Kanoon

What Kanoon does

Kanoon is a French HR legaltech SaaS platform that automates the generation of HR legal documents — including employment contracts (CDI, CDD), amendments, dismissal letters, company agreements, and CSE election documents — through guided questionnaires tailored to 100+ French collective bargaining agreements. Founded in 2020 by LegalPlace and operated by SILAEXPERT SAS, the platform combines automated document generation with unlimited access to partner labor lawyers specialized in the client's collective agreement, real-time legal monitoring (veilles juridiques), a compliance calendar, secure document storage, and integrated electronic signature. Its CSE (Comité Social et Économique) election offering includes Ministry of Labour-certified electronic voting and is compliant with RGPD.

The company serves over 11,000 French companies, primarily SMBs (TPE/PME) with 1-250 employees lacking internal HR legal expertise, alongside franchises, multi-location operators, and companies required to hold CSE elections. Revenue is generated through three pricing models: annual subscriptions (with or without dedicated lawyer accompaniment), unit pricing for individual documents (starting from €49 HT), and multi-year CSE election packages (starting from €1,290 HT). Distribution has historically been self-serve via kanoon.fr with inside-sales support, supplemented by content marketing, webinars, podcasts, and free guides.

In April 2026, Silae — a French payroll and HR software provider majority-owned by Silver Lake since 2020 — acquired Kanoon from LegalPlace for an undisclosed amount. The technology will be rebranded as 'mySilae Contrats' and launched in June 2026, integrating HR legal document generation directly into Silae's payroll ecosystem and gaining access to Silae's network of 6,000+ partners serving nearly one million client companies in France. This positions the combined entity to combine payroll data with real-time HR legal document workflows.

Name

Kanoon

Legal name

SILAEXPERT SAS

Website

https://kanoon.fr

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kanoon is a French HR legaltech SaaS platform that automates HR legal document generation and compliance for over 11,000 SMBs, now operated by SILAEXPERT SAS following Silae's April 2026 acquisition and set to rebrand as mySilae Contrats.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

HR Compliance Software

NAICS

Document Preparation Services (561410)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) & Document Automation (BPAEAPAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) & Document Generation/Templating (HDAEAGAL)

Keywords

• HR legal compliance
• Employment contract automation
• Collective bargaining agreements
• CSE election management
• Payroll legal integration

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. SaaS Subscription - Unlimited Plans: Recurring subscription model offering unlimited access to document generation and procedures, with or without partner lawyer accompaniment. Billed monthly or annually.
2. Per-Document Purchase: Pay-per-document option for specific legal operations without full subscription commitment. One-time fees per document or procedure.
3. CSE Elections Package: Comprehensive CSE election package including electronic voting, legal support, and document generation. Priced starting from €1,290 HT, calculated based on company headcount.
4. À la carte Services: Per-service pricing for complex legal procedures, such as apprenticeship contract trial period termination documents starting from €49 HT.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Kanoon provides an automated HR legal document generation SaaS platform for French employers. The platform produces more than 50 HR legal documents (employment contracts, dismissals, amendments, rupture conventionnelle, etc.) tailored to applicable collective bargaining agreements, with optional accompaniment by in-house lawyers. It also includes a dedicated module for managing CSE (Comité Social et Économique) elections, electronic signature, and compliance monitoring for labor law changes.

Product overview

Kanoon is a unified SaaS platform for HR legal document generation and management in France. The core Kanoon Platform integrates six key features: HR Legal Documents (automated generation of employment contracts, dismissals, amendments), Unlimited Labor Law Attorney Access, Legal Monitoring (veilles juridiques), Legal Agenda, Secure Storage, and Electronic Signature. The platform is complemented by specialized service modules covering hiring, employment contract lifecycle, termination, health and safety, CSE elections with electronic voting, company agreements and charters, and legal diagnostics. Kanoon supports 100+ collective agreements (conventions collectives) including SYNTEC, HCR, and commerce sectors. The company was acquired by Silae in April 2026 and will be rebranded as 'mySilae Contrats' in June 2026.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• 11,000+ companies trust Kanoon for HR legal compliance
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• SilaecoreOEM/ Whitelabel/ Licensing Partner · 7 April 2026Silae, a French HR and payroll software provider majority-owned by US private equity fund Silver Lake since 2020, acquired Kanoon from LegalPlace in April 2026 for an undisclosed amount. Kanoon will be rebranded as 'mySilae Contrats' and launched in June 2026, integrating legal document generation into Silae's payroll and HR ecosystem. This acquisition represents Silae's entry into the legal technology market, filling a structural gap by combining payroll data with real-time HR legal document generation.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)minorOthersCloud hosting provider for Kanoon's SaaS platform. Data stored on AWS servers in secure locations, ensuring platform availability and data security.
• Kappkod (Cabinet d'avocats)coreTechnology or IntegrationLaw firm partner providing dedicated lawyers for Parental Act and other complex HR legal document customization. The partnership includes experienced labor law attorneys (Marine Dubois, Camille Chabrolin, Nisrin Kabssi, Sarah Gigliotti, Kevin De Oliveira, Jérémy Bolnet) who provide expert advice and document review to Kanoon clients.
• LegalPlaceminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOriginal developer of Kanoon HR legaltech solution, founded in 2020. LegalPlace divested Kanoon to focus on its core business creation platform for micro-enterprises. Historical relationship as parent company prior to Silae acquisition.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Dougs: French online accounting and legal services platform for entrepreneurs and SMBs. Adjacent in serving French SMBs with bundled accounting, legal, and administrative document services.
• Dili (Dili Partners): Emerging French legaltech offering AI-assisted legal document drafting and corporate secretarial services for SMBs. Comparable in targeting French SMBs with automated legal document generation.

Direct peers

• LegalPlace: Original developer of Kanoon and French legaltech platform for SMBs (business creation, contracts, legal documents). Directly comparable in target market (French SMBs needing legal documents) and product category (automated legal document generation).
• PayFit: French-founded payroll and HR SaaS serving SMBs across Europe. Comparable as a payroll-led HR platform expanding into HR document workflows and serving the same French SMB buyer.
• Silae: French payroll and HR software publisher and Kanoon's acquirer (April 2026). Operates an overlapping HR software ecosystem serving 6,000+ partners and ~1M companies via 7.6M monthly payslips; rebrand of Kanoon as 'mySilae Contrats' places the two product lines inside the same go-to-market.
• Hyperlex: French CLM and contract analytics SaaS. Comparable as a contract automation and document intelligence vendor competing for the same French enterprise/mid-market legal tech budget.
• Tomorro: French Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) SaaS focused on contract drafting, review, and automation for businesses. Comparable as a French legaltech vendor automating contract and document workflows for SMB/mid-market.
• Factorial: HR SaaS for SMBs offering HR document management, employee records, and HR compliance workflows. Overlaps with Kanoon in HR document automation for European SMBs, though broader in HRIS scope.
• Lucca: French HR SaaS suite (HRIS, leave management, expense reports, time tracking) used by mid-market companies. Comparable as a French HR software vendor expanding into workflow automation adjacent to Kanoon's HR legal document scope.

Broad incumbents

• Cegid: Major French business software publisher covering HR, payroll, ERP, and accounting for SMB and mid-market. Overlaps with Kanoon through HR/payroll offerings and is a likely distribution and competitive overlap at scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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