Rix & Kay Solicitors

What Rix & Kay Solicitors does

Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP was a UK limited liability partnership operating as a full-service regional law firm serving individuals and businesses across Kent and Sussex. Prior to acquisition, the firm maintained three offices in Hove, Uckfield, and Hadlow, and employed 33 lawyers covering practice areas including Banking, Corporate, Commercial, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Housing & Regeneration, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Private Client Services, Real Estate, Regulatory, Residential Property, and Restructuring & Insolvency. Leadership comprised Bruce Hayter (Chairman) and Richard Cripps (Managing Partner).

The firm's business model was a traditional professional services model: fee-earning legal advice and representation priced on a matter-by-matter basis, distributed through physical office locations and direct client relationships rather than technology-led channels. Characterizes the go-to-market as direct-to-consumer, with distribution limited to on-site service delivery in the South East UK. No proprietary technology, AI components, or platform architecture are referenced in any source.

On 1 August 2025, the firm was acquired by Knights Professional Services Limited, a UK-listed legal and professional services consolidator, adding 33 lawyers and regional density in Kent/Sussex to Knights' existing Brighton and Kings Hill offices. Client services continued without change at the time of transfer, and wills/property deeds held in safe custody were migrated to Knights. Following the transaction, Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP ceased operating as an independent entity.

Name

Rix & Kay Solicitors

Legal name

Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP

Website

https://rixandkay.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP was a UK regional full-service law firm serving individuals and businesses across Kent and Sussex from offices in Hove, Uckfield, and Hadlow, employing 33 lawyers before its August 2025 acquisition by Knights Professional Services Limited.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Offices of Lawyers (54111), Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law (BPAHAAAK)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Commercial property law
• Dispute resolution
• Estate planning
• Private client services

Headquarters

HQ city

Uckfield

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services: Professional legal services provided to individuals and businesses, including services such as wills, property deeds, and various legal matters. Revenue generated through professional service fees.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Core offering

Rix & Kay Solicitors is a UK-based law firm delivering legal services across multiple practice areas, including commercial property, corporate, dispute resolution, employment, family law, residential property, wills and estate planning, and private client matters. The firm serves both individuals and businesses across the South East of England, primarily in Kent and Sussex, with offices in Hove, Uckfield, and Hadlow. Following its acquisition on 1 August 2025, it now operates as part of Knights Professional Services Limited.

Product overview

Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP was a full-service law firm offering comprehensive legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provided expertise in Banking, Business Tax, Commercial, Corporate, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Housing & Regeneration, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Investigations, Licensing & Gambling, Private Client Services (including Agriculture, Contentious Probate, Family, International cross-border, Landed Estates, Planning, Professional Discipline, and Private Client), Real Estate (including Asset Management, Business Parks, Construction, Development, Mines & Minerals, Planning, Plot Sales, Property Litigation, Retail, and Telecommunications), Regulatory (Fraud, Financial Crime & Investigations, Health & Safety, Environmental & Inquests), Residential Property, and Restructuring & Insolvency. The firm was acquired by Knights Professional Services Limited on 1 August 2025.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Commercial Property / Real Estate
• Corporate & Commercial
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment Law
• Wills, Trusts & Estate Planning
• Family Law
• Residential Property
• Restructuring & Insolvency
• Intellectual Property
• Data Protection
• Immigration

Ideal customer profiles2 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.

• Knights Professional Services LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Knights agreed to acquire Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP, with the deal expected to complete by August 1, expanding Knights' legal team by 33 lawyers and increasing its presence in Kent and Sussex. Staff relocated from offices in Hove, Uckfield, and Hadlow to Knights' offices in Brighton and Kings Hill.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Furley Page: Furley Page is a Canterbury-based law firm serving Kent with corporate, commercial, real estate, and private client services. It is a regional peer with comparable practice mix and client base to Rix & Kay.
• Brachers LLP: Brachers LLP is a Maidstone-based full-service law firm serving Kent and the South East. It overlaps closely with Rix & Kay in corporate, commercial property, employment, and private client work for regional SMEs and individuals.
• Mayo Wynne Baxter: Mayo Wynne Baxter is a Sussex-based full-service law firm offering corporate, commercial property, family, and private client services. It is a directly comparable regional peer in Rix & Kay's core Sussex market.
• Thomson Snell & Passmore: Thomson Snell & Passmore is a long-established South East law firm based in Tunbridge Wells with comparable full-service offerings and a strong Private Client practice. It competes directly with Rix & Kay across Kent and Sussex.
• DMH Stallard: DMH Stallard is a South East law firm with offices across Sussex, Surrey, and London offering corporate, real estate, dispute resolution, and private client services. It overlaps with Rix & Kay in Sussex geography and practice areas.
• Ashtons Legal: Ashtons Legal is an East Anglia-based full-service law firm with offices across the region. It is comparable as a mid-sized regional UK law firm with a similar private client and commercial property offering to Rix & Kay.
• Birketts LLP: Birketts LLP is an East Anglia-based full-service law firm with strong corporate, real estate, and private client practices. It is a comparable regional UK mid-market law firm to Rix & Kay.
• Cripps LLP: Cripps LLP is a Kent-based full-service law firm with comparable practice areas including Corporate, Real Estate, Private Client, and Dispute Resolution. It directly competes with Rix & Kay in the South East regional legal market.

Regional players

• Gaby Hardwicke Solicitors: Gaby Hardwicke is an East Sussex-based law firm offering residential property, private client, and commercial services. It operates in the same Sussex geography as Rix & Kay's Hove office with overlapping service lines.

Broad incumbents

• Knights Professional Services Limited: Knights is the acquiring parent and a top-100 UK AIM-listed legal and professional services group with national coverage. As acquirer of Rix & Kay, it absorbed the firm's practices into its broader platform and is the natural incumbent comparable for the firm's services at a larger scale.

Market position

Strengths2 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/RixandKayLaw

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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