Elite Marks 125% Growth in Monthly SaaS Users Y/Y and $72B in Transactions; Industry-Wide SaaS Momentum Accelerates as 100th Market-Leading Law Firm Migrates to Cloud

Adoption of Elite’s SaaS platform continues to scale as firms seek faster billing, data-driven insights, the security of cloud, and greater operational efficiency with AI

NEW YORK (November 18, 2025): Elite, the leading enterprise SaaS platform purpose-built for the legal industry, today announced that demand for its cloud-based solutions has accelerated sharply in 2025, and it has completed the 100^th go-live of a major law firm to the cloud. This reflects the scale and capability of its financial operations platform and payments system, and marks a new milestone in the legal industry’s adoption of SaaS for core management operations.

In 2025, Elite has realized:

• 100+ completed go-lives to 3E in the cloud, including most recently Dentons Delany, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP, Lee & Thompson LLP, Martin Clearwater & Bell LLP, and McKool Smith. We previously also celebrated the migrations of Clyde & Co, Clark Hill, Greenspoon Marder, and Osborne Clarke.
• A surge in cloud adoption, with a 125% increase in SaaS subscription users year over year, underscoring growing demand among firms for multi-tenant cloud benefits, including unified data, AI-powered workflows, automated OCG compliance, and hardware infrastructure cost savings
• $72 billion in billing transactions over the past 12 months through the Elite SaaS platform, underlining the scale, security and reliability of Elite’s payments and invoicing infrastructure in the cloud
• An expanded customer base representing 75% of the Am Law 100 and 72% of the Global 100

“Elite is leading the digital transformation of the business of law—accelerating billing cycles, strengthening security and reliability, and giving lawyers time back for higher-value work through embedded AI and automation,” said Mark Dorman, Chief Executive Officer at Elite. “I’m incredibly proud of the scale and impact 3E is already delivering across the legal industry—and this is only the beginning of what firms will unlock in the cloud.”

This momentum also comes on the heels of Elite’s recent acquisition by Francisco Partners, a recognition of the company’s growth trajectory, innovation roadmap, and vision of building a true end-to-end legaltech platform.

Building Confidence Through Proven Delivery

Elite’s focus on customer experience has made the path to the cloud faster and easier than ever before. Average time-to-live for cloud conversions has dropped to just six months, with go-lives up 200% in Q3 2025 alone.

From migration planning through post-launch optimization, Elite’s Delivery and Customer Success teams are ensuring firms not only move to the cloud but realize its full value through continuous innovation and regular product releases.

“The Elite team guided us every step of the way, enabling us to go-live in under seven months,” said Julien Desmottes, Global Director, Applications Solutions Consulting, Dentons. “The transition from Elite Enterprise was seamless, and our billing and finance processes are now faster and more reliable, making our operations more efficient, intuitive, and dependable.”

“This achievement reflects our continued investment in Services—harnessing automation and technology to enhance efficiency, elevate outcomes, and strengthen every stage of the customer experience,” said Martin Linusson, Chief Customer Officer at Elite. “With the launch of our Customer Success Team earlier this year, we’re deepening partnerships with cloud customers to ensure they realize value faster and stay ahead through the continuous innovation delivered with every cloud release.”

Powering the Path through Innovation

In addition, Elite has also surged ahead on its journey of innovation to embrace the power of automation, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) to solve real customer pain points, transforming their business operations, decision-making, and financial performance.

Elite has:

• Natively embedded Elite Payments directly in 3E, empowering firms with greater control over their financial management processes resulting in a reduction in time-to-payment of up to 40%
• Unveiled plans for its most advanced data analytics capabilities to date, accessible through Microsoft Fabric and fully managed by Elite, which will unlock near-real-time, easy-to-use data analytics capabilities and supports direct access for AI and analytics tools
• Announced an upcoming AI-powered agent that will enable users to instantly review proformas, flag delays, or escalate invoices directly from the chat—facilitating real-time interaction and information based on natural language prompts and questions, while adhering to each firm’s unique billing rules and workflows
• Reimagined batch processing that underpins most law firm operations, resulting in a 50% reduction in bill generation times for most customers
• Proforma optimization that results in 30% faster editing, saving lawyers hours every month by reducing administrative burden

“Elite is redefining what innovation looks like in legal business operations—embedding AI directly into the workflows that matter most. Our roadmap is focused on accelerating work-to-cash, increasing productivity, and giving firms the agility to act on insight in near real time,” said Elisabet Hardy, Chief Product Officer at Elite.

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About Elite

Elite is the trusted automation platform for law firm operations across most of the world’s largest and most successful law firms. Founded in 1947, Elite has guided firms through every technology shift, and today delivers the only cloud-native SaaS platform that unifies financial, invoice, time, and data management into a single system of action. With embedded AI, predictive analytics, and integrated payments, Elite’s products enable firms to shorten billing cycles, reduce write-offs, and unlock firm-wide insights — making financial operations the foundation for law firm innovation and growth. Learn more at elite.com.

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