What IBB Law does

IBB Law LLP is a United Kingdom-based, full-service law firm founded in 1994, operating as a limited liability partnership until its acquisition by Knights Professional Services Limited (trading as 'Knights') on 4 April 2025. The firm is headquartered in Uxbridge with additional offices in Chesham, Milton Keynes, and Oxford, and employed between 101 and 250 staff. Its practice spans approximately 18 legal service areas, including Banking, Business Tax, Commercial, Competition, Corporate, Data Protection, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Housing & Regeneration, Immigration, Intellectual Property, Investigations, Licensing & Gambling, Private Client Services, Real Estate, Regulatory, Residential Property, and Restructuring & Insolvency.

IBB served a dual customer base of business clients (corporate, banking, real estate, regulatory, employment matters) and individual clients (wills, estate planning, property deeds, family law, contentious probate), with sector specialisms in Agriculture and the Food Supply Chain (including Landed Estates), Financial and Professional Services, and Technology, Media & Telecommunications. The firm also provided document safe-custody services for client documents such as wills and property deeds. No proprietary technology platform, AI/ML capability, or productized offering is referenced in the available source material; the business is delivered through traditional partner-led, engagement-based legal advisory.

IBB operated on a professional services fee model with quote-based, engagement-by-engagement pricing and multi-year client relationships; pricing is not publicly disclosed. Following the 4 April 2025 acquisition, IBB became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Knights, with services to existing clients continuing unchanged, document custody transferred to Knights, and consolidated contact channels ([email protected], [email protected]) introduced. Knights is itself an AIM-listed UK-wide legal and professional services firm pursuing an active M&A consolidation strategy, placing IBB within a larger platform with materially broader geographic, vertical, and capability reach than the standalone firm historically possessed.

Name

IBB Law

Legal name

IBB Law LLP

Website

https://ibblaw.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

IBB Law LLP is a UK multi-practice law firm (founded 1994, 101–250 staff) serving business and individual clients across corporate, real estate, employment, dispute resolution, and private client matters, acquired by Knights Professional Services Limited on 4 April 2025.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Uxbridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: IBB Law generates revenue through legal and professional service fees. As a law firm, revenue is primarily derived from client engagements for legal advisory, transactions, disputes, and regulatory matters. Following acquisition by Knights, services continue under the Knights umbrella with established client relationships maintained.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

IBB Law is a UK-based full-service law firm that provides legal advice and representation to both businesses and individuals across multiple practice areas, including corporate and commercial, real estate, dispute resolution, employment, family, and private client matters. Founded in 1994, the firm operates from offices in Uxbridge, Chesham, Milton Keynes, and Oxford, serving clients across the South East of England. As of 4 April 2025, IBB Law operates as a subsidiary of Knights Professional Services Limited following its acquisition.

Product overview

IBB Law is a law firm that offers a broad range of legal services across multiple practice areas. The firm provides legal advisory services to both individual and business clients, with core service areas spanning corporate, commercial, employment, dispute resolution, private client (including family, wills, and estate planning), real estate, and regulatory matters. IBB Law also provides secure document custody services for clients' important documents such as wills and property deeds. Following its acquisition by Knights on 4 April 2025, the firm continues to operate delivering the same service portfolio under Knights' ownership.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate and Commercial Law
• Real Estate Law
• Dispute Resolution
• Employment Law
• Family Law
• Private Client Services

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Knights Professional Services LimitedcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 April 2025IBB Law LLP was acquired by Knights Professional Services Limited (trading as 'Knights') on 4 April 2025. This acquisition maintains service continuity for existing IBB clients without changes to current services provided. Important documents held by IBB are now held in safe custody by Knights.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Burges Salmon: Larger UK regional full-service law firm with stronger corporate, real estate and private wealth capabilities. Serves a similar UK client base but at greater scale, making IBB-style mid-market work a competitive battleground.
• Mishcon de Reya: London-based full-service law firm with strong corporate, real estate, private client and dispute resolution practices. Broader scale and brand recognition set it apart, but it competes with IBB's Business Clients segment in the South East.
• Clyde & Co: Global law firm with a substantial UK presence in insurance, real estate, corporate and dispute resolution. Operates in adjacent practice areas with overlapping mid-market UK clients, especially in regulatory and commercial matters.
• DWF Group: Listed UK-headquartered legal and business services group that, like Knights, pursues a roll-up strategy of regional and specialist UK firms. Provides a public-market comparable for the value-creation thesis behind the IBB-Knights combination.

Direct peers

• Howard Kennedy: London-based full-service UK law firm of comparable size and practice breadth (corporate, real estate, private client, dispute resolution). Most directly comparable to IBB as a mid-sized UK full-service practice with overlapping South East client base.
• Penningtons Manches Cooper: UK national law firm with corporate, real estate, private client, dispute resolution and employment practices. Directly comparable full-service profile serving similar business and individual clients across multiple UK regions.
• Freeths: UK national full-service law firm with strong real estate, corporate, employment and private client practices across multiple regional offices. Highly comparable profile to IBB as a full-service mid-market UK firm.
• Weightmans: UK national law firm specialising in insurance, real estate, corporate, dispute resolution and regulatory work. Comparable in scale and full-service breadth, competing for similar UK mid-market mandates.
• Trowers & Hamlins: UK-headquartered full-service international law firm with real estate, corporate, dispute resolution and private client practices. Comparable practice breadth with overlapping UK real estate and commercial client mandates.
• Irwin Mitchell: UK national full-service law firm with strong private client, real estate and business legal services. Comparable practice mix and geographic footprint (multi-office UK) that compete for the same mid-market corporate and individual clients IBB serves.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/IbbLaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ibb-law

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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