Henchman Acquisition 2024

TLDR

Henchman was acquired by LexisNexis on July 22, 2024, in one of Belgium's notable legal tech exits.

Overview

Henchman was a Ghent-based legal AI company that built contract drafting and clause suggestion tooling for law firms and in-house legal teams. LexisNexis, the global legal data and analytics company, acquired Henchman in July 2024, integrating its AI-assisted drafting technology into the LexisNexis product portfolio.

The founders, including Jorn Vanysacker and Gilles Mattelin, subsequently formed 100IN, an investment group channeling the exit proceeds into new Belgian ventures. The deal reinforced Ghent's reputation as a city capable of producing tech exits with meaningful capital returns.