Legal recruitment and law firm sales update: 11 November 2026
Looking to recruit a solicitor, arrange locum cover or buy a law firm? This week’s update brings together newly registered locum lawyers, permanent candidates and legal support staff, alongside a selection of law firms and legal businesses for sale.
To request a candidate’s CV or further information about a business, email Jonathan Fagan and quote the relevant reference number. Candidate and business availability may change after publication.
- Locum solicitors and legal professionals
- Permanent candidates and legal support staff
- New businesses for sale
- Further law firms for sale
Locum solicitors and legal professionals
Browse this week’s newly registered candidates. PQE means post-qualification experience.
Property solicitor | County Durham or remote – CN33561
11 year PQE property solicitor looking for residential and commercial conveyancing locum roles around County Durham or via remote working. Experience includes high value transactions for major plc housebuilders and large scale investment clients.
Request candidate details – CN33561
Personal injury, clinical negligence and immigration solicitor | Staffordshire or remote – CN33567
12 year PQE solicitor looking for locum roles around Staffordshire or via remote working. Can cover personal injury, serious injury, catastrophic injury, clinical negligence and immigration work.
Request candidate details – CN33567
Commercial contracts solicitor and in-house counsel | London or remote – CN33570
4 year PQE qualified solicitor and in-house legal counsel looking for locum roles around London or via remote working. Experience mainly in commercial contracts.
Request candidate details – CN33570
Solicitor and in-house general counsel – CN33571
15 year PQE solicitor and in-house general counsel looking for locum roles. Experience across property, investment, technology and commercial businesses. Extensive AI experience.
Request candidate details – CN33571
Leasehold enfranchisement solicitor | Remote, evenings and weekends – CN33574
2 year PQE solicitor looking for leasehold enfranchisement locum roles on a flexible hours (evenings/weekends) remote working basis. Specialises in leasehold enfranchisement and can handle a caseload of lease extension matters.
Request candidate details – CN33574
Conveyancing solicitor | Sussex or remote – CN33576
15+ years PQE solicitor looking for conveyancing locum roles around Sussex or via remote working. Experience includes HNW/UHNW clients, leasehold enfranchisement, collective enfranchisement, auction sales, new builds, help to buy, remortgages, transfers.
Request candidate details – CN33576
Probate solicitor | Remote, two days per week from January 2027 – CN33577
5 year PQE solicitor specialising in probate work looking for locum roles on a remote working basis. Experience includes high-value estates and inheritance tax work. Looking for 2 days per week remote work from January 2027.
Request candidate details – CN33577
FCILEx conveyancing fee earner | Staffordshire or remote – CN33578
FCILEx conveyancing fee earner with experience dating back 10 years looking for locum roles around Staffordshire or via remote working. Experience of all aspects of residential conveyancing work including leasehold, shared ownership, remortgages and new builds.
Request candidate details – CN33578
Litigation solicitor | London or remote – CN33579
1 year PQE solicitor looking for locum roles around London or via remote working. Experience includes commercial and civil litigation, dispute resolution, property litigation, insolvency, contentious probate and trusts.
Request candidate details – CN33579
Commercial property solicitor | Hertfordshire or remote – CN33580
12 year PQE commercial property solicitor looking for locum roles around Hertfordshire or via remote working. Experience includes complex acquisitions, estate management, commercial leasing.
Request candidate details – CN33580
Residential property solicitor | West Midlands or remote – CN33581
2 year PQE solicitor looking for residential property locum roles around the West Midlands or via remote working. Experience includes freehold & leasehold, remortgages, help to buy, and transfers of equity.
Request candidate details – CN33581
Private client solicitor | East Sussex or remote – CN33582
3 year PQE solicitor looking for private client locum roles around East Sussex or via remote working. Experience includes advising HNW clients on trusts, tax planning and asset protection. Also HNW estate administrations. Fluent in Cantonese.
Request candidate details – CN33582
Family law solicitor | London or remote – CN33583
8 year PQE solicitor looking for private family law locum roles around London or via remote working. Experience includes divorce, finance and children matters, HNW clients and complex financial remedy cases.
