{"id":818634,"date":"2026-08-19T09:56:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/818634\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T09:56:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T09:56:23","slug":"breaking-news-elevate-acquires-lupl-legal-it-insider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/818634\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking news: Elevate\u00a0acquires\u00a0Lupl\u00a0 &#8211; Legal IT Insider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/elevate.law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Elevate<\/a> today\u00a0(19 August)\u00a0announces\u00a0the acquisition of\u00a0legal project management and workflow automation platform\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lupl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Lupl<\/a>, in a move\u00a0that brings\u00a0matter management\u00a0within\u00a0Elevate\u2019s\u00a0growing software stack.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lupl is used by law firms to manage complex legal matters and collaborate more effectively. It recently announced that it is fully MPC-compatible and works with tools including Claude, Copilot and Harvey. Its clients include law firms such as CMS, Cooley and Rajah &amp; Tann Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The acquisition is significant not least because it reflects the industry shift beyond AI tools themselves toward the orchestration and management of AI-enabled legal work.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As lawyers use AI to\u00a0do\u00a0more legal work, how that work is\u00a0managed, and how the AI is\u00a0orchestrated, is increasingly important.\u00a0Lupl\u00a0brings lawyers and AI teammates into one workspace with matter management that works natively in Claude, Harvey, and Copilot.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Elevate\u2019s\u00a0other software\u00a0is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elm.elevate.law\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ELM<\/a>\u00a0for enterprise legal management\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elevate.law\/elma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ELMA<\/a>, ELM\u2019s agentic AI tool.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis acquisition is an important next step for\u00a0Elevate\u2019s\u00a0software business\u2019,\u00a0said\u00a0Liam Brown,\u00a0chairman\u00a0and CEO,\u00a0Elevate.\u00a0\u2018Lupl\u00a0has built a category-defining platform, a talented team, and a strong customer base that includes some of the world\u2019s leading law firms. Together with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elevate.law\/elm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ELM<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/elevate.law\/elma\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ELMA<\/a>,\u00a0Lupl\u00a0advances our vision for automating legal work by connecting teams and data across matters and workflows.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Launched in 2020, the Lupl platform can integrate agentic AI with task management, collaboration, and workflow automation, most recently through the set of capabilities built specifically around Claude. Law firms use Lupl to manage complex legal matters, from cross-border M&amp;A transactions and multi-jurisdictional regulatory projects to high-stakes disputes. The platform supports the full life of a matter, including intake and scoping, planning and budgeting, task and deadline tracking, client collaboration, and progress reporting.<\/p>\n<p>Elevate will develop the platform and extend its reach across Elevate\u2019s global customer base of law departments and law firms.<\/p>\n<p>Jeff Green, CEO of\u00a0Lupl,\u00a0said:\u00a0\u201cLaw is changing, and the way legal work gets managed is changing with it. The days of running legal projects on spreadsheets and\u00a0post-it\u00a0notes are ending. Joining\u00a0Elevate\u00a0gives us the scale, resources, and reach to define what comes next, and to bring it to many more legal teams.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Elevate today\u00a0(19 August)\u00a0announces\u00a0the acquisition of\u00a0legal project management and workflow automation platform\u00a0Lupl, in a move\u00a0that brings\u00a0matter management\u00a0within\u00a0Elevate\u2019s\u00a0growing software stack.\u00a0\u00a0&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":818635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-818634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=818634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/818634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=818634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=818634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=818634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}