Elevate acquires AI-native legal platform Lupl to expand software arm
What's the deal? Elevate has acquired Lupl, a legal project management platform backed by law firms CMSDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, CooleyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, and Rajah & Tann AsiaDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →. Terms were not disclosed. The deal folds Lupl's team and technology into Elevate's software business alongside its existing enterprise legal management (ELM) system and ELMA agentic automation tool.
What each side brings: Lupl, launched in 2020, manages complex legal matters — from cross-border M&A to multi-jurisdictional regulatory projects and disputes — covering intake, budgeting, deadline tracking, client collaboration, and reporting. Its platform integrates agentic AI, most recently through capabilities built around AnthropicDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →'s Claude. Elevate brings 15 years of experience in legal workflows and relationships with major law firms and law departments.
The talent: The entire Lupl team is joining Elevate, including chief executive officer Jeff GreenDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → and chief product officer Matt PollinsDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, along with customer success, sales, and engineering staff. The one exception is Abhijat SaraswatDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, who recently took a law firm innovation role unrelated to the deal. Lupl's brand will continue.
Why now? The companies argue that AI is being bolted onto legal processes that have barely changed in 20 years — still run on email threads, spreadsheets, and Post-it notes. As AI speeds up legal work, they say, the need for a system to orchestrate human and agent teams has grown urgent.
How it came about: Lupl and Elevate have collaborated since 2025, having been introduced through a shared customer. Their product teams found overlapping roadmaps, prompting the tie-up.
What's the endgame? Elevate plans to develop the platform and extend it across its global customer base. "Together with ELM and ELMA, Lupl advances our vision for automating legal work by connecting teams and data across matters and workflows," said Liam BrownDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom →, Elevate's chairman and chief executive officer.
The signal: The deal is the latest in a run of acquisitions by Elevate, now a multifaceted law company building out its software offering. It reflects a broader shift: as AI accelerates throughput, legal buyers increasingly want tools to manage the work, not just perform it. "The days of running legal projects on spreadsheets and post-it notes are ending," said Green.
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