LBR Appoints Joel Black as Chief Strategy Officer

LBR is pleased to announce the appointment of Joel Black as Chief Strategy Officer.

Joel joins LBR from Thomson Reuters (TR) in February, expanding LBR’s global executive team into North America. Over his decade at TR, he held key roles in Product and Corporate Strategy, most recently serving as VP of Product Strategy for Know-how solutions, including Practical Law and Checkpoint. Joel has deep expertise in legal information services and technology, along with a strong track record of driving growth both organically and through M&A.

Nick Brailey, CEO of LBR, said, “We are thrilled to welcome Joel to our executive team. His experience in our key, targeted geographic market for expansion will be invaluable as we continue to pursue both organic and inorganic growth strategies. Joel’s appointment, with the support of our investment partners Intermediate Capital Group and LLCP, will accelerate our M&A strategy and continue our growth trajectory.

Joel commented, “I am excited to join LBR at this stage exciting phase of growth. I look forward to working with the talented team at LBR to drive strategic initiatives, M&A activity and building towards our long-term vision of becoming an internationally trusted, technology driven, high quality information services business.”

The newly created Chief Strategy Officer role will be instrumental in supporting LBR’s international expansion efforts and high growth strategy. Joel will work alongside LBR’s recently expanded executive team, with support from recent investment partners, ICG.

About LBR

LBR is a technology-driven information services business powering the global professional services sector with intelligence, analytics and performance data. By applying technology to extract enhanced value from quality content, achieving commercial excellence, and empowering our teams, we deliver proprietary, time-sensitive data, insight, expert research, and sophisticated tools and networking. With an international team of over 500 experienced professionals, LBR has a proven track record of informing, engaging and connecting our clients.