Lextenso, a French publisher and legal information provider, is set to be acquired by the German group C.H.Beck. The deal, announced on September 24, is expected to be completed by the end of 2026. The acquisition was initiated by Montesquieu Participations, the shareholder of Lextenso. The final realization of the operation remains subject to the usual suspensive conditions. Lextenso currently has 240 employees and supports more than 30,000 legal professionals. Its activities cover both the publishing and legal information sectors as well as services related to legal notices and legal formalities. The group includes notably the brands Gazette du Palais, Défrénois, LGDJ, Joly and Petites Affiches. The company is also present in the digital field with its Lextenso database, which includes notably law reviews and books from its various editorial funds. Lextenso indicates that it currently publishes 25 law reviews and claims to be number one in France for the publishing of legal books. C.H.Beck is a German publishing house founded in 1763 by Carl Gottlob Beck in Nördlingen. The company is still owned by the Beck family and today constitutes one of the main legal publishers in Germany. The group has about 2400 employees and also operates in the fields of literature, science and essays. The activities of C.H.Beck mainly rely on legal and economic publishing, but also on digital services. The group operates beck-online, an important German legal database, and develops tools incorporating artificial intelligence. The group is already present in several European countries, including Switzerland, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Lextenso presents the operation as a means of accelerating its development in France and strengthening its activities in legal research and analysis assisted by artificial intelligence. On the other hand, C.H.Beck highlights the transformations taking place in the legal information sector and the need to have specialized sources and recognized experts. The operation brings together two historical family companies in legal publishing, while bringing Lextenso into a group already established in several European markets. The merger is expected to enhance both companies' capabilities in providing legal information and services, leveraging their respective strengths in publishing and digital innovation.