Buy Sell Merge online service 

Buy Sell Merge is an online Law Society facility developed for solicitors interested in:

• Buying or selling a legal practice or block of business
• Merging with another firm to form a partnership
• Sharing premises or other facilities
• Buying or selling equipment or anything else relevant to running a legal practice.

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Please note identifying details like Firm Name, Contact name and email address will not be displayed on the search results.

• Register for Buy Sell Merge

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• Search entries on Buy Sell Merge

Resources and queries

• Buying a Legal Practice leaflet

• Setting up a partnership leaflet

If you have a query, please contact Justin Purcell.

Information sessions 

Watch Buying or Selling a Small Legal Practice 

Watch Merging Or Retiring Taxation Issues

Watch: Cessations - Closing down or winding up a Practice - What you need to know 

Watch: Thinking of Retiring: What are your options? 

Read: Thinking of Retiring? What are my options? 

Law Society Regulatory Requirements

The Law Society’s regulatory requirements for setting up, retiring from practice, closure of practice, professional indemnity insurance, practising certificates and/or membership, can be found under the following sections, as relevant:

• Opening a practice
• Closing a practice

Professional Indemnity Insurance

Material relating to professional indemnity insurance including the Run-off Fund, minimum common risk management standard and the close of practice guidelines is available under the PII section.

• Download a Succeeding Practice Rule update

Guidance

Useful links and resource tools may also be found at: 

• Opening a practice

• Closing a Practice

• Guidance Booklet for Solicitors Ceasing Practice

• Retention/Destruction Files

• Run-off cover

• Succeeding Practice Rule update