Counsel Press Acquires Legalex LLC
June 5, 2025
Counsel Press, the outsourced legal services platform backed by Align Capital Partners, has acquired Legalex LLC, a New York–based technology-enabled process-serving and court e-filing platform. The add-on expands Counsel Press's service-of-process and e-filing capabilities, increases its TAM and cross-sell opportunities with existing litigator customers, and is the platform's seventh add-on since ACP partnered with Counsel Press in 2023.
- Buyers
- Counsel Press Inc., Align Capital Partners
- Targets
- Legalex LLC
- Platforms
- Counsel Press Inc.
- Industry
- Legal Services
- Location
- New York, United States
- Transaction Type
- Addon
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