Legal Services Buyout Acquisitions in 2026

Consilio announced an integration/investment in elaw, an Australian eDiscovery and eLitigation provider, to strengthen its eDiscovery footprint across Australia and New Zealand. The move expands Consilio's local delivery capacity and capabilities for government, corporate and legal clients, and provides elaw's clients access to Consilio's global technology and Lawyers On Demand services.

MediVisuals + High Impact, a provider of visual demonstratives and trial presentation services, has acquired Jury Impressions, a mock-jury and jury research firm founded by Irv Cantor. The acquisition expands MediVisuals + High Impact's litigation support capabilities by integrating structured jury testing (focus groups, surveys, mock juries) with its visual storytelling and courtroom presentation services.

Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP has acquired Schulman Bhattacharya LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based commercial litigation and arbitration boutique. The deal brings three partners, two counsel and two associates into Hughes Hubbard to deepen the firm’s litigation, arbitration and investigations capabilities in the U.S. capital region.

BAL has acquired Ladik Law Firm, bringing sports and entertainment immigration specialist Steve Ladik and his team into BAL’s Sports and Entertainment Practice. The move expands BAL’s capability in athlete and team mobility, deepening its expertise supporting athletes, teams and leagues with immigration planning and compliance.

Point Wild, a cybersecurity and security-services portfolio, has acquired Juraspring, a mass tort lien resolution firm, to expand its legal services capabilities alongside existing units CyEx and Simpluris. The deal adds healthcare lien resolution and settlement-consulting expertise to Point Wild’s offerings, enabling more end-to-end support for law firms managing complex mass tort and class action settlement programs.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP) has acquired Signature Resolution, a Los Angeles-based provider of high-complexity private dispute resolution services, partnering with the company's founders who will retain significant equity. LLCP will support Signature's plans to expand geographically beyond California, invest in platform capabilities, and broaden equity participation among its network of approximately 100 affiliated mediators and arbitrators. Signature will continue to be led by co-founder and CEO Dario Higuchi and the company's existing leadership team.