LexisNexis

Closd is a French-founded legal transaction management platform designed to take a corporate deal from document preparation through closing and post-closing, replacing the email-Word-spreadsheet workflow that most transactional lawyers still suffer through. Acquired by LexisNexis in December 2021, Closd now operates under the LexisNexis umbrella but maintains its own product brand and development team. Core capabilities: deal project management with task tracking and conditions precedent monitoring, integrated data room for due diligence (VDR), digital closing (including remote signing ceremonies with qualified electronic signatures under eIDAS), automated closing binder generation, and audit trail for all deal activity. Created by former lawyers in Paris (2018). Strong European presence — particularly French, German, and UK market. AES-256 encryption, 2FA, SSO. Capterra listing active. YouTube channel with product demos, case study webinars, and feature walkthroughs. Lexidia law firm testimonial: ‘We were immediately convinced of the usefulness and time-saving potential of Closd — we open a project on Closd as soon as a transaction starts.’ Competitor to Legatics (UK), Litera Transact, DealCloser, and Closing Folders. The LexisNexis acquisition gives Closd credibility and distribution but also means it’s now part of the RELX conglomerate — raising questions about product independence and roadmap control vs LexisNexis’s broader strategy.

Capabilities

Spans 8 product areas: Transaction Management, Due , Diligence, Knowledge Management, Project Management and Collaboration, Mergers and , Acquisitions , Practice.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 6 workflow areas:

• Document Drafting & Automation — Automated Document Generation and Assembly, Conditional Logic Support, Language Support for International Languages, Process Automation (+8 more)
• Document Review & Management — Document sets/Packages Supported, Extranets or Portals for Document Sharing, Version Control, Document Database Management (Repository for Archiving and Retention) (+8 more)
• Filing & Compliance — Encryption in transit, Access Controls, Encryption capabilities, Data Loss and Malware Prevention (+3 more)
• Communication & Collaboration — Collaboration Tools for Document Automation, Integrations with Business Process Systems, Integration with Microsoft Teams, Messaging
• Firm Operations & Growth — Integrations with Document Management Systems, Integrations with CRM, Integrations with Digital Signature Apps, Task Management
• Research & Analysis

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

Company Info

• Sector: Legal Tech

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Stub entry. Community contributions welcome.

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Company Info

• Sector: Legal Tech
• Formerly known as: Henchman
• Acquired by LexisNexis in 2023

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Duplicate of lexis-create-formerly-henchman. See Lexis Create.

Duplicate of lexis-create-formerly-henchman. See Lexis Create.

LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions is the RELX-owned IP analytics and search business unit that packages several mature products under one umbrella: PatentSight+ for portfolio benchmarking and competitive intelligence, PatentAdvisor for prosecution analytics, and TotalPatent One for global patent search. The evidence is strongest for three practitioner jobs. First, patent teams use TotalPatent One when global prior-art searching across multiple authorities is too slow and fragmented. Second, prosecution teams use PatentAdvisor when office-action strategy cannot rely on gut feel about an examiner, tech center, or appeal path. Third, in-house IP leaders and outside counsel use PatentSight when they need to benchmark portfolio quality, defend board-level strategy, or pressure-test an acquisition target’s patents before a go/no-go decision. The market signal is real but niche: Law-firm case studies for Han Santos and McBee Moore & Vanik, patent-law Reddit mentions for PatentAdvisor and TotalPatent One, and persistent industry coverage in IAM and other IP-specific channels. The tradeoff is that pricing and security are only partially transparent at the umbrella-brand level. TotalPatent One has a public per-search schedule, but PatentSight and PatentAdvisor appear demo-led. I did not find a public product trust center or customer-facing certification page for the suite.

Capabilities

Spans 7 product areas: Intellectual Property Practice, Data , Visualization, Document Management, Information , Governance, Legal Research.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 5 workflow areas:

• Document Review & Management — Document Database Management (Repository for Archiving and Retention), Document Disposition Based on User Defined Rules, Version Control, Search Metadata, Classifications and Indexing (+6 more)
• Filing & Compliance — Access Controls, Encryption capabilities, Data Loss and Malware Prevention, Data Recovery (+3 more)
• Research & Analysis — Citation Checking, Citation Analysis
• Communication & Collaboration — Integration with Microsoft Teams
• Document Drafting & Automation

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Stub entry. Community contributions welcome.

Stub entry. Community contributions welcome.