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Built by solicitors.
Inspired by technology.
Fueled with purpose.

Our story

In 1992, two entrepreneurial solicitors established Arken with a single purpose: to build transformative digital solutions that solve the challenges estate planning professionals face.

Now, Arken’s revolutionary estate planning solutions help more than 5,600 Will & Trust professionals compete and win in today’s rapidly-evolving digital economy.

Founded in
1992

Founded in 1992

Originally known as ‘DPL Professional’, Arken has been a pioneer of legal document drafting solutions for more than 30 years!

Leaders by
2000

Leaders by 2000

We develop automated Will commentary expanding our software functionality and driving more efficiency in the Will writing process

Online Wills
in 2009

Online Wills in 2009

We deliver our first online Wills product, enabling firms to offer a ‘hands-free’ Will service and reach new audiences online

5,690+ users
& growing

5,800+ users & growing

Almost 6,000 users choose Arken’s Will drafting software to boost efficiency, minimise risk, and grow their business

We’ve Helped 5,800+ Users Draft 7 Million Wills

Why Arken

Arken has been transforming the Wills & Trust industry for over 30 years.

Built by Lawyers and inspired by technology, Arken’s products offer the greatest levels of complexity on the market, reinforced by best-in-class legal precedences and regular reviews by our Legal Advisory Board.

We heavily invest in not only ensuring our product is kept up-to-date with legal best practices but in security, too. Cyber security accredited, we run regular penetration testing and offer robust data protection to our clients.

With our in-house support team, dedicated Customer Success Managers, and training sessions, we offer a level of customer service that goes far beyond typical software support.

Our award-winning software has helped 5,800+ users produce over 7 million Wills around the world and with its cloud-based software, users can draft Wills and other estate planning documents, anywhere, anytime.

We’re passionate, responsive to our client’s needs, and always pushing our products to the leading edge of innovation, delivering a best-in-class product that makes writing Wills easy.

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What Drives Us

Arken is all about transforming how the world manages estate planning and inheritance.  We help organisations simplify their workload, so they can focus on delivering exceptional services that support families and protect the ones they love.

Our people are purposeful, pioneering, and passionate about what they do – and with our 4-day working week, regular team-building events, and resident office dogs, we’d be mad not to!

Trusted By 600+ Firms Around The World

Arken’s powerful estate planning solutions are catching fire across the globe, all the way from the UK to New Zealand.

Testimonials

See why thousands of estate planning professionals choose Arken to fuel their digital transformations.

  • Sophie Yates Director, Fodens Solicitors Limited

    “Arken is an absolutely fantastic tool. It is extremely easy to use and has helped our practices in Will drafting to a huge extent. I could not be without it now. I would recommend to any legal specialist looking to invest in Will writing software. Very cost effective too.” 

  • Nicola Weldon Head of Private Client & Partner

    “We did a careful review of available solutions and chose Arken, as it has a very user-friendly and intuitive user experience, helped us with an improvement in our working practices, introduced time efficiencies and facilitated our ability to standardise our processes and mitigate our risks. The support team at Arken are excellent – very responsive and invested time to understand our needs. We had extensive support before and after going live. Arken is very easy to use, the templates are consistent and we have reliable support.” 

  • Craig Webb Head of Legal Operations, Brethertons LLP

    “Following a well-planned and successful implementation, we are delighted to see how the Arken software has enabled us to streamline our approach to Will drafting. We are now producing consistent Wills which use uniform clauses across all of our lawyers. The commentary document which complements the drafted Will is extremely helpful to our customers.”

  • Sophie Yates Director, Fodens Solicitors Limited

    “Arken is an absolutely fantastic tool. It is extremely easy to use and has helped our practices in Will drafting to a huge extent. I could not be without it now. I would recommend to any legal specialist looking to invest in Will writing software. Very cost effective too.” 

  • Nicola Weldon Head of Private Client & Partner

    “We did a careful review of available solutions and chose Arken, as it has a very user-friendly and intuitive user experience, helped us with an improvement in our working practices, introduced time efficiencies and facilitated our ability to standardise our processes and mitigate our risks. The support team at Arken are excellent – very responsive and invested time to understand our needs. We had extensive support before and after going live. Arken is very easy to use, the templates are consistent and we have reliable support.” 

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