This free website, Crutchfield said, is a way for WK to engage with the broader legal market. He expects it to continue to grow in the coming months. In this capacity, he acts as legal, political and strategic advisor to heads of state, ministers, ambassadors and senior embassy officials. In 1994, Wolters Kluwer expanded its legal activities in the United States by acquiring Prentice Hall Law & Business from Simon & Schuster. [12] [13] In 1995, Wolters Kluwer acquired CT Corporation. The following year, it bought CCH Inc., a publisher of taxes and business documents, for $1.9 billion. The acquisition contributed to the growth of the company`s operations in Asia due to CCH Inc.`s involvement in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. That year, she also purchased medical and legal services from Little, Brown and Company.[7] [8] The legal department of John Wiley & Son was purchased in 1997. [14] Waverly, Inc., Ovid Technologies, Inc. and Plenum Publishing Corporation were acquired in 1998 to develop Wolters Kluwer`s medical and scientific publishing industry. [7] Prior to joining Dentons, Chris ran a law and consulting firm. He has represented a diverse client base, from start-ups to Global 500 companies, on a range of legal, legislative, regulatory, policy and procurement issues in the defence, technology and security sectors.
Previously, Chris was a policy and regulatory advisor at a Washington, D.C. law firm, advising U.S. and non-U.S. defense, aerospace, and technology companies on export control and defense trade issues primarily related to the Department of Commerce`s export administration regulations and the U.S. Department of State`s international arms trafficking regulations. In June 2022, Wolters Kluwer signed and entered into an agreement to acquire Level Programs S.L., a provider of law firm management software in Spain. [43] In the United States, Wolters Kluwer`s Legal & Regulatory Education (the education division of Wolters Kluwer Legal & Regulatory U.S.) Case books and legal manuals on his tent Aspen Publisher, Inc. [40] [41] In 2021, Transom Capital Group bought the education division for $88 million[40] and renamed the entire transaction to Aspen Publishing. [42] Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: WKL) is a Dutch information services company. [3] [4] The company is headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands (Global) and Philadelphia, USA (Corporate). [5] [6] Wolters Kluwer in its current form was formed in 1987 by a merger between Kluwer Publishers and Wolters Samsom.
[7] [8] The firm serves the legal, economic, tax, accounting, financial, audit, risk, compliance and healthcare markets. [3] It operates in more than 150 countries. [3] VitalLaw`s publicly accessible page shows current legal news of interest to lawyers and lawyers.
