Alternative business structures


ABS plans more growth as it sees PI firms closing

11 September 2019

Anexo Group, the listed credit hire and legal services business, is looking to expand beyond road traffic accidents and the North-West and said the demise of other claimant law firms was “great” news.


NewLaw ABS joint venture adds £3m in profit

6 September 2019

The alternative business structure run for National Accident Helpline by Cardiff-based NewLaw Solicitors has added £3m in profitability to the law firm, it emerged yesterday.


Firm becomes ABS to further group expansion plans

5 September 2019

An Essex full-service law firm has become an alternative business structure in order to further its ambitious expansion plans. Birkett Long is looking to establish a group structure.


Two more US states eye allowing ABSs

28 August 2019

The idea of alternative business structures is starting to gain a foothold in America after working parties in two more states joined California in recommending non-lawyer ownership of law firms.


ABS conversion allows daughters to keep mother’s firm going

5 August 2019

A trainee legal executive and her practice manager sister have taken over the law firm owned by their mother after her death, by restructuring it as an alternative business structure.


Exclusive: Domestic violence charity sets up ABS to bridge legal aid gap

26 July 2019

A domestic violence charity has set up an alternative business structure to provide legal services for people who are not eligible for legal aid but cannot afford to pay for a private practice solicitor.


Brexit and empty offices spelled doom for £12m London firm

25 July 2019

London law firm Child & Child went insolvent because of “severe cash flow difficulties” caused by excess office space, Brexit hitting a key practice area, high salary costs, and clients taking longer to pay.


City firm acquires legal engineering ABS Wavelength

24 July 2019

Wavelength Law, the pioneering alternative business structure of legal engineers, has been bought by City firm Simmons & Simmons. It will introduce new services and solutions for Simmons’ clients globally.


Mishcon de Reya tight-lipped over listing rumours

22 July 2019

London law firm Mishcon de Reya said yesterday that it was looking to raise capital, and refused to confirm or deny media reports that it is eyeing up a listing on the London Stock Exchange.


MBO partners buy off-the-shelf ABS from Gordon Dadds

18 July 2019

Five partners from London firm Child & Child, who acquired the firm after it went into administration at the end of last month in a management buyout, used an off-the-shelf ABS, it has emerged.


Exclusive: Space, the final frontier for ABSs

12 July 2019

A pioneering alternative business structure specialising in space law and named after Neil Armstrong 50 years after he first stepped on the moon has gone live, Legal Futures can reveal.


ABS launches desktop tool linking it to big clients

11 July 2019

An alternative business structure set up by an HR consultancy has launched a dedicated case management software tool aimed at integrating large company HR departments with its employment law offering.


Exclusive: First Bar Standards Board ABS closes down

28 June 2019

The first alternative business structure licensed by the Bar Standards Board – a combination of barristers and football agents – has shut down, Legal Futures can reveal.


Eversheds uses ABS to build £100m alternative legal services venture

27 June 2019

Eversheds Sutherland is to hive off three of its ‘alternative’ legal services teams into an alternative business structure, from which it will seek external investment to help more than double revenue to £100m.


£13k fine for ops chief who resold firm’s mobiles highlights ABS anomaly

27 June 2019

The former head of operations at well-known media law firm Schillings has been banned from working for solicitors after reselling the firm’s used mobile phones and pocketing the proceeds.

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