Relativity has acquired Gavel, an AI-native legal drafting and automation platform, to extend RelativityOne and aiR products into Microsoft Word.

Dorna Moini (Gavel Founder and CEO) and Pierre Martin (Gavel CTO) join Relativity, emphasizing a strategic scale and shared industry vision.

The integration will allow Word-created documents, including aiR Case Strategy and aiR Assist outputs, to be opened, edited, redlined, and finalized within Word, with changes syncing back to RelativityOne for a connected matter lifecycle.

The article discusses strategic intent behind the deal but notes that financial terms and closing specifics aren’t provided in the excerpt.

The report appears in Law360 Pulse on June 12, 2026, credited to Matt Perez.

The press release includes standard corporate boilerplate about Relativity and its services, such as RelativityOne, Relativity Academic, and Justice for Change initiatives.

Relativity announced on June 12, 2026 that it has acquired Gavel.

CEO Phil Saunders frames the acquisition as part of Relativity’s broader AI expansion via Rel Labs, while Chief Product Officer Chris Brown says it extends the system of action to the surfaces where legal work occurs.

Relativity says the move broadens RelativityOne beyond evidence review to include creation and collaboration on legal documents across practice areas.

Leadership quotes emphasize extending RelativityOne into the Word environment to boost collaboration and maintain context across matters.

Relativity plans to maintain Gavel’s operations in the near term and gradually integrate Gavel’s capabilities into RelativityOne for seamless continuity and broader engagement across multiple legal use cases.

The deal focuses on keeping Gavel’s operations intact initially while weaving its features into RelativityOne over time to enhance customer engagement and revenue opportunities.