Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands (October 25, 2011) – Kluwer Netherlands, a unit of the global information service provider Wolters Kluwer, has taken over Legal Intelligence. Legal Intelligence is known for its advanced search engine by which legal and tax professionals can search through all the information they need for their work.
Thanks to this acquisition, Kluwer will be bringing in valuable knowledge and experience in online knowledge management and content integration. Legal Intelligence will as a consequence be in a better financial position to achieve its desired applications more rapidly. After the acquisition, Legal Intelligence will continue to operate as an independent organization, thereby keeping existing plans, ongoing projects and agreements intact. Kluwer’s current agreements with other content integrators will not be affected by this agreement.
Legal Intelligence launched the first Dutch legal search engine that made content available from various publishers. Its customers include large, medium-sized and smaller law firms, companies and governments.
“Legal Intelligence fits perfectly with Kluwer’s strategy of helping customers on all fronts,” Frank Vrancken Peeters, CEO Kluwer explains. “This also applies to the integration of content from various sources and from the customer itself. In other words: our customers expect advanced solutions for knowledge management so they can work more efficiently and effectively. We see the acquisition of Legal Intelligence as an important step in that direction. We have been partners for quite some time, which makes this acquisition a logical step. The clear, underlying assumption was that Legal Intelligence would maintain its independent position. That is precisely its strength, also for the future.”
Evert de Pender, Managing Director Legal Intelligence: “Legal Intelligence has a strong market position and its clientele continues to grow rapidly. However, these customers are increasing their demands on our services. This strategic step gives us new opportunities to grow as a specialist in knowledge management. Another advantage is that Kluwer is part of Wolters Kluwer, which has a global reach with regards to investments in content solutions development. It is important for our customers that Legal Intelligence will continue to operate independently. The ultimate goal eventually is to raise our services to professionals to an even higher level.”
About Kluwer
Kluwer provides specialized information to critical professionals: lawyers, tax specialists, accountants, company directors, HR managers, account managers and marketers. As the largest online publisher and information service provider in the Netherlands, we supply this information in a variety of ways: through communities, portals, online databanks, e-publishing, software, apps, magazines, books, newsletters, e-studies, training and education. Kluwer is a division of Wolters Kluwer, the leading global provider of information services. For more information visit: www.kluwer.nl or follow @Kluwer_NL on Twitter.
About Legal Intelligence
Legal Intelligence offers advanced search services for the legal and tax field (Legal Intelligence, Tax Intelligence en liigl), thereby contributing to better knowledge management in these professions. With Legal Intelligence’s information services, legal and tax professions can easily search legal and tax sources, including websites and publishers’ products, in one go. Additional functions for file creation and notification keep professionals abreast of current developments.
Legal Intelligence was designed by a team of professionals from the world of information technology and law. Legal Intelligence constantly keeps up-to-date by cooperating with the leading suppliers of legal and tax information in the Netherlands and Europe. This means that search results are always current and reliable.
Legal Intelligence offers its services through high-quality websites and apps, with excellent support and at a reasonable price. The systems use specially developed thesauri and other advanced mechanisms to interpret search queries and to supply the user with relevant results at all times. For more information, please feel free to contact us by phone at +31 10 – 28 00 522 or by e-mail at info@legalintelligence.com.
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