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GRC news roundup: LexisNexis, intapp, Legora, 6lock, winston Taylor & more. GRC technology is one of the fastest-growing segments in enterprise software, and compliance professions are rapidly evolving. Here's the latest from across the industry. New products & platforms. Business and legal intelligence provider LexisNexis launched new agentic capabilities in Lexis+ with Protégé, enabling legal professionals to move from first idea to review-ready work product in one AI experience. 6lock, a payment platform, released same-day distributions, a new workflow that enables private equity firms to create, fund and complete an LP distribution in a single day. Legal and compliance executive search firm BarkerGilmore launched Leader Exchange, a confidential, professionally facilitated peer-advisory experience designed to help in-house legal leaders navigate the leadership demands. Numeracle, identity management software maker, announced general availability of corporate KYCaaS (Know Your Customer as a Service), a business identity verification and Know Your Business (KYB) platform to determine whether a business is real. Partnerships & integrations. Intapp, the governed AI platform, and Legora, the collaborative AI platform for lawyers, announced a partnership to deliver governed, AI-native workflows for law firms. Personnel. Winston Taylor announced that John D. Mitchell, a former assistant US attorney in the Northern District of Illinois and senior attorney in the SEC's Enforcement Division, has joined the firm's Chicago office as a partner in its investigations & white-collar defense practice. The law firm also announced John Thornburgh, former assistant chief of the DOJ Antitrust Division's Chicago office, as a partner in the antitrust & competition practice. Harneys announced the appointment of Annabelle Jules as global director of business acceptance and compliance; she's based in the firm's London office. Ministry Brands, a church management software and fintech provider, announced the appointments of Chris Schmidt as SVP and head of product management and product design and Adam Ehret as SVP of information technology and security.

US church management software provider Ministry Brands hires GC from Reach. Chris Wassenaar replaces Renee McDonough, who joined One Identity in May 19 August 2026 Chris Wassenaar US church management software provider Ministry Brands has hired Chris Wassenaar as general counsel, replacing Renee McDonough who left in May. Wassenaar joins from digital record keeping business Reach, where he was chief legal and compliance officer. At Ministry Brands, he will lead the company's legal affairs function. Atlanta-based Ministry Brands supports more than 90,000 churches and non-profit organisations with member and donor management software, including digital giving, accounting, websites, apps and other tech services. Its platform facilitates more than $6.45bn in charitable giving annually. The company said it had also hired Brett Bowman as chief financial officer. Advertisement Chris Bacon, CEO of Ministry Brands, said: "Brett and Chris are accomplished professionals whose experience and track records would have afforded them no shortage of opportunities, so I am delighted to welcome them both to Ministry Brands. "What makes our work different is the opportunity to apply world-class expertise in service of something bigger. Brett and Chris both understand and connect deeply with that purpose, and we're thrilled to add their leadership to a team equally committed to business excellence and meaningful impact." Wassenaar joins after just under a year and a half at Reach, having previously been GC and chief compliance officer at Plooto for roughly the same amount of time. He also had spells at Versapay as GC and chief risk and compliance officer, and 2Checkout, also as GC and chief risk and compliance officer. Prior to that he was GC at PowerPlan, Liaison Technology and Brightree, and had in-house roles at SunTrust Bank and MCI Telecommunications. He started his career in private practice at Davidson Fuller & Sloan. LAW OVER BORDERS COMPARATIVE GUIDES Merger Control Law Guide As cross-border merger control becomes increasingly complex, navigating multiple competition regimes is critical to transaction planning... | 1mo. McDonough, meanwhile, left in May to join identity security business One Identity. She spent just under three years at Ministry Brands, having previously been GC at fintech start-up GRUBBRR and GC at agriculture data business AGDATA. Earlier in her career she held in-house counsel roles at Boston Scientific, Publicis Sapient, A.W. Chesterton Company and Pan Am Railways. In other recent tech-related moves, last month US quantum computing business Quantinuum appointed Robin Schulman as chief legal officer from software company GitLab.