What Knights Plc does

Knights Plc is a UK-based legal and professional services firm headquartered in Newcastle-under-Lyme (registered office) with operations across 32 office locations in England and Wales. Listed on the London Stock Exchange's Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the firm employs 1,400+ professionals serving more than 10,000 business clients, including over 45 FTSE 250 companies and high net worth individuals. The company operates under Knights Professional Services Limited through a corporate structure that departs from the traditional UK partnership model, a deliberate architectural choice to enable merit-based progression and capital-market access.

The firm delivers a full-service offering across banking, business tax, commercial, competition, corporate, data protection, dispute resolution, employment, housing and regeneration, immigration, intellectual property, investigations, licensing and gambling, private client services, real estate, regulatory, residential property, restructuring and insolvency, and wills and estates. Specialist services include construction, property litigation, telecommunications, and family law. Practice areas are organised across both expertise and sector lenses, with sector coverage spanning agriculture, aviation, business parks, charities, consumer and retail, energy, financial services, franchising, gambling, healthcare, holiday parks, industrials, marinas, property management, retail, sports, and technology, media and telecommunications. Pricing is mixed: hourly rates for transactional and advisory work range from £195 (trainee/paralegal) to £650 (partner), with fixed fees available for defined matters such as road traffic offences (£2,000–£7,000 plus VAT) and select estate administration work.

Knights grows through an acquisition-led roll-up strategy targeting regional UK law firms, including Langleys Solicitors (£11.5M, 2022), Meade King (£2.1M, 2023), Thursfields (£12.5M, 2024), and IBB Law (undisclosed, 2025), supplemented by further undisclosed transactions (Emms Gilmore Liberson, ERT Law, Shulmans, Mundays, Keebles, Birkett Long, Rix & Kay, Le Gros). The Knights Legal Network referral programme extends the firm's reach via partner law firms. Revenue is generated on a professional services basis from fee-earning staff; the company reported expected revenue of £207 million (up 28% year-over-year) and expected profits of £33 million (up 18% year-over-year) in its most recent trading update. Channel activity is dominated by direct client relationships and regional industry sponsorships, including the Thames Valley Property Awards.

Name

Knights Plc

Legal name

Knights Professional Services Limited

Website

https://knightsplc.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Knights Plc is a UK-listed (AIM) legal and professional services firm operating 32 offices with 1,400+ professionals, serving 10,000+ business clients including FTSE 250 corporates and high net worth individuals via full-service regional legal expertise.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Cheltenham

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices19 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Full-service legal and professional services including corporate, dispute resolution, employment, real estate, private client, and regulatory services to corporate clients and high net worth individuals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Knights Plc is a UK-based legal and professional services firm delivering a full-service offering across corporate, dispute resolution, employment, real estate, private client, and regulatory practice areas. The firm serves over 10,000 business clients (including 45+ FTSE 250 companies) and high net worth individuals through 32 UK offices staffed by 1,400+ professionals. Services are delivered on a fee-earning basis through acquired regional law firms consolidated under a corporate (rather than traditional partnership) structure.

Product overview

Knights is a UK-based legal and professional services firm operating a full-service offering to corporate clients and high net worth individuals. The company provides a unified platform of legal expertise spanning core practice areas including Banking, Business Tax, Corporate, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Private Client Services, Real Estate, and Regulatory. Within Private Client Services, the firm offers sub-services in Agriculture, Family Law, Contentious Probate, International/ Cross-border, Landed Estates, Planning, and Professional Discipline. Real Estate services encompass Asset Management, Business Parks, Construction, Development, Planning, Plot Sales, Property Litigation, Retail, and Telecommunications. The firm also provides specialist services through its Knights Legal Network, a referral partner programme for other solicitors. Knights operates across multiple UK sectors including Franchising, Education, Residential Development, Healthcare, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Banking Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 28% increase in annual revenue to £207 million
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Thames Valley Property AwardsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 31 March 2026Knights sponsors the annual Thames Valley Property Awards, an industry event celebrating achievements in the Thames Valley property sector. The ceremony takes place in September with nominations closing in June, covering 13 award categories in commercial and residential development and legal services.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Weightmans: UK national law firm with a multi-office regional network serving corporate, public sector and insurer clients; closely comparable in business model and service breadth to Knights.
• Gateley: AIM-listed UK legal and professional services firm with a national, multi-office model spanning corporate, real estate, employment and private client services — directly comparable to Knights in scale and strategy.
• Clyde & Co: Global law firm with deep UK presence serving corporate clients across sectors including real estate, employment and dispute resolution; a comparable competitor for FTSE-grade mandates Knights targets.
• Irwin Mitchell: Large UK national law firm with full-service corporate, real estate, private client and dispute resolution offerings across multiple UK regional offices, comparable in practice mix and client base.
• Bird & Bird: International law firm with substantial UK practice strength in commercial, regulatory and IP work, comparable in serving large corporate clients across multiple UK offices.
• Browne Jacobson: UK national law firm operating across multiple regional offices with full-service corporate, real estate, employment and private client practice areas, comparable in geographic strategy to Knights.
• Mishcon de Reya: UK-headquartered full-service law firm with strong private client, corporate and dispute resolution practices and a comparable premium mid-market positioning.
• DWF Group: London-listed legal and professional services group with a multi-office UK footprint and a similar acquisitive, full-service strategy, making it the closest publicly traded comparable to Knights.

Broad incumbents

• Eversheds Sutherland: Global law firm with substantial UK full-service offering in corporate, real estate, employment and dispute resolution; competes head-on with Knights for FTSE 250 and mid-market corporate mandates from a much larger base.
• CMS UK (CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang): Global top-tier law firm with a large UK practice covering corporate, real estate, employment and regulatory work; competes with Knights for the same corporate clients but at significantly larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/knightsplc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds3 records

Investors2 records

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M&A14 records

Investments

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