Request candidate details – CN33583
Personal injury solicitor | East Anglia or remote – CN33584
10 year PQE (England & Wales) and 12 years PQE (NI) qualified solicitor looking for personal injury locum roles around East Anglia or via remote working. Extensive experience managing complex and high-value claims from initial meeting and instruction through to trial/settlement.
Request candidate details – CN33584
Licensed conveyancer and chartered legal executive | Norfolk or remote – CN33585
Licensed conveyancer and chartered legal executive with 20+ years PQE. Looking for residential property locum roles around Norfolk or via remote working.
Request candidate details – CN33585
Permanent candidates and legal support staff
Our latest candidates include solicitors, consultants, paralegals, a legal secretary, a legal cashier and a commercial contracts professional.
NQ property solicitor | East or Central London – CN33347
NQ Solicitor with 6 months PQE with residential conveyancing and commercial property experience. Looking for a suitable NQ role in the East or Central London areas.
Request candidate details – CN33347
NQ public law litigation solicitor | Central London – CN33587
NQ Public Law Litigation Solicitor with Judicial Review, Inquests, Data Protection, Planning Law and Civil Claims experience, looking for a suitable role in the Central London area.
Request candidate details – CN33587
Family law consultant solicitor | South West Midlands or remote – CN33558
40 year PQE family law solicitor, working as a consultant solicitor since 2024. Previously, worked at partner level for over 20 years. Looking for consultant roles in the South West Midlands area or via remote working.
Request candidate details – CN33558
NQ commercial solicitor | Leicestershire or Central London – CN33560
NQ commercial solicitor looking for a role in either Leicestershire or Central London areas. This candidate has 7 years' experience in commercial law, contract drafting and negotiation, dispute resolution.
Request candidate details – CN33560
Conveyancing paralegal | Central London – CN33559
Paralegal with over 3 years' experience in conveyancing. Looking for a suitable role in the Central London area.
Request candidate details – CN33559
Legal secretary | North London or remote – CN33562
Highly experienced legal secretary who has spent many years working across conveyancing and family law departments, looking for a suitable role in the North London area or working remotely from home.
Request candidate details – CN33562
Housing disrepair paralegal | Manchester – CN33563
Paralegal with housing disrepair experience dating back to September 2025. Relocating to the Manchester area and looking for a suitable role. Happy to consider any areas of law.
Request candidate details – CN33563
Litigation paralegal | Manchester – CN33564
Litigation paralegal with experience dating back to July 2024. Looking for a suitable role in the Manchester area.
Request candidate details – CN33564
Criminal law legal executive | Watford, North or Central London – CN33565
Criminal law legal executive with police station accreditation and experience dating back to 2014. Looking for a suitable role in the Watford or North and Central London areas.
Request candidate details – CN33565
Legal cashier | Central or South London – CN33566
Legal cashier with experience dating back to 2022. Looking for a suitable role in Central or South London.
Request candidate details – CN33566
Family law paralegal | East or Central London – CN33572
Paralegal with family law experience dating back to 2025. Looking for a suitable role in East or Central London.
Request candidate details – CN33572
Commercial contracts professional – CN33569
Commercial contracts professional with 5+ years’ experience across contract management, commercial advisory and in-house legal functions. Extensive experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
Request candidate details – CN33569
New law firms and legal businesses for sale
Non-regulated wills business | East Midlands – Ref 100438
Wills & probate business for sale. East Midlands location, limited company structure, with clients based in the East Midlands and South East England. Work sourced from a network of professional advisers and an established client database. Turnover c£100k with a split of work being 50% wills, 30% LPA and 20% probate advice & assistance. Current owner is member of Society of Will Writers and looking to retire. PII £3.8k. No premises or staff.
Enquire about this business – Ref 100438
West Midlands law firm | CQS and lender panels – Ref 100434
SRA regulated limited company based in West Midlands looking for a sale, merger or disposal. Turnover c£500k, no claims, PII £37k. Mix of work is 54% wills & probate, 43% conveyancing (residential & commercial) and 3% family. Town centre location. 5,000 will bank. Owners negotiable on exit plans.
