William Blair acted as exclusive financial advisor to Brightflag, a portfolio company of One Peak Partners, Sands Capital, Frontline Ventures, Tribal Ventures, and Enterprise Ireland, in connection with its pending sale to Wolters Kluwer (EURONEXT: WKL) for €425 million. This represents yet another landmark transaction for our legal software franchise.
About the Companies
Brightflag’s AI-powered enterprise legal management platform provides complete visibility into legal work and spend. The company makes in-house teams more productive by eliminating time-consuming invoicing, reporting, and matter management work, and provides the insights legal leaders need to effectively deliver legal advice to the business. The company serves a global community of legal professionals from offices in New York, Ireland, and Australia.
Wolters Kluwer is a global leader in information solutions, software, and services for professionals in healthcare; tax and accounting; financial and corporate compliance; legal and regulatory; corporate performance and ESG. The company helps their customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with technology and services. Wolters Kluwer reported 2024 annual revenues of €5.9 billion. The company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries, and employs roughly 21,900 people worldwide. The company is based in Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands.
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