Solicitors looking for work and law firms for sale from the Ten Percent Group 27th March 2024
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Solicitors looking for work and law firms for sale from the Ten Percent Group 27th March 2024

Locum and permanent candidates looking for work in the UK from Ten Percent Legal Recruitment, Interim Lawyers and Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers. Update 27th March with new candidates and firm updates.

New Locums

Call us on 0800 246 5001 or email jobs@interimlawyers.co.uk. We have 1,500+ locum & consultant lawyers registered with us.

CN31854 Litigation & Commercial
15 year PQE solicitor looking for locum roles around Cardiff or via remote working. Experience of contract and commercial work including commercial litigation, insolvency, consumer and property law including landlord & tenant disputes. Both in-house and private practice experience.

CN31852 Corporate Commercial
7 year PQE solicitor and in-house counsel looking for locum roles around London or via remote working. In-house experience includes corporate, commercial, data protection, employment, immigration, intellectual property, real estate and fundraising. Also has private practice experience – Magic Circle trained and qualified.

CN31851 Commercial Litigation
30 year PQE litigation solicitor looking for locum roles around the West Midlands or via remote working. Experience includes commercial litigation, construction litigation, digital asset & fraud recoveries, strategic enquiries & investigations, personal injury, professional indemnity, abuse & neglect, business & commercial, public sector & not for profit. Legal 100 background.

CN31839 Wills & Probate
40 year PQE solicitor looking for wills & probate locum roles around Kent or via remote working. Experience includes wills & probate and residential and commercial property. Has experience setting up/developing firms, and may have work to follow.

CN31850 Commercial Property
15 year PQE property solicitor looking for remote working commercial property locum roles. Also has residential property and in-house experience.

CN31849 Conveyancing
8 year PQE conveyancing solicitor looking for locum roles around Surrey or via remote working. Experience of all types of transactions including freehold, leasehold, remortgages, transfers of equity and lease extensions.

CN31855 Corporate Commercial
15 year PQE solicitor and in-house counsel. Looking for locum roles around London or via remote working. Experience includes banking & finance and financial services.

CN31848 Manager
Practice, Project and Business Manager with 20 years’ experience looking for fully remote working roles. Former Magic Circle practice group manager.

CN31838 Personal Injury
8 year PQE solicitor looking for personal injury locum roles. Experience includes fast-track & multi-track, RTA, EL/PL, CICA, medical negligence, claimant & defendant matters, and dealing with cases from inception until conclusion. Visual Files and Proclaim case management software.

CN31837 Corporate Commercial
15 year PQE in-house counsel looking for corporate commercial and in-house locum roles around East Sussex or via remote working. Experience includes M&A, joint venture and shareholder agreements, corporate restructuring and reorganisation, company secretarial matters, insurance risks in commercial contracts, commercial contracts, real estate leases, regulatory legal compliance, commercial litigation, TUPE, and senior employee contracts of employment/settlement agreements.

CN31836 Commercial Litigation
6 year PQE looking for insolvency, commercial litigation and debt recovery locum roles around West Yorkshire or via remote working. Commercial litigation experience includes debt recovery claims, commercial supplies, IT and software contracts, motorsport, construction and insolvency matters.

CN31834 Corporate Commercial & Business Development
Business development director and solicitor looking for in-house locum roles around London or via remote working. Specialises in contract law, joint ventures and M&A, corporate law, intellectual property and licensing, gambling law compliance and general commercial. Media background.

CN31830 Conveyancing
FILEx conveyancer looking for locum roles around Leeds or via remote working. Experience includes dealing with Freehold, Leasehold, New Build, Repossession, Re-Mortgage, Transfer of equity and Shared Ownership transactions.

CN31829 Conveyancing
Paralegal with 8 years’ conveyancing experience. Looking for a suitable permanent role in the SE and Central London or NW Kent areas.

CN31828 Commercial Solicitor
14 year PQE solicitor specialising in commercial work looking for “out of the box” roles, both locum and permanent. Has run his own firm. Experience includes commercial structuring, litigation, and supporting corporate transactions.

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New Permanent Candidates

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CN31843 Immigration LAA Supervisor Level 2 Solicitor
2006 qualified immigration solicitor with LAA level 2 accreditation and LAA Supervisor Status. Looking for a suitable hybrid working role in Essex or London.

CN31827 COLP, Compliance (SRA, LAA, SQM)
10+ year PQE compliance solicitor looking for a new challenge. Has experience with compliance, risk, CQS, SQM and LAA accreditation. Thames Valley area.

CN31847 Corporate Commercial
General in-house counsel/corporate commercial solicitor with experience dating back to 2000. Looking for a suitable fully remote working in-house role. Private practice and in house experience including logistics sector. Background in litigation as well.

