A new chapter in ‘reimagining legal’: Counselect acquires Lawmetrik
It marks an exciting milestone in our journey to help in-house teams transform from support functions to business enablers.
Counselect has acquired Lawmetrik, a company we’ve long admired for delivering real impact for some of the world’s most respected legal teams.
Over the past few years, we’ve been interacting with Lawmetrik as fellow industry insiders and collaborators and were always struck by our aligned values. Alongside Lawmetrik’s fresh approach to transforming the legal function, we’ve admired its commitment to chase excellence with integrity.
From the point of view of strengths too, we are a great fit. Both of us believe in the integration of talent, technology and operations to help legal departments contribute more strategically to business and bottomlines. By joining forces, we’re meshing together Counselect’s experience in talent and consulting with Lawmetrik’s expertise in legal ops advisory and managed services.
We’re also united by a shared vision to enable legal as a growth lever in the growing Global Capability Centre (GCC) space, which is expected to grow to $110 billion by 2030. This unprecedented phase of GCC growth offers the perfect platform for the legal function to prove its capacity for impact, innovation and intelligence.
Basil Almeida, Co-founder of Lawmetrik, says: “Counselect has always stood out for its bold thinking and deep relationships in the in-house sector. We share a belief that legal and compliance can unlock business value when empowered with the right strategy, systems and people. Now, we’re excited to be on the same side and scale our shared vision.”
Our Co-founder Ritvik Lukose shares the sentiment. He says: “We’ve known Basil for a few years now but only started talking about coming together earlier this year. Things moved pretty quickly, because everyone involved realised how natural and organic the synergy felt. Together, we’re determined to scale integrated business legal solutions from India, for India and for the world.”
With Lawmetrik integrating into Counselect, we’re looking forward to:
- Expand our reach to new geographies and client segments
- Double down on our work with GCCs and global legal teams
- Offer more innovative ways for GCs and Heads of Legal to demonstrate ROI to business
As part of the integration, Basil joins Counselect as Co-founder and President. Co-founder Ritvik takes on the role of CEO. Leadership includes Balanand Menon, Rishabh Chopra (both executive directors), Vaishali Gopal and Emerald Amara. They are joined by Siddharth Narsipur (Lawmetrik). Lawmetrik’s entire team will be fully integrated into Counselect.
If you’d like to know more about how Counselect can transform your legal department, do write to [email protected]