Our Story
An innovative company with over 10 years of history

Today, vLex is a successful company with offices around the world. Get to know us.
How it all began

vLex began in 1998, stemming from the personal frustration of Lluís Faus, law graduate, who faced the with the difficulty of accessing up-to-date, quality legal information. Together with his brother Ángel Faus, a mathematician, they founded vLex with the goal of providing access to the largest collection of legal information in a simple and intuitive way.

At first, vLex offered free legal information from Spain and Latin America and the company supported itself through advertisements in its website. Then, as premium content was added (books, journals, contracts), subscription-based legal information products were developed. These products were first available for Spain and later for the rest of the world.
vLex today

Our European headquarters are in Barcelona.

We have regional offices for North America and Latin America located in Miami, FL.

The company also has offices in Madrid, São Paulo, Mexico, Santiago de Chile, Buenos Aires, Bogota, and Lima.

50% of revenue at vLex is generated in Spain and 50% in the United States and Latin America.

The Latin American business is growing at more than 100% annually.
Timeline
An innovative company with over 10 years of history

1998
vLex founded ? ad-supported, free information
2000
Investment by 3i group, plc
2001
Repurchase by the founding team and investment by private investors
2001
First subscription products for Spain incorporating, for the first time in the market, offerings from various publishing houses in a single subscription
2002
Office opens in Buenos Aires
2004
New online subscription platform
2007
New vLex Global platform with content from 10 countries
2008
Expansion of coverage to over 100 countries and 13 languages
2009
Office opens in San Francisco, CA
2009
Opening of the Latin American market
2010
Offices open in Mexico, Colombia and Brazil to market to the institutional segment
2011
Investment by Caixa Capital Risc to accelerate growth in Latin America
2012
Start of marketing to the professional segment in Colombia and Mexico
2012
Office opens in Chile
2012
US office relocates to Miami, FL
2012
Incubation of associated project Lexdir
2012
New Zambezi platform and launch of a new family of practical law know-how products