Who is buying
Law firm acquirers: who is buying UK law firms, as announced
Updated
Each row is an announcement on the buyer's, the firm's or a deal adviser's own page, read on 28 October 2026. The title is the announcement's own words; we add nothing about price, because none of them states one.
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The announcements, by buyer
Knights: Knights adds highly regarded law firm to its existing Oxford office
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Knights: adds a law firm to its Oxford office
Taylor Rose: Taylor Rose, TTKW and McMillan Williams Solicitors unify as Taylor Rose MW
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Taylor Rose: TTKW and McMillan Williams unify
Metamorph Group: Strength in Numbers: Metamorph Group acquires QualitySolicitors
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: QualitySolicitors: Metamorph Group acquires QualitySolicitors
Orwins: Newly rebranded legal services group Orwins makes investment in Clarkslegal
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Clarkslegal: investment by Orwins
Higgs LLP: Higgs LLP expands UK footprint by adding Vialex Limited and Navigator Employment Law Limited to its group
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Higgs LLP: adds Vialex and Navigator Employment Law
Fletchers: Fletchers Acquires Freeths Clinical Negligence & Court of Protection Teams
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Fletchers: acquires Freeths teams
Stowe Family Law: Stowe Family Law announces the acquisition of Hatton Family Law
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Stowe Family Law: acquires Hatton Family Law
Stowe Family Law: Stowe Family Law announces the acquisition of Hawkins Family Law
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Stowe Family Law: acquires Hawkins Family Law
Stowe Family Law: Stowe Family Law announces acquisition of Crisp & Co Solicitors
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Stowe Family Law: acquires Crisp & Co
Express Solicitors: Express Solicitors Expands Through Acquisition of Aegis Legal
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Express Solicitors: acquires Aegis Legal
Canford Law: Osborne Clarke advises Canford Law on bolt-on acquisition of PDC Law
Announced on the page linked, read on 28 October 2026. The page publishes no price for the deal.
Source: Osborne Clarke: Canford Law acquires PDC Law
What the list does not say
It is not every deal and it ranks nobody. It is the announcements we read, in the buyers' and firms' own words. A buyer that does not publish its deals is not here, because we name a buyer only from what it, the firm it bought or an adviser on the deal published.