Enquire about this business – Ref 100434
Further law firms for sale
East Midlands solicitors’ firm | £1.7 million turnover – Ref 100429
Long established SRA regulated Solicitors firm (limited company) in the East Midlands looking for a sale or merger. Turnover £1.7 million. Team of fee earning and support staff for TUPE. Mix of work is 32% Wills & Probate, 31% Residential Conveyancing, 18% Commercial Property, 13% Litigation, 6% Family/Matrimonial. CQS accredited and on all lender panels. PII £91k. Strong client base. Owners willing to remain involved subject to negotiation.
Enquire about this business – Ref 100429
Greater London solicitors’ firm | £1.4 million turnover – Ref 100423
Well established SRA regulated LLP solicitors’ firm based in the Greater London area looking for sale or merger. Turnover £1.4 million. Full team of staff including senior fee earners & management. Mix of work is 44% wills & probate, 22% conveyancing, 19% family, 9% personal injury and 6% other. PII £37k with a clean claims history. The firm has CQS & LEXCEL accreditation, is on all major lender panels, and has a family legal aid contract. Current WIP c£500k. Owners prepared to remain involved for a period of time, subject to negotiation.
Enquire about this business – Ref 100423
CLC conveyancing firm | South Coast – Ref 100386
Well established CLC conveyancing firm on the South Coast looking for a sale or merger. Limited company structure. Turnover of c£550k. Small staff team for TUPE. Locally based clients mainly from recommendations. Paid referral arrangements in place with a local estate agency and mortgage broker. Firm is on most lender panels and has a 98% Residential Conveyancing and 2% Commercial Conveyancing caseload. Office available for leasehold. PII c£29k.
Enquire about this business – Ref 100386
Criminal law firm | Midlands – Ref 100401
Well established Midlands Criminal Law Solicitors’ Firm for sale. Turnover c£550k. Locally based clients mainly from referrals and recommendations. 100% Criminal Law. LEXCEL accredited and LAA crime contract. Owners willing to stay on as consultants for a set time, subject to negotiation. PII £7k with a clean claims history. Small team of staff for TUPE including experienced fee earners.
Enquire about this business – Ref 100401
Other law firms and legal businesses listed for sale
Quote the reference number when enquiring about any of the following businesses. Ref 100434 appears in the new listings above.
- Shell law firm – Ref 100433
- Shell law firm – Ref 100435
- West Midlands commercial firm – Ref 100431
- London legal aid firm – Ref 100430
- West Midlands high street firm – Ref 100426
- North East England law firm – Ref 100424
- North West England law firm – Ref 100421
- Northern Ireland law firm – Ref 100420
- West England solicitors firm – Ref 100419
- East London law firm – Ref 100418
- London law firm – Ref 100415
- London firm – Ref 100414
- General practice, Cheshire – Ref 100405
- CLC Conveyancing Firm, Home Counties – Ref 100403
- ABS CLC Conveyancing Firm, Midlands – Ref 100399
- Litigation sole practitioner, London – Ref 100394
- General practice, South Yorkshire – Ref 100393
- Legal training company, remote – Ref 100392
- General practice, West Yorkshire – Ref 100391
- Conveyancing & wills and probate firm, Cheshire – Ref 100385
- General practice sole practitioner, Surrey – Ref 100369
- Family & Private Client partnership, London – Ref 100365
- General practice, West Midlands – Ref 100353
- Sole practitioner, East Midlands – Ref 100336
- Sole practitioner, Surrey – Ref 100335
View the full list of law and accountancy firms for sale
Law firm sales and valuations
Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers provides services for business sellers and detailed law firm valuations for owners and buyers. For an informal discussion about selling, merging or valuing your firm, call 0800 246 5016.
About Ten Percent Legal Recruitment
Established in April 2000, Ten Percent Legal Recruitment helps law firms and in-house legal teams recruit across the UK. Our services cover permanent recruitment through Ten Percent Legal, locum recruitment through Interim Lawyers and business sales through Jonathan Fagan Business Brokers.
We also advise partners and practice managers on recruitment, salaries and packages. The Ten Percent Group donates 10% of annual profits to charity and has donated more than £300,000 to charities in the UK and Africa.
Request candidate details or discuss your requirements
Email jbfagan@tenpercentgroup.com with the candidate or business reference. For recruitment enquiries, call 0800 246 5001. For law firm sales, call 0800 246 5016.
