Clio announced the launch of Clio Operate in the North American legal market, marking a major step in the company’s expansion into technology solutions designed for large law firms. The platform debuted at Legalweek New York and represents the evolution of ShareDo, a legal workflow platform that Clio acquired in March 2025.
Clio Operate is designed to support large and mid-sized law firms that operate across multiple jurisdictions, practice areas, and increasingly complex service models. The platform focuses on coordinating legal workflows and operational processes across large organizations, providing firms with greater visibility into their operations.
The launch also highlights Clio’s broader enterprise strategy. The company established a dedicated business unit called Clio for Enterprise to develop products, infrastructure, and support capabilities tailored to firms with hundreds or thousands of users. The initiative aims to address growing complexity within large legal organizations, which often rely on fragmented technology systems for case management, document storage, customer relationship management, and financial operations.
Clio said many large law firms are facing mounting pressure due to years of accumulated technical debt and disconnected systems. As firms adopt artificial intelligence tools and respond to rising client expectations, the need for modern, integrated data environments has become more urgent.
Clio Operate functions as a centralized operating system for legal work, integrating various technologies used across a law firm while providing native tools for managing legal workflows. By consolidating operational data and processes into a single platform, the company says firms can standardize workflows and improve coordination across teams and offices.
The company noted that organizations using the platform have reported measurable operational improvements. According to Clio, some firms have reclaimed up to two billable hours per day per fee earner, while fixed-fee practices have shortened case lifecycles by as much as 40%. Matter-creation efficiency has also increased significantly in certain implementations during the first year of deployment.
Clio Operate is built for organizations with more than 200 users operating across multiple offices and jurisdictions. The platform includes low-code and no-code configuration tools that allow internal teams to design complex legal workflows without relying on traditional software development cycles.
The system also supports thousands of matter types through inheritance-based data structures intended to maintain data consistency while allowing flexibility. Pre-built configuration tools allow firms to launch new service lines or practice workflows faster than traditional legal technology deployments.
Clio said Clio Operate is now available to large and mid-sized law firms across North America, with executive briefings and product demonstrations taking place during Legalweek New York at the Javits Center.
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“Clio for Enterprise reflects our deep and commitment to the large law segment. We’ve made the investments in products, teams, and strategic partnerships necessary to support firms operating at the highest level. With Clio Operate, firms gain a single pane of glass to manage their legal operations with greater visibility, coordination, and control. Large firms are managing enormous complexity across offices, practice areas, and systems. Clio Operate provides a single pane of glass across the firm. Instead of piecing together information from disconnected platforms, our customers can see workflows, data, and performance in one place. When you bring everything into view and remove the friction between systems, you transform operational drag into activated capacity.”
Jack Newton, CEO And Founder, Clio
“We had reached a point where our old system was holding us back rather than supporting us. We needed something intuitive, adaptable, and capable of growing with us. ShareDo’s modular approach, coupled with its automation capabilities, was exactly what we were looking for. It allows us to take full control of how we handle cases while improving overall efficiency.”
James Harrison, Partner And IT Director, Leigh Day
“The enterprise legal market has been waiting for a platform that reflects how large firms actually operate. Firms are no longer asking whether they should modernize. They are asking how to do it without disrupting their existing systems or increasing risk. The demand for a solution that connects the breadth of the firm, accelerates service delivery, and supports AI readiness has never been stronger.”
Nina Jack
General Manager, US Enterprise, Clio
“We’re incredibly proud of what we built with ShareDo. Now Clio Operate, we can take that foundation further and help shape how large firms work for years to come, with the same focus on meaningful innovation. Large law firms are ready for a different conversation about technology. They want platforms that help them move faster, grow responsibly, and maintain control. Clio Operate meets that moment.”
Ben Nicholson, General Manager, UK Enterprise, Clio
