LegalBase

What LegalBase does

LegalBase is a Sri Lanka-headquartered law firm founded in 2008 that operates a hybrid on/offshore delivery model for international clients. The firm combines traditional legal services — banking and finance, corporate and commercial (including M&A, private equity and venture capital), litigation and dispute resolution, and private client work — with a proprietary Online Brand Protection platform that uses AI-driven monitoring to detect intellectual property infringements across marketplaces, social media, websites, domains, search advertising, and fake news sites, with takedown services typically achieving over 80% success rates.

The Online Brand Protection suite is the firm's distinctive offering. It comprises a core AI monitoring engine plus a portfolio of modules: marketplaces and e-commerce monitoring (eBay, Amazon, Alibaba, DHgate, Taobao, Mercadolibre, Myntra), social media monitoring and listening across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and LinkedIn, website content monitoring, keywords/AdWords monitoring, domain monitoring and arbitration (WIPO UDRP, Nominet, Eurid, Central NIC, URS), reputation and image management, and fake news and blog monitoring. A separate Border Measures team, led by a former LVMH and World Customs Organisation IPR group executive, handles customs recording, counterfeit shipment seizure, and investigations.

The firm serves three primary customer segments: Fortune 50 and global corporations requiring online IP enforcement, law firms needing white-label online IP capabilities (such as a Dubai-based international law firm partner), and high-net-worth individuals and families requiring cross-border legal structuring. Secondary segments include sports organisations (a top European football club has had over US$1 billion of counterfeit products removed and 45,000+ infringements addressed), luxury brands, and SMEs/start-ups. Distribution is sales-led via direct website and email engagement, complemented by white-label partnerships and a global referral network. Pricing is predominantly fixed-fee, leveraging the Sri Lanka cost base to deliver top-tier law-firm quality at substantially lower than onshore rates. The firm holds Chambers and Partners Band 1 status in Alternative Legal Service Providers (since 2014), Legal 500 Tier 1 in Intellectual Property and Corporate & M&A (since 2014), and IAOP Top 100 Global Outsourcing (since 2009). Leadership includes co-founder Ali Tyebkhan (Oxford-educated, ex-Hogan Lovells and ENOC Dubai), partner Sudath Perera (Legal 500 Hall of Fame), Director Border Measures Philippe Van Eeckhout (ex-LVMH, ex-WCO), and Director EU Steven Blockmans (Brussels, ex-University of Leuven). The firm is privately held and bootstrapped, with no disclosed external funding.

Name

LegalBase

Legal name

LegalBase

Website

https://legalbaselaw.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

LegalBase is a Sri Lanka-based law firm operating a hybrid on/offshore model, combining traditional legal services with a proprietary AI-driven online brand protection platform that monitors and takes down IP infringements for Fortune 50 corporates, law firms, and high-net-worth individuals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), Software Publishers (5132), Lessors of Nonfinancial Intangible Assets (except Copyrighted Works) (533110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Patent Owners & Lessors (6794)

akta.pro primary industry

Rights Enforcement & Anti-Piracy (Claims, Takedowns, Litigation Support) (MPAIABAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

Rights Management, Content ID & Anti-Piracy Platforms (MPACABAK)

Keywords

• Online IP protection
• Brand protection services
• Anti-counterfeiting enforcement
• Intellectual property law
• Trademark portfolio management

Headquarters

HQ city

Sri Lanka

HQ country

Sri Lanka

HQ region

Asia

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - IP Protection: Comprehensive legal services for intellectual property protection including monitoring, detection, and take-down of online infringements. Combines technology with legal expertise to handle violations.
2. Online IP Monitoring Services: SaaS-like technology services providing continuous monitoring of online media for IP infringements with AI-driven detection capabilities.
3. Trademark Portfolio Management: Management of global trademark portfolios including registration, renewals, and monitoring of conflicting trademarks.
4. White-Label Services for Law Firms: Partnership arrangements where LegalBase acts as an extension of law firms on a white-label basis, supplementing their IP expertise and resources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

LegalBase is a law firm that provides end-to-end online intellectual property protection combined with traditional legal services. Its core offering is an AI-driven Online Brand Protection platform that monitors, detects, and takes down IP infringements across marketplaces, social media, websites, and domains, paired with legal expertise in Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Litigation, Private Client, and IP/Trademark matters. The firm operates a hybrid on/offshore model, serving Fortune 50 companies, global corporations, law firms (white-label), and high-net-worth individuals.

