Legal Candidates & Law Firms for Sale – 23 September 2026
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Legal Candidates & Law Firms for Sale – 23 September 2026

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WEEKLY RECRUITMENT UPDATE · 23 SEPTEMBER 2026

WEBINAR FOR LAW FIRM OWNERS

Selling an SME Law Firm: How to Value Your Practice and Increase Its Value

Tuesday 29 September 2026 · 1–2pm

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Explore the latest locum and permanent candidates from Ten Percent Legal and Interim Lawyers, alongside two law firms available for sale or merger through Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers.

Interested in a candidate? Use the enquiry link on their profile or email jbfagan@tenpercentgroup.com, quoting the reference. There are 30 individual candidates; CN33464 is open to both locum and permanent work and appears in both sections.

Locum candidates

Recently registered candidates seeking locum or contract opportunities.

CN33464

Commercial property

Bournemouth / remote

14 years’ PQE commercial property solicitor, looking for a suitable hybrid role in the Bournemouth area and surrounds, or working remotely from home. Open to both locum and permanent opportunities.

Enquire about CN33464

CN33465

Housing and public law

London / remote

NQ Solicitor looking for locum roles around London or via remote working. Housing and public law experience, specialising in judicial reviews against local authorities challenging homelessness.

Enquire about CN33465

CN33466

Private client

East Sussex / remote

4 years’ PQE chartered legal executive looking for private client locum roles around East Sussex or via remote working. Experience includes wills, powers of attorney and preparing deeds.

Enquire about CN33466

CN33467

Private client

Hertfordshire / remote

50 years’ PQE solicitor looking for private client locum roles around Hertfordshire or via remote working. Experience includes wills, probate and trusts.

Enquire about CN33467

CN33468

Residential conveyancing

Lincolnshire / remote

Conveyancer with 4 years' fee-earning experience. Looking for residential conveyancing roles around Lincolnshire or via remote working. Experience includes freehold and leasehold matters.

Enquire about CN33468

CN33469

Private client

Dorset / remote

Senior paralegal with 10 years' experience looking for private client locum roles around Dorset or via remote working. Experience includes wills, trusts, probate and estate administration.

Enquire about CN33469

CN33470

Private client

Wrexham / remote

Legal assistant with 2 years' experience looking for private client locum roles around Wrexham or via remote working. Experience includes wills, trusts, LPAs and HMRC trust registration. Proficient in LEAP, Legacy and the HM Land Registry portal.

Enquire about CN33470

CN33471

Residential conveyancing

London / remote

3 years’ PQE solicitor looking for residential conveyancing locum roles around London or via remote working. Experience handling a varied caseload from instruction to post-completion, including freehold & leasehold sales, purchases and remortgages.

Enquire about CN33471

CN33472

Child protection

Merseyside

NQ solicitor with 5 years’ prior legal experience looking for child protection locum roles around Merseyside. Experience in various local authorities including care proceedings (Children Act 1989).

Enquire about CN33472

CN33473

General counsel / corporate commercial

London / remote

25 years’ PQE solicitor, general counsel and COO looking for locum roles around London or via remote working. Experience includes technology and innovation, and global cross-sector expertise spanning legal infrastructure and operations, corporate and M&A.

Enquire about CN33473

CN33474

Residential conveyancing

Preferably remote

FCILEx conveyancer with 20 years' experience looking for short-term locum roles ideally on a remote working basis. Experience handling residential conveyancing matters from initial instruction through to post-completion.

Enquire about CN33474

CN33476

Litigation and insolvency

Somerset / remote

4 years’ PQE solicitor looking for roles around Somerset or via remote working. Experience includes commercial and civil litigation, debt recovery and insolvency work.

Enquire about CN33476

CN33477

Commercial / commercial property

Local authority

24 years’ PQE solicitor with extensive local authority experience looking for locum roles. Experience includes commercial and commercial property matters, including governance issues, planning and highways matters, and construction contracts.

Enquire about CN33477

CN33478

Residential conveyancing

West Midlands / remote

CILEx trainee legal executive with paralegal residential conveyancing experience dating back to 2018 looking for locum roles around the West Midlands or via remote working.

Enquire about CN33478

CN33479

Commercial property

County Durham / remote

10 years’ PQE solicitor looking for commercial property locum roles around County Durham or via remote working. Experience includes acting for large corporate clients, lenders, landowners and educational establishments. Extensive landlord & tenant experience.

Enquire about CN33479

CN33480

Immigration

Ayrshire / remote

2.5 years’ PQE Scottish-qualified solicitor and notary public looking for immigration locum roles around Ayrshire or via remote working. Experience includes immigration, asylum & nationality work as well as appeals & tribunal litigation.

Enquire about CN33480

CN33486

Real estate finance

Derbyshire / remote

6 years’ PQE solicitor looking for real estate finance locum roles around Derbyshire or via remote working. Experience includes managing a diverse caseload across bridging finance and secured lending.

