Latham Advises Summit Partners on Proposed Sale of Doctrine to RELX

Latham & Watkins advises Summit Partners, a global alternative investment firm, in the proposed sale of Doctrine, a leading legal AI platform for legal professionals across continental Europe, to RELX Group, a global leader in information, analytics, and AI‑powered legal workflow solutions and the parent company of LexisNexis® Legal & Professional.

The completion of the envisaged transaction remains subject to regulatory approvals.

The Latham team is led by Paris corporate partners Olivier du Mottay and Simon Lange, with associates Jacek Urban, Giovanni Novi, and Arthur Bernhard. Advice was also provided on tax matters by Paris partner Estelle Philippi, with associate Hugo Matricon; on IP and commercial contracts matters by Paris partner Jean-Luc Juhan, with associate Daniel Martel; on antitrust and FDI matters by Paris partner Adrien Giraud, with Brussels partner Philipp Studt, Hamburg partner Jana Dammann de Chapto, and Paris of counsel Charles‑Antoine Guelluy, and associates Alexandre de Puysegur, Aliénor Estrade, Clémence Coppin, and Agnès de Fortanier; on employment matters by Paris partner Matthias Rubner, with associate Cosma Scutiero; on litigation matters by Paris partner Fabrice Fages, with associate Charlotte Guérin; and on data protection matters by associate Hana Ladhari.