LexisNexis Practice & Productivity Management Strengthens UK Organisation With Two Key Senior Appointments

UK General Manager and Commercial Director come on board to accelerate growth

London, 25 September, 2008 – LexisNexis, a leading provider of integrated practice management solutions, today announced that it has made two new senior appointments to accelerate the growth of its Practice & Productivity Management business in the UK. This follows the acquisition and integration of Visualfiles, its case and matter management system, and Axxia dna, its integrated practice management system, under a single, unified organisation. Tim Cheadle has joined the company as UK General Manager and Product Champion, and Doug McLachlan has taken on the role of Commercial Director and Product Champion to lead the company’s UK Mid Law segment.

These appointments reflect the large investment that LexisNexis is making in the UK Practice & Productivity Management business following its recent acquisitions of the Visualfiles and Axxia. LexisNexis has integrated both acquisitions into a single organisation in order to maximise its resources and knowledge across both product sets to provide more product options, better services and enhanced support to its customers.

As General Manager and Product Champion, Tim Cheadle will oversee the operations in the UK and own the associated profit and loss, with a focus on expanding the company’s position as a leading supplier of the integrated practice and productivity solutions to the legal, corporate and government markets. Tim will report directly to Kate Holden, Senior Vice President, Global Practice Management Solutions. Cheadle, who previously served as Director of Product Solutions at Micro Focus where he lead the product management and solutions organisation across a large software portfolio, has also run his own hi-tech consultancy, and held a variety of senior positions at FormScape Software and at Imation Corp.

Doug McLachlan has over 20 years of market experience in the legal services sector. In his role as Commercial Director and Product Champion Mid Law, McLachlan is responsible for the product strategy, roadmap and profit and loss of the company’s products in this segment. Doug was at Axxia prior to the acquisition, where he held a number of senior technical, business development and marketing positions. McLachlan will report directly to Cheadle in his new role.

“We are pleased to add such seasoned professionals to our team” said Holden. “Both Tim and Doug bring a wealth of experience and, will provide strong leadership as we accelerate the growth of our business in the UK.”