Enquire about CN33486

CN33487

Commercial property

Bedfordshire / remote

5 years’ PQE commercial property solicitor looking for locum roles around Bedfordshire or via remote working. Broad experience acting for SMEs, landlords, tenants, charity and social housing clients.

Enquire about CN33487

CN33488

Property

Surrey / remote

43 years’ PQE property solicitor looking for locum roles around Surrey or via remote working. Experience includes commercial & residential property, property finance, secured lending, landlord & tenant matters, title investigation and corporate governance.

Enquire about CN33488

CN33489

Dispute resolution

London / remote

3 years’ PQE dispute resolution solicitor looking for locum roles around London or via remote working. Experience includes construction and engineering matters particularly in the energy, highways and infrastructure sectors.

Enquire about CN33489

CN33490

Commercial property

Hertfordshire / remote

18 years’ PQE solicitor looking for commercial property roles around Hertfordshire or via remote working. Has been working in-house for a pan-European commercial real estate investment and management group. Has both in-house and private practice experience.

Enquire about CN33490

CN33496

Residential conveyancing

London / remote

9 years’ PQE solicitor looking for residential conveyancing locum roles around London or via remote working. Experience of managing a caseload from start to finish, including dealing with high-net-worth clients.

Enquire about CN33496

Register a locum assignment

Permanent candidates

Recently registered candidates seeking permanent opportunities.

CN33463

Legal experience / litigation

Candidate with six years of work experience, including legal litigation experience. Seeking permanent work.

Enquire about CN33463

CN33464

Commercial property

Bournemouth / remote

14 years’ PQE commercial property solicitor, looking for a suitable hybrid role in the Bournemouth area and surrounds, or working remotely from home. Open to both locum and permanent opportunities.

Enquire about CN33464

CN33482

Residential and commercial property

Worcestershire

10 years’ PQE property solicitor with expertise in both residential and commercial conveyancing. Looking for a suitable hybrid working role in the Worcestershire area.

Enquire about CN33482

CN33485

Property

Central London

2 years’ PQE property solicitor with experience in residential and commercial conveyancing as well as landlord & tenant work. Looking for a suitable hybrid role in Central London.

Enquire about CN33485

CN33491

In-house technology counsel

23 years’ PQE in-house counsel specialising in information technology, with 20+ years’ experience across complex commercial, SaaS, software licensing, AI, data protection, privacy, IP and technology matters. Extensive international experience.

Enquire about CN33491

CN33492

Solicitor

Property focus | London

15 years’ PQE solicitor with experience across a number of areas of law including residential and commercial property work, family law and private client. Currently in a role that is primarily wills & probate and is seeking a role with a stronger property focus. Based in London.

Enquire about CN33492

CN33493

Senior legal accounts / cashier

Southampton

Legal cashier with 4 years' experience. Looking for a senior legal accounts/cashier position in the Southampton area.

Enquire about CN33493

CN33494

Conveyancing paralegal

Central / South London

Paralegal with 2 years' experience in residential and commercial conveyancing. Looking for a suitable role in Central or South London.

Enquire about CN33494

CN33495

Conveyancing paralegal

Central London

Conveyancing paralegal with 6 years' experience. Looking for a suitable role in the Central London area.

Enquire about CN33495

Register a permanent vacancy

Law firms for sale

Two opportunities for buyers seeking a law firm acquisition or merger.

Warwickshire Solicitors’ Practice

Turnover c£645k

Long-established and respected SRA-regulated LLP high street practice seeking a sale or merger. Small staff team covered by TUPE. Locally based clients from recommendations and repeat business. CQS accredited. Work mix: 12% family law, 41% wills and probate, 46% conveyancing and 1% other. Offices potentially available to purchase or lease. Partners prepared to work as consultants in the short to medium term.

Request details – ref 100426

East London & Suburbs Solicitors’ Firm

Turnover c£750k

Well-established, multi-office SRA-regulated firm seeking a sale or merger. Work includes residential conveyancing (32%), wills and probate (28%), family (18%), commercial conveyancing (8%) and landlord and tenant (5%). Lexcel and CQS accreditations, plus a family legal aid contract. PII c£45k. Freehold can be included, subject to negotiation, or lease options are available. Owners are negotiable on continued involvement.

Request details – ref 100427

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Recruitment and law firm sales enquiries

Contact Jonathan Fagan to discuss recruitment, an acquisition or the sale of your practice.

About the Ten Percent Group

Established in April 2000, we provide specialist legal recruitment and business brokerage across the UK, alongside recruitment advice and law firm valuations.

The Ten Percent Group donates 10% of annual profits to charity.

Jonathan Fagan

Jonathan Fagan LLM FIRP is Managing Director of Ten-Percent Legal Recruitment. He has been recruiting solicitors and legal support staff for law firms and in house legal departments for over 25 years and handles law firm sales & mergers. A non-practising solicitor on the Roll since 2000, he is also the author of a number of legal career books. You can contact Jonathan at cv@ten-percent.co.uk