London’s 101 Fastest Growing Legal Startups

July 30, 2022

At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.

We’ve ranked the top 101 Legal companies in London. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).

We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:

  • Track record
  • Executive leadership
  • Market share
  • Innovation
  • ESG rating

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as CrunchbaseSemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Top Legal Companies & Startups (London)


Waymark Tech

FoundersMark Holmes
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Waymark Tech supplies regulatory and legal intelligence to the financial services sector and uses techniques in collaboration with GCHQ.


Robin AI

FoundersRichard Robinson
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Legal tech


Apperio

FoundersNicholas d’Adhemar
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Apperio’s legal spend management software helps in-house legal teams stay in control of their spend and build trust with external counsel.


ThoughtRiver

FoundersDominic Hudson, Tim Pullan
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ThoughtRiver reviews and rates contracts via a contract Intelligence engine.


seedata.io

FoundersEnrico Faccioli, Matt Holland
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Seedata.io is a cybersecurity platform that helps companies mitigate data leak incidents and crime threats.


HighQ

FoundersAjay Patel, Veenay Shah
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HighQ empowers leading law firms and corporate legal teams to transform the way they work and deliver legal services.


Legl

FoundersJulia Salasky
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Legl provides cloud-based solutions bringing law firms into the digital-first world.


Arachnys

FoundersDavid Buxton
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Arachnys provides cloud-based solutions for assessing financial crime customer risk and CDD, KYC, and EDD compliance.


Clara

FoundersAhmed Arif, Arthur Guest, Hannah McKinlay, Lee McMahon, Patrick Rogers
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Your legal command centre: execute agreements, manage your stakeholders, and make more informed decisions, all from a single platform.


Orbital Witness

FoundersEdmond Boulle, Francesco Liucci, William Pearce
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A LegalTech-meets-PropTech startup replacing legacy legal due diligence in property transactions with a legal risk rating.


Juro

FoundersPavel Kovalevich, Richard Mabey
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Juro is a contract automation platform that allows legal and business teams to execute and monitor contracts from one unified workspace.


Legatics

FoundersAnthony Seale
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Legatics is an end-to-end deal platform focused on efficiency and client experience.


Definely

FoundersFeargus MacDaeid, Nnamdi Emelifeonwu
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Definely is a legal technology startup.


Nivaura

FoundersAvtar Sehra
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Making issuance and administration of financial instruments cheaper and faster while ensuring compliance


Mimecast

FoundersNeil Murray, Peter Bauer
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Mimecast is a SaaS-based email management platform enabling companies to administer business communications and data.


Farewill

FoundersDan Garrett, Tom Rogers
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Farewill is a provider of an all-in-one financial and legal services platform used to deal with all paperwork after death.


Lane Clark & Peacock LLP

FoundersAaron Punwani
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LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and business consultants, specializing in the areas of pensions, investment, and insurance.


CourtCorrect

FoundersLudwig Bull
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CourtCorrect offers an AI-powered online legal system. We make it easy and affordable for people and companies to resolve legal disputes.


Genie AI

FoundersNitish Mutha, Rafie Faruq
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Automatic legal contract drafting platform for anyone.


Legal Utopia

FoundersFraser Matcham
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Making Legal Health Accessible


Legal Utopia

FoundersFraser Matcham
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Making Legal Health Accessible


Mattereum

FoundersRob Knight, Vinay Gupta
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Mattereum is a provider of legally-enforceable smart contracts.


Libryo

FoundersGarth Watson, Malcolm Gray, Peter Flynn
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Law as data, helping organisations know what their legal obligations are with a focus on ESG obligations data


Lexoo

FoundersChris O’Sullivan, Daniel van Binsbergen
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Lexoo is a lawyer comparison marketplace that helps businesses choose a lawyer with confidence.


LawAdvisor

FoundersBrennan Ong
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Breaking the law: because status quo no longer works.


Filament AI

FoundersDoug Ayres, Phil Westcott
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Filament helps clients to build proprietary AI capability within their organisation, through consultancy, solutions and tooling


Workshare

FoundersBarrie Hadfield
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Workshare’s platform empowers professionals worldwide to compare, protect, manage & share their high stakes documents.


Legal Nodes

FoundersMargarita Sivakova, Max Maliuk, Nestor Dubnevych
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The all-in-one legal platform for global companies and freedom-seeking lawyers


Panmure Gordon

FoundersDavid Tabizel
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Panmure Gordon & Co has been connecting businesses with the capital to help them grow.