Product overview

LegalBase is a law firm offering a unified portfolio of legal services combined with a proprietary AI-driven Online Brand Protection platform. The core offering consists of legal services (Banking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Private Client, and IP services) complemented by a comprehensive Online Brand Protection Services suite. This suite includes Marketplaces & E-Commerce Monitoring, Social Media Monitoring, Website Content Monitoring, Keywords & AdWords Monitoring, Reputation & Image Management, Fake News & Blogs Monitoring, Domain Monitoring, Domain Name Arbitration Services, and Social Media Listening—all powered by AI technology. The platform combines advanced monitoring technology with legal expertise to detect and take down online IP infringements, offering a complete monitoring + detect + take down solution with over 80% success rates.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Over US $10 billion worth of counterfeit goods removed from the internet
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Dubai-based International Law Firm (White Label Partner)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLegalBase partners with a full-service law firm headquartered in Dubai (with offices in Egypt and London) to offer IP services to Middle Eastern clients on a white-label basis. The law firm lacks online IP capabilities, so LegalBase acts as an extension of the firm, providing monitoring software and take-down services under the partner's branding.
• Social Media Platforms (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, LinkedIn)coreTechnology or IntegrationWorking relationships with major social media platforms to remove infringing profiles and content. LegalBase uses platform processes and tools to enforce IP rights and remove counterfeit sellers, fake accounts, and impersonating profiles.
• Global E-commerce Marketplaces (eBay, Alibaba, Amazon, DHgate, Taobao, Mercadolibre, Myntra)coreTechnology or IntegrationPartnerships with global online marketplaces to identify and remove counterfeit product listings and unauthorized sellers. LegalBase monitors these platforms and works with marketplace IP protection teams to execute takedowns.
• Domain Arbitration Forums (WIPO, Nominet, Eurid, National Arbitration Forum)coreTechnology or IntegrationLegalBase handles domain arbitration proceedings through established forums including WIPO UDRP, USDRP, Nominet, Eurid, Central NIC, and URS to transfer infringing domain names to rightful brand owners.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• MarkMonitor (Clarivate): MarkMonitor, now part of Clarivate, is one of the largest enterprise online brand protection and domain management platforms, serving many of the same Fortune 500 clients LegalBase targets. It is a broader incumbent offering domain management, anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting as part of a wider IP portfolio.
• Corsearch: Corsearch is an established brand-protection and trademark-clearance incumbent offering monitoring, anti-counterfeiting and domain management to global brand owners. It competes for the same Fortune 500 IP-protection budgets as LegalBase but at much larger scale and with a broader trademark-clearance portfolio.
• CompuMark (Clarivate): CompuMark, part of Clarivate, is a leading trademark search, watch and protection services provider. It overlaps with LegalBase's global trademark portfolio management offering, especially for the leading global tea exporter and other brand-owning clients.
• OpSec Security: OpSec Security is an established authentication, anti-counterfeiting and brand protection incumbent offering both physical authentication and online monitoring solutions. It serves overlapping luxury and consumer-goods clients as LegalBase, with broader authentication capabilities.
• CSC (now part of Iron Mountain): CSC is a major domain management, brand protection and digital brand services incumbent serving global enterprises. It overlaps with LegalBase's domain monitoring, domain arbitration and trademark portfolio work, but at significantly larger scale and as a broader digital-services provider.
• NetNames (now CSC): NetNames, now part of CSC, is a domain management and online brand-protection incumbent comparable to LegalBase's domain monitoring, domain arbitration and trademark portfolio services for global enterprises.

Direct peers

• Red Points: Red Points is a venture-backed SaaS platform that combines AI-powered monitoring of marketplaces, social media and domains with takedown services for brand owners. It overlaps most directly with LegalBase's core Online Brand Protection offering, though Red Points is a pure technology play without LegalBase's in-house law-firm takedown execution.
• Authentix: Authentix provides authentication and anti-counterfeiting solutions including supply-chain and online enforcement, similar to LegalBase's brand-protection work for luxury and consumer goods. It represents a more diversified incumbent offering physical and digital authentication.
• Incopro: Incopro provides an AI-driven online brand-protection platform with monitoring and enforcement services for global brands, directly overlapping LegalBase's marketplace, social and domain takedown work. It represents a comparable tech-led alternative without LegalBase's white-label law-firm wrapper.

Others

• Hogan Lovells: Hogan Lovells is a global elite law firm where LegalBase co-founder Ali Tyebkhan began his career; it is a relevant comparator for LegalBase's Banking & Finance, Corporate & M&A and Private Client offerings and the natural onshore alternative for white-label clients seeking IP enforcement at Tier-1 firms.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/legalbase

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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