LexisNexis

Multi-product platform — 8 products

Legal research, analytics and workflow solutions

Est. 1970 New York, NY Updated 2026-03-11

LexisNexis is a division of RELX (formerly Reed Elsevier) and one of the two dominant legal research platforms globally, alongside Thomson Reuters’ Westlaw. The LexisNexis brand is used for legal products; the parent RELX also operates in scientific publishing (Elsevier), risk analytics, and exhibitions, but in legal technology “LexisNexis” is the commonly known brand.

Sub-brands and products

LexisNexis operates multiple legal technology products, including:

Lexis+ — Primary legal research platform (successor to Lexis Advance)
Lexis+ AI — Generative AI legal assistant (partnership with Harvey AI)
LexisNexis IP Solutions — Patent analytics and IP management suite
Lexis Create — Document drafting and automation (formerly Henchman, acquired)
PCLaw — Practice management for small/mid firms
CounselLink — Enterprise legal management

Market position

LexisNexis and Westlaw (Thomson Reuters) form a near-duopoly in legal research. Both have invested heavily in AI, with LexisNexis partnering with Harvey AI for its generative AI capabilities. The “Big Two” are increasingly competing on AI-powered research, contract analysis, and workflow automation.

What We Haven’t Verified

LinkedIn follower count (396K) is for the LexisNexis company page on LinkedIn, which is the legal technology division of RELX. The parent company RELX has a separate, larger page. The 396K figure reflects the legal-focused entity.

Platform Products

Lex Machina Legal Research

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Lexis Advance Quicklaw Legal Research

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Lexis Create Drafting & Automation

Company Info

Sector: Legal Tech
Formerly known as: Henchman
Acquired by LexisNexis in 2023

What We Haven’t Verified

This page was assembled from publicly available information. Feature claims and workflow mappings are based on what the vendor and third-party listings publish — not hands-on testing or practitioner feedback.

Lexis Create Australia By Lexisnexis Other

Duplicate of lexis-create-formerly-henchman. See Lexis Create.

Lexis Create By Lexisnexis Other

Duplicate of lexis-create-formerly-henchman. See Lexis Create.

Lexisnexis Intellectual Property Solutions IP Management

LexisNexis Intellectual Property Solutions is the RELX-owned IP analytics and search business unit that packages several mature products under one umbrella: PatentSight+ for portfolio benchmarking and competitive intelligence, PatentAdvisor for prosecution analytics, and TotalPatent One for global patent search. The evidence is strongest for three practitioner jobs. First, patent teams use TotalPatent One when global prior-art searching across multiple authorities is too slow and fragmented. Second, prosecution teams use PatentAdvisor when office-action strategy cannot rely on gut feel about an examiner, tech center, or appeal path. Third, in-house IP leaders and outside counsel use PatentSight when they need to benchmark portfolio quality, defend board-level strategy, or pressure-test an acquisition target’s patents before a go/no-go decision. The market signal is real but niche: Law-firm case studies for Han Santos and McBee Moore & Vanik, patent-law Reddit mentions for PatentAdvisor and TotalPatent One, and persistent industry coverage in IAM and other IP-specific channels. The tradeoff is that pricing and security are only partially transparent at the umbrella-brand level. TotalPatent One has a public per-search schedule, but PatentSight and PatentAdvisor appear demo-led. I did not find a public product trust center or customer-facing certification page for the suite.

Capabilities

Spans 7 product areas: Intellectual Property Practice, Data , Visualization, Document Management, Information , Governance, Legal Research.

Workflow Coverage

Based on published feature listings, this tool maps to 5 workflow areas:

Document Review & Management — Document Database Management (Repository for Archiving and Retention), Document Disposition Based on User Defined Rules, Version Control, Search Metadata, Classifications and Indexing (+6 more)
Filing & Compliance — Access Controls, Encryption capabilities, Data Loss and Malware Prevention, Data Recovery (+3 more)
Research & Analysis — Citation Checking, Citation Analysis
Communication & Collaboration — Integration with Microsoft Teams
Document Drafting & Automation

Workflow mappings derived from published feature lists. Not independently verified.

What We Haven’t Verified

Lexisnexis Patent Advisor Other

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Lexisnexis Pclaw Other

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