Umazi

FoundersCindy van Niekerk, Kyle Bradley
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Automate and accelerate corporate identity verification


trama

FoundersIgor Demčák, Marian Porvažník
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Trademark registration made simple.


amicable

FoundersKate Daly, Pip Wilson
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Amicable offers a divorce service that works with couples to help them reach fairer agreements.


avvoka

FoundersAdam Benzecrit, David Howorth, Eliot Benzecrit
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Avvoka enables businesses to automatically generate, track, e-sign, and store their standard-form legal contracts online.


LawBite

FoundersClive Rich
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LawBite is an online law firm. They take SME’s from Idea to Ideal as they start, grow and succeed with affordable, fast access to the law.


KwikTrust

FoundersArtur Pszczolkowski, Delia Sabau, Hassam Khawaja, Nick Spiller, Nick Spiller, Simon Read, Yasir Qayam
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Home of the SuperNFT and next generation blockchain e-validation platform.


AUTTO

FoundersIan Gosling, Krisztián Kerék, Max Cole
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Autto is the simplified automation provider


Legal Connection

FoundersGuy Stern
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Communication and collaboration platform for lawyers and their clients


BitcoinPoint

FoundersUnknown
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The BitcoinPoint App is allowing to buy and sell bitcoin easily


Keystone Law

FoundersJames Knight
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Keystone Law is a full service law firm that helps companies receive a proactive and personal legal service.


Hunit

FoundersAaron Powers, Jan Christian Berger
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No-code Smart Legal Contract authoring and management SaaS


HighCastle

FoundersDenys Goncharenko, Ulyana Shtybel, Ph.D.
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One powerful platform for private companies to manage investment workflow, equity and debt securities


VISXA

FoundersMohamed Aboshanab
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VISXA is a platform that connects immigrants and travelers with immigration and travel experts all around the world.


Clifford Chance

FoundersDavid DiBari
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Clifford Chance is a multinational law firm that provides legal advisory services.


farillio

FoundersMerlie Calvert
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Farillio is an online legal solutions platform providing quick, affordable, user-friendly solutions that speed you on your way.


GENIAC

FoundersEduardo Martínez Garcia, Michael Galvin
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GENIAC provides essential business services for SMEs, all in one place, and all managed on their behalf.


DLA Piper

FoundersThomas Townend Dibb
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DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.


TRAKTI

FoundersLuigi Telesca, MD Mahfuzul Islam, Nevio Boscariol
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Trakti is a unified platform for smart, self executing, self enforcing and compliant contract.


deephound

FoundersAlessia Gianaroli, Marco Menichelli, Rosbeh Zakikhani
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The Augmented Intelligence Agency


Vauban

FoundersRémy Astié, Ulric Musset
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Vauban is the easiest way to pool & deploy capital to invest in private companies.


SeedLegals

FoundersAnthony Drogon, Anthony Rose, Laurent Laffy
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The simple way for companies to complete the legals needed to raise investment and distribute equity


UFP Fintech

FoundersMichael Hadjedj, Stephane Mardel
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UFP Fintech invests in early stage Fintech, Proptech & Legaltech startups


FromCounsel

FoundersAndrew Thornton
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FromCounsel is an innovative online corporate law knowledge service.


Enoron

FoundersAlessandro Savarino Morelli, Gherardo Carullo
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Enoron is a complete management solution from client management to accounting, tasks, deadlines, and etc to lawyers and law firms.


Qodeo

FoundersSimon Glass
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Qodeo creates smart matches between entrepreneurs and investors for faster market and reduced risk.


SustainAbility

FoundersJohn Elkington
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SustainAbility are a think tank and strategic advisory firm working to catalyze business leadership on sustainability.


Ali Rasoul LTD

FoundersAli Rasoul
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An independent creative marketing agency committed to uncompromising visions working in the entertainment and corporate industries.


Grandeo

FoundersNigel Carter
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Blockchain Applications & Cybersecurity


NEWTEAM

FoundersMohamed Aboshanab
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International Legal Services


LawPanel

FoundersFelix Levay, Mark Kingsley-Williams, Sebastian Guerrero, Thomas Brattli
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LawPanel delivers a state of the art SaaS platform for digitisation of legal services


iTech Media

FoundersHarley Kisberg
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iTech Media is a marketing firm solely focused on improving our clients business.


myBarrister

FoundersRonald DeKoven
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myBarrister is an online portal that provides direct access to legal advice barristers.


NewGalexy Services

FoundersRobert Glennie, Sarvarth Misra
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NewGalexy Services is a UK-based onshore legal process outsourcing business building technology products and solutions.


Allen & Overy

FoundersGeorge Allen, Thomas Overy
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Allen & Overy is an international law firm providing legal services for global business and industry.


JustBeagle

FoundersKate Briscoe, Pamela Austen, Sharon Coleman
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JustBeagle is the UK’s first market search and comparison site.


