The Clarius Group is listed in it as a ‘German success story’.

There are now only a few pure personnel service providers for lawyers in Germany. Axiom also withdrew from the German market in 2020. In view of the advance of artificial intelligence in legal consulting, the future of a service offering limited purely to human resources is questionable anyway. This is probably one of the reasons why most alternative service providers rely on technical support in their client work – sometimes combined with different professions such as project managers and legal engineers. […]

The Hamburg-based Clarius Group is also successful in the market for alternative legal service providers. It now has more than 200 clients, ranging from small and medium-sized enterprises to large international corporations. According to its own information, these include Bosch, Samsung, Trivago and Vodafone. The Clarius Group is the umbrella organisation for four specialised companies: Clarius Legal Rechtsanwaltsaktiengesellschaft, Clarius Data & Security GmbH, Clarius Services GmbH and Janolaw GmbH, which provides software for small businesses .

Competition for the Big Four?

The group combines proprietary AI-driven software solutions with personalised advice from legal consultants and other experts. Just a few weeks ago, it expanded its range of services and took over the finance operations division for a consumer electronics group. To this end, it founded the specialised subsidiary Clarius Services. With this expansion, Clarius is moving closer to the services offered by the Big Four firms.

From 2017 to 2023, Clarius Legal was part of the medium-sized law firm Schalast. Clarius Legal had already grown significantly as a subsidiary of Schalast. Its turnover tripled to around €4 million, and the number of employees rose from 4 to 30. Today, it has more than 100 employees and, according to its own figures, turnover is in the double-digit million range. One of the reasons for the separation was that control by a law firm at various levels had proved to be a stumbling block for business development.

Quote from “Always ready – how alternative legal service providers are shaking up the market”, Laura Bartels, JUVE+