Candidate Update and Law Firms for Sale 17th April 2024
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Candidate Update and Law Firms for Sale 17th April 2024

New locums looking for assignments and candidates looking for salaried jobs, as well as law firms for sale from Ten Percent Legal, Interim Lawyers and Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers. 17th April 2024 update.

New Locums

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CN31890 Contentious Probate & Family
25 year PQE solicitor dealing with all aspects of family/mat and private child care law, contentious probate and civil litigation including housing disrepair, neighbour disputes and landlord & tenant. Looking for locum & consultancy work around London.

CN31882 Commercial Contract & IP Consultant
14 year PQE commercial solicitor (dual qualified in UK and US) with over 9 years’ experience in commercial contract and IP work in magic circle and top tier US firms. Looking for a suitable part time consultancy role in the Central or West London areas.

CN31887 LAA Immigration & Family Supervisor
20 year PQE solicitor with both immigration LAA supervisor status and family law LAA supervisor status. Looking for a suitable role in the North London or Hertfordshire areas. Will consider consultancy or locum work.

CN31888 Corporate Immigration Lawyer
Senior immigration consultant with experience from 2016 onwards, working in-house specialising in corporate immigration, UK and global) for large multi-national companies. Looking for locum posts.

CN31894 Residential & Commercial Property
8 year PQE commercial and residential property solicitor dealing with all aspects including landlord & tenant and auctions. Looking for locum posts in London or remote working.

CN31895 Family, Wills Probate & L&T
25 year PQE solicitor dealing with family law, landlord & tenant and some wills & probate matters. Family law panel member. Looking for locum roles in London or remote working/hybrid roles.

CN31896 Construction
Non-qualified lawyer specialising in construction law with 25 years’ experience. Background as a quantity surveyor. Looking for locum roles in the South East.

CN31906 Family
20 year PQE specialist family law solicitor working at Head of Department level. Looking for locum posts in the Midlands or remote working.

CN31908 Commercial Property
5 year PQE property solicitor specialising in in-house commercial property transactions, finance and litigation including landlord & tenant matters and lease management issues. Looking for locum roles ideally in the North West or remote working.

CN31909 Residential Conveyancing
20 year PQE property solicitor dealing with residential conveyancing including new builds. Working at Head of Department level. Looking for remote working locum roles.

CN31910 Licensed Conveyancer
Licensed conveyancer with 8 years’ experience: Leasehold/Freehold, Shared ownership, Transfers of Equity, Re-mortgages and Lease Extensions. Experience of Proclaim. Looking for locum posts in the North West or remote working.

CN31911 Commercial Property
15 year PQE commercial property solicitor with both private practice and in house experience. Experience in plot sales, landlord & tenant, lease renewals and licensing. Looking for remote working locum roles.

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CN31887 Immigration & Family LAA Supervisor
23 year PQE solicitor with both immigration LAA supervisor status and family law LAA supervisor status. Looking for a suitable role in the North London or Hertfordshire areas.

CN31897 Commercial Property Legal 100
12 year PQE commercial property solicitor. Currently in a senior role at one of the largest firms outside of London, dealing with complex, high value commercial property work. Looking for a suitable fully remote working role. Permanent or consultancy basis.

CN16225 Property Solicitor
NQ solicitor with over a decade of fee-earning experience advising clients on commercial and residential property, charities, trusts and ecclesiastical law. London location.

CN19209 NQ Company Commercial & Commercial Litigation Solicitor
NQ Solicitor around 3 years’ additional experience as a paralegal prior to training. Trained at the London office of an elite international law firm. Looking for a suitable NQ company commercial or commercial litigation role in Central London.

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Law Firms for Sale

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New Investor Buyers

Solicitor 3 years PQE and Solicitor 25 years PQE with their own immigration and family law caseloads (and LAA family/immigration supervisor status), looking to take over a practice in the Greater London area, joining first as partners and then taking over. Would suit a small litigation firm (not property) with partners looking for succession.

Solicitor NQ with family financial backing, looking to join a firm with a view to taking over once able to. Cheshire or further afield.

London law firm looking to purchase UK law firms (ideally London) with a turnover in the range of £2 to £4 million.

Two 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.

New Firm for Sale

Ref 100354 South West England

Well established SRA regulated solicitors’ firm in the South West looking for a sale or merger. Turnover of £2.8 million. Team of staff for TUPE. Locally based clients mainly from repeat business, recommendations and referrals. CQS and Lexcel accredited. Family legal aid work included. Mix of work 42% conveyancing (mainly residential but with some commercial), 36% Family, 22% wills & probate. Office available to lease. PII £140k. 2 Partners willing to stay on for the medium term.

Recently Updated

Ref 100343 South Coast – £1 million Firm

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 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.

Ref 100350 – Nationwide

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.

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 100350 – National law firm with recurring fees
Ref 100348 – Surrey – £875k turnover
Ref 100346 – Cumbria – £1.3 million
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