Bloomberg Law
Jan. 14, 2016, 8:42 PM UTC

Axiom Buys Stake in Canadian Legal Market

Gabe Friedman
Freelancer

Axiom Global, an alternative legal services provider, announced on Thursday that it will enter the Canadian legal market by acquiring a majority of Cognition, a similar but smaller company based in Toronto.

Both companies help corporate legal departments fill out their staffing needs by providing attorneys who can work onsite or remotely.

As a result of the transaction, Axiom will acquire only the portion of Cognition’s business servicing companies that have in-house legal departments, which will be rebranded as Axiom Cognition. The remainder of Cognition, which services small- to medium-sized companies that do not have legal departments was not part of the deal, ...

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