Legal services and technology provider Elevate has acquired year-old flexible lawyering service provider Cognatio Law in Hong Kong, expanding the Los Angeles-based company’s reach in Asia.

Cognatio provides flexible lawyering and legal consulting services in the Asia-Pacific region, especially in Hong Kong, to in-house legal and compliance teams as well as to law firms. The firm was launched in February 2018 by CEO Lesley Hobbs, the former head of client solutions in Hong Kong at flexible lawyering service Lawyers On Demand, and Tim Fawcett, formerly the interim chief operating officer of local family law boutique CRB. Fawcett, who served as Cognatio’s chief operating officer, left the firm last month.