers with vLex’s research platform used by millions of legal professionals globally.