NEXAW

FoundersMohamed Aboshanab
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Blockchain Made Easy


Vestd

FoundersIfty Nasir, Naveed Akram
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Vestd is a secure online platform that makes giving shares to your team, customers or partners simple, affordable, and fast.


Lineal

FoundersUnknown
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Lineal leverages AI and process-driven workflows to solve data needs for law firms and corporations.


Linklaters LLP

FoundersJohn Linklater
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Linklaters LLP is a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom.


Opus 2 International

FoundersGraham Smith
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Opus 2 provides litigation and court reporting services from locations on three continents.


Mirza

FoundersUnknown
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Mirza specializes in family planning for individuals and employers.


Hedgewiz

FoundersUnknown
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Hedgewiz provides financial stability to global businesses by providing a platform for currency risk management.


Della AI

FoundersChristophe Frerebeau, Hugo Seymour, Nicolas Chauville
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Legal Tech – Question-answering artificial intelligence solution to help review contracts faster


passingboxes

FoundersDonna McLean
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passingboxes provides services to help secure your digital legacy and pass on the things that really matter.


LawyerFair

FoundersAndrew Weaver
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LawyerFair is a curated on-line reverse-auction platform that matches the legal needs of businesses.


Bird & Bird

FoundersUnknown
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Bird & Bird provides legal advisory services for various industries.


Pemberton Asset Management Group

FoundersSymon Drake-Brockman
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Pemberton is an independent asset management group, focused on capturing the opportunities created by a changing European financing market.


Block Solutions

FoundersMarc Chang
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Block is an IT innovation business offering expert consultancy.


Wilton & Bain

FoundersBen Latreuille, Jeremy Mobbs
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Wilton and Bain is providing an exceptional level of service to all clients offering both pace & coherence in delivery across capabilities.


Slaughter and May

FoundersWilliam Capel Slaughter, William May
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Slaughter and May is an international law firm headquartered in London and a member of the Magic Circle of elite UK law firms


ICLG (International Comparative Legal Guides)

FoundersUnknown
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ICLG series provides current and practical comparative legal information on a range of practice areas


Law Ruler

FoundersDan Jacobs
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Law Ruler offers legal practice management and intake software.


Tikit

FoundersUnknown
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Tikit is a global provider of software to legal, professional services, and accountancy firms.


LawbitDocs

FoundersUnknown
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LawbitDocs is an online service providing simple contracts and legal advice for small companies.


Hubshare

FoundersDamian Jeal, Nicholas Child
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Hubshare is a collaborative and secure file sharing platform that allows professionals to collaborate more effectively and efficiently.


BRCO – BrainStormers Group LTD.

FoundersRoger Grekos
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Business Development | Strategic consultation | VC


Mishcon de Reya

FoundersUnknown
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Mishcon de Reya services an international community of clients.


RCJ Advice

FoundersUnknown
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RCJ Advice is an advising platform.


Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

FoundersUnknown
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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, founded in 1743 is a multinational law firm headquartered in London


SkipsoLabs

FoundersCarlo Soresina, Felipe Padilla
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Enterprise SaaS applications for contests, open innovation, crowdsourcing and cluster innovation.


Globe Business Media Group

FoundersMark Lamb
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Globe is a provider of business intelligence for the international legal and intellectual property markets.


Pinsent Masons

FoundersCarolyn Saunders
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Pinsent Masons is a leading international commerical law firm with offices across the UK, Europe, the Gulf and the Asia Pacific.


Polar Insight

FoundersUnknown
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Global clients rely on Polar Insight’s research to develop an intimate understanding of the people who impact their organisations.


The Giving Tree

FoundersUnknown
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Boutique Organization


Cognitiv+

FoundersVasilis Tsolis
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Cognitiv+ is an artificial intelligence platform that automates knowledge extraction from legal data.


Close Brothers Asset Management

FoundersUnknown
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Close Brothers Asset Management provides financial planning and investment service to business owners,retirees,professionals.


Automation Logic

FoundersKris Saxton, Norm Russell
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Automation Logic’s purpose is to deliver an automated world where people are free to realise their creative potential.


Simmons & Simmons

FoundersUnknown
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Simmons & Simmons is a world class international law firm in tune with the business world.


Flex Legal

FoundersJames Moore, Mary Bonsor
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The UK’s platform which connects you to over 5,500 on-demand lawyers and paralegals


Passle

FoundersAdam Elgar, Tom Elgar
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#1 Marketing Platform for Professional Services Firms


UK Ministry of Justice

FoundersUnknown
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The UK Ministry of Justice is responsible for a transparent and responsive criminal justice system for victims and the public.


Ashurst

FoundersFrank Crisp, John Morris, William H. Ashurst
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Ashurst is an multinational law firm and a trusted adviser to corporates, financial institutions and governments.

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