Following
the
completion
of
its
historic
$1
billion
acquisition
of
vLex
last
month,
Clio
has
announced
the
leadership
positions
for
key
former
vLex
executives
joining
the
company.
The
appointments
are:
Lluis
Faus
will
serve
as
strategic
advisor
and
interim
chief
content
officer.
As
the
former
CEO
of
vLex,
which
he
and
his
brother
founded
in
2000,
he
brings
decades
of
experience
in
legal
research
and
content
innovation
to
his
new
role
overseeing
Clio’s
content
strategy.
Ed
Walters
takes
on
the
position
of
vice
president,
legal
innovation
and
strategy.
Walters
was
chief
strategy
officer
at
vLex
and,
before
that,
cofounder
and
CEO
of
Fastcase,
which
he
founded
in
1999.
He
will
focus
on
driving
innovation
across
Clio’s
expanded
product
portfolio.
Angel
Faus
joins
Clio’s
executive
roster
as
vice
president
of
engineering.
As
cofounder
of
vLex,
he
had
been
its
chief
technology
officer.
He
will
now
apply
his
technical
expertise
to
integrating
vLex’s
technology
with
Clio’s
platform.
Phil
Rosenthal
becomes
head
of
bar
and
academic
partnerships,
continuing
his
work
building
relationships
with
bar
associations
and
law
schools,
as
he
previously
did
at
both
vLex
and
Fastcase.
Rosenthal
was
cofounder
of
Fastcase
and
its
president
and
chairman.
The
acquisition,
which
closed
in
November,
combined
Clio’s
practice
management
platform
with
vLex’s
legal
research
capabilities,
creating
what
Clio
CEO
Jack
Newton
described
as
an
integrated
solution
spanning
the
entire
legal
workflow.
The
deal
was
accompanied
by
a
$500
million
Series
G
funding
round
that
valued
Clio
at
$5
billion.
As
I
reported
at
the
time
of
the
acquisition’s
completion,
the
combination
brings
together
Clio’s
150,000
customers
with
vLex’s
research
platform
used
by
millions
of
legal
professionals
globally.