Case studies / AD Solicitors
Owner-managed law firms in England and Wales
AD Solicitors is looking to acquire a solicitors' practice run by one to five owners, with a senior principal approaching retirement and wills, probate and trusts work.
The brief
- Law firms in England and Wales currently authorised by the SRA
- One to five directors, members or partners
- Senior principal aged 60 or over preferred
- Two to thirty staff, from filed accounts
- Wills, trusts and probate work, from the firm’s own SRA record
- Independent firms only
From 19,857 law firms, 8,853 authorised by the SRA
Figures at 15 October 2026
Where the tier A and B firms are
1,453 firms at tier A or B, 712 of them doing wills, trusts or probate work. 1,372 have a published email address and 1,298 a website. The 36 firms at the top score all have a principal past 60, no younger director, one to five owners, private client work and more than fifteen years of trading.
Firm list
Law firms from Companies House and the Solicitors Register, including partnerships and sole practices.
Principals and work
Officer ages from Companies House, staff from filed accounts, and areas of work from each firm’s SRA record.
Ready to approach
Published email addresses and websites on the firms at tier A and B. No approaches have gone out yet.
Book a demonstration on your acquisition criteria
Tell us the region, fee range and type of practice you want to acquire. We prepare a target list against those criteria before the call, so the demonstration uses firms you could approach.