PRIVATE EQUITY IN PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS

The professional services market is attractive to private equity investors. There has now been a period of significant PE investment in accountancy firms for a number of years, and the legal services sector is now seeing similar interest.

CM Murray LLP advises firms, partners and other stakeholders on the full range of issues that can arise when a capital transaction is considered by a professional services firm, including accepting investment by PE.

View our suite of videos on the key issues firms need to think about when considering PE investment:

• The Private Equity Proposition: Strategic Considerations for Law Firm Management
   
• Remuneration Issues for Firms considering Private Equity Investment
   
• Governance Issues for Firms considering Private Equity Investment
   
• Private Equity Investment in Law Firms: The Regulatory Landscape
   
• Financial and Operational Issues for Firms considering Private Equity Investment

If you would like to discuss any aspect of private equity investment in professional services, please contact Managing Partner Clare Murray, or Partners Zulon Begum or Corinne Staves. 

PR Coverage

Can legal ethics survive private equity ownership? – Nick Leale quoted in The Law Society Gazette

Private equity fuels growth for UK law firms, with £1.2bn backing – Zulon Begum quoted in The Times