Consilio Acquires Adecco Group’s Special Counsel Legal Consulting and eDiscovery Units (D4 and EQ)
October 19, 2021
Consilio has completed the acquisition of the Adecco Group’s legal consulting and eDiscovery business units of Special Counsel, including D4 and EQ. The deal expands Consilio’s document review, legal process outsourcing and cyber incident response capabilities while Adecco retains its legal staffing and permanent placement units, which will transition to LHH Professional Recruitment.
- Buyers
- Consilio
- Targets
- Special Counsel (legal consulting and eDiscovery business units - D4 and EQ), D4, EQ
- Sellers
- The Adecco Group
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Location
- Florida, United States
- Transaction Type
- Divestiture
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