Advania acquires smartvokat - accelerates value to boost legal and compliance
Empowering clients in legal and compliance to face the future
With a strong footprint in legal operations and compliance transformation, smartvokat brings specialised skills in end-to-end advisory and implementation services ranging from service portfolio optimization to digital process implementation. The team supports global enterprises in navigating increasingly complex regulatory landscapes by modernising business-critical legal, risk and compliance service delivery processes.
By joining Advania, smartvokat’s offering is integrated into an ecosystem of managed services and transformation expertise. Together, the teams create even stronger synergies for delivering high-value solutions, particularly for clients in the legal community.
“We are very happy to welcome the talented team at smartvokat to the Advania Group. This acquisition is a great cultural match and a strategic step forward in strengthening our position within legal and compliance transformation. It allows us to support even more customers in preparing for the future with intelligent, AI-empowered end-to-end solutions that make a real difference.”
Tomas Wanselius, CEO of Advania Sweden.
Strategic reinforcement of Advania’s growth areas
The acquisition is part of Advania’s long-term strategy to deepen expertise in selected growth areas. It complements Advania’s existing capabilities in enterprise platforms and applications such as ServiceNow, iManage and Tanium, creating a broader and more scalable service portfolio.
smartvokat will collaborate closely with local teams in Sweden, Finland and Serbia (all part of the Transformation & Automation business unit) to ensure a seamless client experience and a unified approach to delivery. Customers can expect a continued focus on innovation, service quality, and business value.
Ignaz Füsgen, co-managing director at smartvokat says: “The dynamic legal and compliance tech market is in need of service providers who offer truly scalable, end-to-end solution capabilities. Our clients will quickly benefit from this newly formed offering”.
Julien Weiler, co-managing director at smartvokat seconds: “Our clients seek comprehensive advice in Agentic AI from AI-governance to AI-driven workflows and High Performance Computing, a service portfolio the newly formed team can deliver”.
For more information, please contact
Eva-Lotta Jonsvik, Marketing Director, Advania Sweden
Phone: +46 761 40 01 37
Email: evalotta.jonsvik@advania.com
Tomas Wanselius, CEO, Advania Sweden
Phone: +46 704 54 35 24
Email: tomas.wanselius@advania.com
About smartvokat
smartvokat is a German-based consultancy founded in 2016, specializing in digital transformation within the legal, risk, and compliance domains. With a team based in Germany, South Africa, and Slovenia, the company serves global enterprises across healthcare, financial services, manufacturing, and services sectors.
About Advania Sweden
Advania Sweden, "The tech company with people at heart", has offices across the country – from Luleå in the north to Malmö in the south. Every day, our 1,700 specialists support customers in both the private and public sectors in reaching their digitalisation goals. Through long-term relationships, leading technologies, modern platform solutions, and strategic partnerships, we help shape the IT landscape of the future. Our purpose goes beyond technology: to empower people to create sustainable value.
The Advania Group delivers services for sustainable and secure digitalisation to customers in Sweden, Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Iceland, Finland, and Denmark.
