About Who buys law firms
Joseph Ellul (5 Dolce Vita Corte, Triq San Mikiel, San Gwann, SGN 2303, Malta). One person runs this site and reads every enquiry it takes.
Why this site exists
The deals are scattered across the buyers' own news pages and the rules across the SRA's guidance and the Legal Services Act. We read them on 28 October 2026 and set every one out with its source.
Who it is for
People who want to buy a UK law firm, and principals weighing an offer, who want to see who is buying and the SRA's approval rules in one place.
What is on this site
One question, "who buys law firms", answered with a quote form that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- Buying a law firm: every SRA approval rule, with its source: The approval rules a buyer of a UK law firm meets: the SRA's 10% test, its 90-day decision, 28 days for representations, and the offence of acquiring without approval.
- Law firm acquirers: who is buying UK law firms, as announced: Who is buying UK law firms: 11 acquisition announcements by Knights, Stowe Family Law, Fletchers, Higgs, Orwins, Express Solicitors and Canford Law, each linked.
- Buy a law firm in the UK: the approvals, in order: How to buy a law firm in the UK: SRA approval for a 10% holding, the 90-day decision, the conduct duties on a sale and run-off cover, each from the regulator.
- Private equity buying law firms: the UK deals, as announced: Private equity buying UK law firms: August Equity and Higgs, Ufenau and Express Solicitors, QPE and Canford Law, from the backers' and advisers' own pages.
What it does not do
- No ranking of buyers and no scores.
- No paid placement, no affiliate links and no sponsored rows.
- No buyer named from anything but its own announcement, the firm's or an adviser's on the deal.
Who answers for it
Joseph Ellul-Turner, the person who reads every enquiry this site takes.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or enquiries@whobuyslawfirms.co.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
This is a free information site run by Joseph Ellul. When you send a brief, he reads it and replies to you himself; it is not passed to any buyer, broker or law firm, and you pay nothing to ask. The site carries no advertising, no sponsored placement and no affiliate links, and no buyer listed here has paid to be listed. Every rule and announcement is read from the named page on the date shown. Nothing here is legal, tax, regulatory or investment advice; check the source before you rely on a row.