CN31826 Conveyancing
1 year PQE conveyancing solicitor looking for a suitable permanent role in East or Central London.

CN31842 Legal Cashier
Legal cashier with 2 years’ experience looking for a suitable role in the Sheffield area.

CN31840 Private Immigration
10 year PQE immigration solicitor specialising in privately funded work, looking for a suitable role in the North or Central London areas. Has experience of working at Head of Department level and has additional family law experience.

CN31832 Real Estate
Real estate fee earner with 2 years’ experience. Looking to relocate to London so needs a suitable permanent role, ideally in the Central London area.

CN31831 Civil Litigation & Conveyancing
Civil litigation and conveyancing paralegal looking for a suitable role in the Cardiff or Bristol areas. 3 years’ experience.

Please reply to this email to request CVs or register a vacancy, click here to register vacancies online, email jobs@ten-percent.co.uk or call 0800 246 5001.

Law Firms for Sale

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New Investor Buyers

New in this week – buyer looking to purchase UK law firms (ideally London) with a turnover in the range of £2 to £4 million.

Two separate overseas investor buyers with over £1 billion of funding behind them, looking to acquire and invest into a number of small to medium UK law firms with turnover in the region of £5-£100 million. Please contact us for further details.

Future Planning?

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Recently Updated

Ref 100345 – Warwickshire

Long established SRA regulated LLP solicitors’ firm in Warwickshire looking for a sale or merger. Turnover c£700k. Team of fee earners and support staff for TUPE. Local client base with high street presence. CQS accredited. Mix of work 34% Residential Conveyancing, c10% Commercial Property, 34% Wills/Probate/LPA and 22% other areas including Litigation. Lease of premises included. PII c£44k. Owner happy to remain in the medium to long term as a consultant.

Ref 100350 – National ABS

For Sale – ABS limited company law firm based in England with a continuous flow of UK-wide clients from guaranteed referral sources in a specialist field of law (litigation). Exceptionally rare opportunity to acquire a highly profitable, fully functioning ABS solicitors’ firm with ongoing regular guaranteed workflows and an established staff team. Firm currently turn non-specialist work away – potential to generate additional fees as well as expand. Turnover c£850k, net profit margin c36%. PII c£22k. Claims free practice. Business can operate on a fully remote basis, but there is an existing office available to lease (optional). Founder prepared to remain involved if required.

Ref 100343 South – Family Legal Aid Contract

SRA regulated partnership on the South Coast with £1 million turnover & 25% profit margins looking for a sale or merger. Team of fee earners and support staff for TUPE, clients locally based. One partner available to remain if required, other partners retiring. PII £67k (renewal January 2024), Family Legal Aid contract. Mix of work is Conveyancing 25%, Family & Childcare 44%, Wills & Probate 25%, 6% other areas. SQM & CQS accredited practice with lender panel membership.

Ref 100321 – West Sussex LLP

Well established West Sussex solicitors’ firm (LLP) looking for a sale or merger. Turnover c£800k, established team of fee earners & support staff for TUPE. Locally based clients from recommendation and repeat users. CQS accredited practice on all major lender panels. Mix of work 53% conveyancing, 18% commercial property, 24% wills & probate. Established will bank. Optional offices (leasehold). Owners prepared to remain as consultants in the medium term.

Ref 100346 – Cumbria

Well-established SRA regulated solicitors firm in Cumbria looking for a sale. A merger might be considered. Turnover £1.3 million. Team of staff for TUPE. Locally based clients mainly from repeat business and recommendations. CQS and Lexcel accredited. Mix of work 26% wills & probate, 15% corporate commercial, 17% commercial property, 14% residential property, 9% employment, 9% family, 10% civil litigation. Offices available freehold or leasehold. PII £64k. Partners willing to stay on as required.

If you would like further details on any of these firms, please reply to this email or get in touch.

Other firms for sale or merger include:

Ref 100351 – Warwickshire – £600k turnover
Ref 100348 – Surrey – £875k turnover
Ref 100345 – Warwickshire – £700k turnover
Ref 100343 – South Coast
Ref 100340 – Staffordshire – 1 partner retiring, 1 remaining
Ref 100336 – East Midlands – sole practitioner retiring
Ref 100333 – East Midlands – partnership for sale
Ref 100326 – West Essex – litigation practice for sale
Ref 100322 – West Midlands – retirement disposal
Ref 100321 – West Sussex – LLP for sale £800k turnover
Ref 100308 – West Sussex – ABS for sale
Ref 100300 – Norfolk – LLP for sale

If interested in any of the above please reply to this email.

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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 20 years and handles roles from junior fee earners through to partners and law firm sales/purchases. A non-practising solicitor on the Roll since 2000, he is also the author of a number of legal career books, which are available at www.ten-percent.uk. You can contact Jonathan at cv@ten-percent.co.uk