Law Business Research Ltd (LBR), a portfolio company of ICG, announced today that it has acquired Legal Geek, a market leading provider of legal-tech focused events and conferences.
Note: This news piece pre-dates ALM and LBR’s rebrand to Centellic.
The Legal Geek event series is hugely respected in the industry, acting as a driving force of change and innovation in the legal tech space. The Legal Geek Conference commands vast numbers of delegates, world-class speakers, and sponsors and vendors.
The acquisition comes following ALM and LBR’s strategic merger earlier in 2025, adding Legal Geek’s four events to events to the group’s existing event portfolio, which includes Legal Week, Women, Influence & Power in Law, and the IPBC series. The Legal Geek events add a new focus area of legal tech and provide an expansion further into Europe and into the legal operations, technology and service provider markets.
Legal Geek’s management team, Jimmy Vestbirk and Beth Fellner, will remain with the business and continue to lead the Legal Geek portfolio, which they have successfully grown and expanded in recent years.
Nick Brailey, LBR CEO, commented: “We have long admired Legal Geek – the team have built a fantastic business that is unique in the industry. We are excited to support Jimmy and Beth in this next chapter of growth, and explore how we might leverage our multiple brands and existing events over time.”
Jimmy Vestbirk, Managing Director Legal Geek noted: “We are thrilled to become part of the Law Business Research / ALM family. We share a common vision, underpinned by core values of delivering success to our people, customers, and partners. This is the right time to unlock Legal Geek’s growth and expansion, and access to ALM and LBRs’ global resources will enable Legal Geek to scale our offering in existing and new markets.”
About Legal Geek
Legal Geek is a global community of legal professionals and lawtech enthusiasts dedicated to promoting innovation and technology in the legal industry. Founded in 2015, Legal Geek has quickly grown to become one of the world’s largest lawtech communities, with events and initiatives held across the globe attracting thousands of attendees.
About ALM & LBR
ALM and LBR recently announced their strategic merger. The newly formed group is uniquely positioned to serve clients globally by combining ALM’s deep US market penetration with LBR’s strong UK and global presence, thus offering clients unparalleled expertise, reach and service.
ALM is the most trusted information and intelligence company supporting both the practice of and business of professionals in the legal industry. ALM delivers leading data, intelligence, insights, events and audiences essential for growing businesses globally to over 7 million professionals.
LBR is a technology-driven information services business powering the global professional services sector with intelligence, analytics and performance data. By applying technology to extract enhanced value from quality content, achieving commercial excellence, and empowering our teams, we deliver proprietary, time-sensitive data, insight, expert research, and sophisticated tools and networking.
