Investment specialist Blackfinch Group has acquired legal technology businesses Lawdable and Wenup to boost its technology-enabled support for advisers and their clients.
The Lawdable by Blackfinch (Lawdable) platform is set to launch this summer and will help advisers connect clients with legal expertise when support is needed in areas such as wills, trusts, family wealth, property ownership, inheritance, gifting and separation agreements.
Wenup, Lawdable’s direct-to-consumer platform, focuses on pre-nuptial, post-nuptial and cohabitation agreements and caters to the demand for a digital-first route to legal support, especially where sensitive personal and family matters are involved.
This acquisition marks the next step in Blackfinch’s technology-enabled personal finance journey, having increased its focus on using technology and artificial intelligence (AI) over the past two years, which included launching its employee financial wellbeing platform Thrive.
Richard Cook, founder and CEO of Blackfinch Group, said: “Blackfinch has always adapted and evolved around the needs of advisers and their clients. Increasingly, that means investing in technology that makes important areas of planning easier to access, understand, and act on.
“Thrive was our first major step in that direction and Lawdable by Blackfinch is the next. It brings that same thinking into legal planning, helping advisers move beyond slow referral routes, gain clearer insight into wider client needs, and keep more joined-up planning conversations moving.”
James Brookner, co-founder of Lawdable, said: “Wenup’s success has shown clear demand for a more modern way to access legal services, particularly when the journey is guided, transparent, and supported by professional expertise.
“Lawdable builds on that demand and applies it to a wider set of planning needs. Becoming part of Blackfinch Group gives us the platform to take that further, using its established adviser relationships to reach more firms and support more clients.
He added: “Blackfinch understands advisers, understands the planning market and shares our belief that legal support can be delivered in a more practical way. That makes it a natural home for Lawdable as we move into the next stage of growth.”
