Neolegal, a Montreal legal technology company, said on October 7, 2026 that it has acquired Technologies Leya, a Quebec platform that gives people access to lawyers and notaries as a benefit provided by their employer, insurer or financial institution. The financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
The deal brings more than 50,000 people who have access to Leya into Neolegal's customer base. Neolegal described the purchase as part of a wider consolidation among legal technology platforms in Canada.
Neolegal did not say whether the Leya brand will be kept or what will happen to Leya's staff. Leya's founder, Ryan Hillier, said in the announcement that its partners and users were in very good hands.
What Leya built
Leya set out to make virtual legal support a standard workplace benefit, in the same way that many employers already cover dental care or counselling. Organisations sign up and offer access to their staff or members, who can then book a video consultation with a lawyer or notary instantly.
Its consumer site lists 25- and 60-minute consultations, notarised property sales, marriage contracts, wills starting at $49 for a witnessed will and $399 for a notarised one, an amicable divorce package from $999, help contesting tickets, small claims preparation and permanent residency applications. The service is bilingual and fully online, and focuses on Quebec law.
Leya says it is used by employers, associations, financial institutions and insurers in Quebec, but it has not named them. Neither company disclosed Leya's founding date, headcount or revenue.
The Quebec company is unrelated to Leya, the Stockholm startup that builds an AI assistant for law firms and raised a $25 million Series A in 2024.
“I founded Leya with a simple conviction: legal support should be part of employee benefits just like dental care or mental health support, and it should be offered through the organizations people already trust.”
Why Neolegal is buying
Neolegal was founded in Montreal in 2017 and sells fixed-price online legal packages to individuals and businesses, along with the Neolegal Suite, a software product for law firms. It also already offered legal support through group insurance and employee benefits plans, the market where Leya is focused. Its services are delivered online and by phone, without in-person meetings.
Chief executive Philip Hazeltine said Leya had built a strong position in group insurance and that adding it would speed up Neolegal's growth in that market. The company said it wants to become the benchmark for legal products built into employee benefits programmes, as employers look for higher-value protections to add to their plans.
Neolegal also pointed to the fit between its own automation technology and Leya's knowledge of how benefits are sold through insurers and employers.
The founders and the funding
Hazeltine, a former tax lawyer, met Fabien Navet at the end of 2016, and the two later brought in Sid Benachenhou as a third co-founder with a technology background, according to a profile published by angel network Anges Québec. Neolegal was named to Forbes' 2024 list of Canada's best startup employers. It has not published a full funding history.
Hillier thanked Leya's investors in the announcement, but neither company named them or said how much Leya had raised.
In the announcement Hillier said Neolegal had shared Leya's view of legal help as a benefit from the start, and he thanked Leya's team, clients and investors for backing the company from its first day. His own role after the acquisition was not disclosed.
Legal help as a workplace perk
Bundling legal help into benefits plans puts the two companies in the same market as larger insurers that sell legal expense coverage. By buying Leya rather than building its own channel, Neolegal adds insurer and employer relationships and a ready base of eligible users.
The company did not say whether Leya users will be moved onto Neolegal's platform or whether the two services will run side by side.
