Consilio

Market position

Consilio describes itself as a global leader in legal technology solutions and enterprise legal services, and third-party sources characterize it as a global eDiscovery and document review provider that became a scaled market leader through the 2018 combination of Consilio, Advanced Discovery and DiscoverReady and subsequent acquisitions.

Consilio positions its differentiation on combining proprietary AI review technology emphasizing transparency, auditability and defensibility with large-scale human review capacity, deep subject-matter expertise, secure global infrastructure and ISO 27001:2013-certified operations, and an integrated services span from forensic collection through production and legal staffing.

Technology

Consilio deploys the Aurora Legal AI Suite, which includes Verity Review for AI-assisted, auditable and defensible document review, alongside analytics and machine-learning workflows such as technology-assisted review (TAR) and continuous active learning (CAL/TAR 2.0). The company also references Sightline and sensitive data scanning in client work, data processing and hosting infrastructure with document review and data centers across Europe, Asia and North America, forensic collection capabilities delivered by certified data forensics examiners, and ISO 27001:2013 certification.

Go-to-market

The company sells directly to multinational law firms and corporate legal and compliance teams through demo requests and consultative contact, supported by content marketing including case studies, fact sheets, practice guides, webinars, industry research reports, and the Consilio Advanced Learning Institute.

Multinational law firms and corporate legal, compliance and risk departments handling litigation and arbitration, antitrust and second requests, internal and regulatory investigations, cyber incidents, corporate transactions, and contracting operations, across financial services, pharmaceutical/life sciences and healthcare, insurance, transportation and mobility, consumer brands, and technology.

Geography

Consilio operates offices, document review centers and data centers across North America, Europe and Asia; leadership is based in Washington, D.C. (1828 L St. NW), with executives also in Dallas, Texas and Atlanta, Georgia. As of April 2021 the company reported 45 offices in nine countries, up from approximately 17 offices in 10 countries when it was a Shamrock Capital portfolio company.

History

Shamrock Capital lists a 2015 investment in Consilio, when the company was headquartered in Washington, D.C. with roughly 700 professional staff across 17 offices in 10 countries. In 2018 GI Partners simultaneously acquired Consilio and Advanced Discovery and combined them, then acquired DiscoverReady with management later that year. In April 2021 GI Partners agreed to sell Consilio to funds managed by Stone Point Capital, with closing expected in May 2021 and plans for Stone Point and Aquiline Capital Partners to combine Consilio with Xact Data Discovery. In October 2021 Consilio closed the acquisition of the Adecco Group's D4 and EQ legal solutions businesses of Special Counsel, and in December 2021 it closed the acquisition of legal services provider Legility.