Noerr advises AI company Doctrine on market entry in Germany and strategic investment in legal database dejure.org

A Noerr team led by Natalie Daghles is advising on the entry of Doctrine, Europe’s leading platform for legal AI, into the German market. The French legal tech company is making a strategic investment in dejure.org for this purpose. The investment, which is being made with a view to a possible full acquisition, marks an important step in Doctrine’s international expansion to support legal professionals across Europe.

Doctrine is now also offering its solutions to German law firms, companies, authorities and courts. The company develops AI tools that assist with legal research and the drafting of pleadings based on reliable legal information. In Germany, Doctrine is now cooperating with dejure.org, one of the most trustworthy sources of legal information.

Doctrine is the leading provider of legal AI in the French legal market, bringing together all available legal information and equipping its AI to provide legal professionals with the most effective tools for their work. Founded 25 years ago, dejure.org has established itself as a key player in the German field of legal information and a reliable partner thanks to having one of the most comprehensive legal databases in Germany. Every month, dejure.org records more than 10 million page views from users accessing statutes, court decisions and official announcements.

Advisors to Doctrine: Noerr

Lead: Natalie Daghles (partner, M&A, Düsseldorf)

M&A: Meret Pettirsch (senior associate, Düsseldorf), Julius Heimann (associate, Düsseldorf)

Employment & Pensions: Benjamin Jahn (partner, Munich), Vincent Jungbauer (senior associate, Munich)

Digital Business / Regulatory: Thomas Thalhofer (partner, Munich), Marieke Merkle (associated partner, Munich), Claudio Aliprandi (associate, Munich), Isabella Sieber (associate, Munich), Elena Carolin Stanciu (associate, Munich)

Tax: Andre Happel (partner, Frankfurt), Tim Löper (associated partner, Munich)