Relativity Acquires Gavel to Extend Its AI Platform

Through the acquisition, Relativity plans to expand its AI legal data intelligence platform into Microsoft Word. This will help connect legal work products directly with the data and context behind each case.

RelativityOne serves as an AI platform for legal data intelligence, acting as the system where legal teams organize, analyze, and act on evidence in important cases.

However, documents created from this work—such as motions, briefs, and contracts—have traditionally stayed in Microsoft Word, separate from the underlying data and context. With the integration of Gavel, this work can now remain within the platform, helping attorneys stay more connected to RelativityOne throughout the entire matter lifecycle.

Work product created by Relativity aiR for Case Strategy, aiR Assist and other tools could be edited directly in Microsoft Word. This would allow lawyers to refine documents, share them for comments and redlines and finalize them within their normal workflow.

All updates would sync back to the matter in RelativityOne, creating a more connected system where legal insights and the resulting documents stay aligned throughout the process.

Law firms and organizations in 28 countries use Gavel to draft, edit, and automate legal documents using a mix of generative AI and rules-based workflows.

Gavel works in Microsoft Word and on the web, supporting tasks like drafting, contract review, redlining and analysis. It provides contextual guidance based on legal standards and firm playbooks, helping ensure documents stay consistent, and connected to the right information.

Gavel was founded by Dorna Moini, a former associate at Sidley Austin LLP, who started building document automation tools for pro bono clients before growing it into an AI-native platform used by legal teams around the world.

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Gavel’s Chief Technology Officer, Pierre Martin, joined in 2022, and brings strong experience in AI and enterprise software, with previous leadership roles at Microsoft, Amazon, and other high growth startups. The Gavel team is now joining Relativity with a shared goal of helping legal professionals work more efficiently, faster and with greater confidence.

"This is an exciting next chapter for Gavel employees and our customers," said Dorna Moini, Founder and CEO of Gavel. "Joining Relativity gives us an unrivaled opportunity to scale our shared vision for the industry, build faster and bring our technology to more legal teams. Relativity's footprint, data platform and deep trust across the legal industry will help us take everything we've built at Gavel to the next level."

"We believe that Relativity's role as a driving force in legal AI innovation requires investing in the technology and people that create real value for our customers and partners. We're delivering on that through Rel Labs, our partnership and startup investment program, and strategic moves like this one," said Phil Saunders, CEO of Relativity. "This acquisition enhances our ability to support a wider arc of legal work, in the place where lawyers spend most of their time.

"With Gavel, drafting and collaboration happen directly in Microsoft Word. Once integrated with RelativityOne, that work could happen against the full context of the matter, with edits syncing back to the platform," said Chris Brown, Chief Product Officer at Relativity. "We would be taking the system of action that lawyers already rely on and extending it into the surfaces where they actually do the work."

About Relativity 

Relativity is a leading legal data intelligence company that builds technology to help users organize data, find insights, and take action. Its AI cloud platform, RelativityOne, turns large and complex data sets into useful insights for litigation, investigations, regulatory matters, data breach response, and other legal needs. The world’s largest law firms, corporations, government agencies, and partners use Relativity’s software to securely manage and surface the most important information in their cases.

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