Clio has promoted Ronnie Gurion to President and Chief Operating Officer, formalizing his expanded leadership role as the Vancouver-founded legal technology company enters its next stage of growth.
Gurion joined Clio as COO in 2021 and has played a central role in one of the company’s most significant growth periods. During his tenure, Clio scaled from US$100 million to US$500 million in annual recurring revenue while expanding its reach across the legal profession, from solo practitioners to some of the world’s largest law firms.
As President and COO, Gurion will continue to oversee Clio’s global operations, go-to-market strategy, customer experience, and post-acquisition integration. He will also work closely with CEO and Founder Jack Newton on company strategy and represent Clio with major customers, partners, and the broader legal technology market.
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“Ronnie has been the operating force behind much of what Clio has built over the past four years,” said Newton. “He brings the scale-stage experience this moment demands and has earned deep trust across our customers, our team, and our partners around the world. This promotion reflects our ambition and our confidence in the team we have built to go after it.”
The leadership move follows a major year for Clio. Over the past 12 months, the company closed a US$500 million Series G financing round at a US$5 billion valuation, completed its US$1 billion acquisition of vLex, and launched Clio for Enterprise.
Clio now serves more than 400,000 legal professionals in more than 130 countries. The company says its platform supports the full spectrum of the legal profession, from solo lawyers to the world’s largest firms.
“Clio is building for a moment that doesn’t come twice,” said Gurion. “AI is rewriting what is possible in legal, and this team has been moving faster than anyone in the industry to lead that shift. None of it happens without an extraordinary group of people executing at every level. I am grateful to Jack for the partnership, proud of everything we have built together, and could not be more excited about what comes next.”
Before joining Clio, Gurion was GM and Global Head of Uber for Business, where he helped scale the division into a multi-billion-dollar gross bookings platform across 30 countries. He also held senior leadership roles at Orbitz, Expedia, and Airbnb.
Founded in Vancouver, Clio has become one of Canada’s most prominent legal technology companies and has increasingly positioned itself at the centre of the legal AI market through its enterprise push and acquisition of vLex.