Legal 500 Acquires Mondaq for Legal Research and Data
Legal 500, the leading global legal benchmarking platform, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Mondaq, the knowledge-sharing platform renowned for its expert intelligence on legal, regulatory, tax, and financial matters.
This acquisition brings together Legal 500's data-driven research capabilities with Mondaq's rich AI-enabled intelligence, data, and analytics, creating a uniquely powerful resource for legal professionals, in-house counsel, and businesses worldwide.
Legal 500's research team, comprising over 150 researchers, technologists, and data analysts, already processes more than 60,000 law firm submissions annually and analyses confidential feedback from over 300,000 corporate clients. By integrating Mondaq's thought leadership, expert analysis, and unique readership data, Legal 500 will offer even more robust, real-time intelligence on trends and developments across jurisdictions, as well as actionable insights to support revenue growth.
Legal 500's mission is to empower both buyers and sellers in the legal market to make better decisions. The acquisition of Mondaq strengthens this mission by enabling users to access comprehensive benchmarking and expert intelligence in one place, improving outcomes for law firms, in-house legal teams, and corporate decision-makers.
Legal 500 already operates in over 100 countries, and its proprietary, constantly updated dataset is recognised as the only source of its kind with such depth. By bringing in Mondaq's extensive global network of contributors and the buy-side readership data and analytics, the combined platform will expand its presence in key markets, such as the US, Canada, and the UK.
Tony Harriss, Executive Chair of Legal 500, commented: "The acquisition of Mondaq marks an exciting evolution for Legal 500. We are combining our world-class benchmarking and research capabilities with Mondaq's outstanding information, network, and data to create a truly integrated intelligence platform. This strengthens our ability to help clients navigate complex legal purchasing decisions and law firms to make more informed strategic choices."
Tim Harty, CEO of Mondaq, added: "Joining forces with Legal 500 is a natural alignment and a great strategic fit. Our contributors produce timely, practical insights relied upon by in-house counsel and executives globally, while law firms depend on our analytics platform to help drive client retention and acquisition. With Legal 500's trusted platform, we can amplify the impact of that intelligence, as well as enhance our compelling data proposition."
About Legal 500
Legal 500, founded in 1987, is the world's leading legal services benchmarking platform, connecting global law firms with international clients. Across more than 100 countries, legal500.com delivers trusted insights through comprehensive research processes and proprietary data from 300,000+ clients and 60,000+ law firm submissions annually.
About Mondaq
Mondaq is a leading provider of AI-enabled content marketing, data, and analytics solutions for professional services firms. We power marketing and business development success through insights into clients, prospects, and markets derived from our global audience of senior-level decision-makers.
