Lawster

What Lawster does

Lawster is a Swedish hybrid legal services firm headquartered in Gothenburg (with a registered seat in Mölndal), operating as Lwstr AB and part of the Devotion Ventures holding group. Founded in 2025 by lawyers, entrepreneurs, and developers, the firm targets Swedish growth companies and tech startups that need accessible, predictable legal support without the cost and unpredictability of traditional law firms. Its primary offering — "Affärsjuridik" — is delivered as a fixed-price monthly subscription starting at 10,000 SEK, providing unlimited calls and emails with senior lawyers and a 24-hour response commitment across corporate law, contract law, labor law, GDPR/data protection, intellectual property, M&A support, dispute resolution, and regulatory compliance.

The firm's core technology is the Juridikmotor, a proprietary AI legal engine that structures, analyzes, and drafts case material before human lawyer review. The engine runs on Lawster's own servers inside the EU/EES using enterprise-licensed AI models, with an explicit policy that no customer data leaves that environment and is not used to train external models. This combination of self-hosted infrastructure and senior-expert validation is positioned as the firm's principal differentiator against both legacy law firms (which bill hourly and route work to junior staff) and DIY legal platforms (which lack professional accountability).

Lawster sells through a sales-led motion anchored by a free needs-analysis consultation booked via the website, supported by customer testimonials, news/PR (including a May 2026 Marknadsdomstolen win on behalf of client Inet), and a January 2026 GTM partnership with Waya Finance for referred dispute-resolution cases. The team is small (1–10 employees) and includes four legal professionals, three developers, and a marketing coordinator. Notable customers include EQL Pharma, Inet, Kognic, Qamcom, Bolix, ova&me, Waya, and MinCFO. Pricing is subscription-recurring with no disclosed external funding, and revenue/ARR are not publicly reported.

Name

Lawster

Legal name

Lwstr AB

Website

https://lawster.se

Company type

Private

Founded year

2025

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lawster is a Gothenburg-based hybrid law firm that delivers Swedish business-law services (corporate, IP, labor, M&A, GDPR, disputes) to growth companies and tech startups via a fixed-price monthly subscription starting at 10,000 SEK, backed by a proprietary self-hosted AI legal engine called the Juridikmotor.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Business Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate & Commercial Law (BPAHAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Legal Practice Management & Case Management (BPAEAPAC), Regulatory & Compliance Law (BPAHAAAC)

Keywords

• Business legal services
• Subscription legal services
• Corporate legal advisory
• Commercial contract law
• Legal technology services

Headquarters

HQ city

Gothenburg

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Monthly Subscription - Legal Services: Fixed monthly subscription model (tillsvidareabonnemang) providing unlimited access to legal consultation and services. No time-based billing or hidden costs. Services include unlimited calls and emails. Billed monthly in advance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Lawster is a hybrid law firm that delivers business legal services in intellectual property, labor law, and corporate/commercial law to growth companies and tech startups through a fixed monthly subscription model (from 10,000 SEK/month). It pairs senior legal advisors with a proprietary in-house AI engine (juridikmotor) on self-hosted infrastructure to handle contract drafting, review, and ongoing advisory faster than traditional hourly-billed law firms. The firm is based in Gothenburg, Sweden and operates as Lwstr AB under the Devotion Ventures holding group.

Product overview

Lawster is a hybrid legal services firm that replaces traditional law firms and DIY legal platforms with an AI-augmented subscription model. At its core is the proprietary Juridikmotor (Legal AI Platform), which analyzes, structures, and prepares legal cases automatically. This is combined with unlimited access to senior legal experts who validate, deliver, and follow up on all matters. The offering is delivered as a flat-rate monthly subscription, covering the full spectrum of business law including corporate law, contract law, labor law, GDPR/data protection, intellectual property, M&A, dispute resolution, and compliance. The product portfolio consists of the Legal AI Platform as the underlying technology engine and the Affärsjuridik subscription service as the customer-facing offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Business Law Subscription (Affärsjuridik) Fixed monthly subscription (from 10,000 SEK/month) providing Swedish growth companies and tech startups with ongoing legal counsel across intellectual property, employment/labor law, and corporate/commercial matters, including contract drafting, review, and advisory with a 24-hour response commitment.
• Intellectual Property Legal Services Legal advisory and document work relating to intellectual property rights for Swedish businesses and tech startups, delivered within the subscription scope.
• Employment and Labor Law Services Ongoing employment and labor law advisory, contract drafting, and review for Swedish companies, delivered within the subscription scope.
• Corporate and Commercial Law Services Corporate and commercial legal advisory, contract drafting, and review for Swedish growth companies and tech startups, delivered within the subscription scope.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30+ growth company customers
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers19 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Waya Finance & Technology ABcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 January 2026Partnership announced January 8, 2026. Waya is a Gothenburg-based fintech company that helps businesses automate invoice management and collections. When Waya's customers' claims are disputed in the collection process, cases are transferred to Lawster for legal review. Lawster provides quick written analysis of the legal position before a dispute case begins, helping customers make informed decisions and get paid even in complex legal situations.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• Spellbook: AI-powered contract drafting and review tool for lawyers. Comparable AI-driven legal document automation, with partial overlap in the SMB/mid-market contract review use case Lawster serves.
• Evisort: AI contract lifecycle management platform for in-house legal teams. Comparable AI-driven legal document automation for corporate clients, addressing similar contract/IP review workflows.
• Spotdraft: Subscription-based legal operations platform for SMBs combining contract management with on-demand legal expertise. Comparable AI-augmented, fixed-fee legal services model targeting growth-stage tech companies.
• Harvey: AI legal assistant platform for law firms and in-house legal teams, built on frontier foundation models. Comparable AI-in-legal-work positioning, though Harvey targets firm-side tooling whereas Lawster delivers AI-augmented services directly to clients.

Direct peers

• Lawline: Sweden's largest legal advisory site, also founded by Joel Wickman. Directly comparable as a Swedish consumer/SMB legal advisory platform with online-first delivery; Lawster extends this model into a subscription, AI-augmented business law offering.
• Legalbuddy: Swedish legaltech SaaS founded by Joel Wickman providing legal document automation for SMBs. Highly comparable product/market overlap with Lawster's Juridikmotor, but positioned as self-serve SaaS rather than full-service law firm.
• Contractbook: Danish/Nordic contract lifecycle management and legal automation platform. Comparable as a Nordic legaltech subscription product targeting SMB and growth companies with contract and compliance workflows.
• Minna Technologies: Swedish subscription-banking infrastructure company co-founded by Jonas Karles and acquired by Mastercard in 2024. Comparable as a Gothenburg-rooted subscription fintech that scaled globally; informs Lawster's GTM and operating model rather than competing directly.

Broad incumbents

• Mannheimer Swartling: Largest Nordic law firm with full-service business law practice across Sweden. Broad incumbent competitor for mid-market and enterprise business law mandates, though traditional hourly-billing model rather than subscription.
• Delphi: Swedish full-service business law firm where co-founder Joel Wickman previously practiced. Broad incumbent peer offering corporate/commercial law across Swedish growth and mid-market segments, representing the traditional model Lawster is disrupting.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lawster-juridik

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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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