Law firm acquires Home Counties practice

Tony Stockdale

Manchester law firm Metamorph Law has acquired a leading Buckinghamshire practice.

The value of the deal for Parrott & Coales has not been made public.

The acquisition takes Metamorph Law into the Home Counties and will bring additional expertise in both residential and commercial property work, wills/probate, family and notarial matters.

The deal is expected to add revenues of around £2.5m.

Metamorph Group’s Executive Chairman, Tony Stockdale, said: “The acquisition of Parrot & Coales continues our strategy of acquiring good quality and well‐ established local firms in areas of the country where the demand for high quality legal services remains strong.

“It adds to our geographical reach in an area of the country where we expect to grow further. We are delighted to have the opportunity of bringing a number of highly respected teams of lawyers into our stable and fits perfectly with our strategy to grow as a single business with multiple brands.”

Sarah Plumridge, managing partner of Parrot & Coales said: “I am very proud that today the long established Firm of Parrott & Coales has become a part of the Metamorph Group.

“We pride ourselves on the quality of work we carry out at Parrott & Coales and our excellent client relationships across the County. Being part of the Group will strengthen our presence and allow us to embrace all challenges in the legal profession.”

Metamorph Law has been created as a vehicle to acquire, transform and aggregate existing high street law firms focused on private client and SME work.

Metamorph Law was granted its ABS licence on 14th April 2016, completed its first acquisition in May 2016 and has since added further businesses in the North‐West, the West Midlands, the South‐West and South of England.

With the addition of Parrot & Coales, Metamorph Law o will generate a fee income of in excess of £27m will have over 450 employees.

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