What WBW Solicitors does

WBW Solicitors (legal entity WBW Solicitors LLP) is a South West England-based full-service law firm founded circa 1830, headquartered in Exeter and operating across 12 offices in Devon, Cornwall and Somerset following three mergers between 2021 and 2022 with Beviss and Beckingsale, Michael W Pipe Solicitors, and Crosse + Crosse. The firm serves both individuals and businesses through three integrated service lines: Personal Legal Services (residential conveyancing, family law, wills and estate planning, employment, disputes, notary and Court of Protection), Business Legal Services (corporate and commercial, commercial property, employment, dispute resolution, intellectual property, M&A, and specialist farms and estates support), and Financial Planning delivered via an in-house Chartered Financial Planners team and an independent mortgage arm (WBW Mortgages).

The firm operates as a traditional professional services partnership without disclosed proprietary technology platforms; its digital footprint consists of a marketing and content website, an online bill-payment portal (capped at £5,000 per transaction), and InfoTrack integration for client ID verification and AML checks. Revenue is generated primarily through professional fees on legal mandates, supplemented by recurring income from a £137.50+VAT/month Employment Law Subscription, fixed-fee mandates (e.g., settlement agreement advice), and free initial financial planning consultations. Customer acquisition is community- and sales-led, relying on 12 local offices, sponsorships of regional sports clubs and agricultural shows, charity partnerships, and word-of-mouth referrals rather than digital-led demand generation.

The business is a private limited liability partnership with no parent company or external institutional investors; ownership is implied to reside with the partner/member group. Service breadth, depth of Law Society accreditations (Lexcel, CQS, Family Law Advanced, Children Law, STEP membership), and an established heritage brand position WBW as one of the largest and most established regional legal practices in the South West, though no revenue figures, partner identities, or financial performance data are publicly disclosed.

Name

WBW Solicitors

Legal name

WBW Solicitors LLP

Website

https://wbw.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1830

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

WBW Solicitors is a South West England full-service law firm (founded c.1830) operating 12 offices across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, providing personal legal services, business legal services, chartered financial planning, and mortgages to individuals, families, SMEs, and farming clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

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

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) & Securities Law (BPAHAAAI)

Keywords

• Legal services
• Residential conveyancing
• Family law services
• Wills and estate planning
• Commercial property law

Headquarters

HQ city

Exeter

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices12 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 Fees: Traditional law firm revenue from professional legal fees for both individuals and businesses. Services include residential conveyancing, family law, wills and probate, employment law, dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law, commercial property, and financial planning services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

WBW Solicitors is a multi-service law firm providing legal services to individuals, families, and businesses across the South West of England. Its core offerings span personal legal services (conveyancing, family law, wills and probate, employment, disputes), business legal services (corporate and commercial law, commercial property, employment, dispute resolution), and chartered financial planning services (care fees, equity release, estate and retirement planning, mortgages).

Product overview

WBW Solicitors is a multi-service law firm offering personal legal services, business legal services, and financial planning through its chartered financial planners. The core offering consists of three integrated service lines: Personal Legal Services (disputes, employment, family, property, wills and estate planning), Business Legal Services (corporate, commercial property, employment, disputes), and Financial Planning (investment advice, mortgages, retirement planning). Additional services include specialist areas like Court of Protection, contentious probate, and commercial property. The firm operates across 13 offices in Devon, Cornwall, and Somerset following mergers with Crosse + Crosse (2022) and Beviss and Beckingsale (2021).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• WBW Chartered Financial Planners: In-house team of Chartered Financial Planners offering care fees planning, equity release, estate planning, retirement planning, and trustee investment services
• WBW Mortgages

Products and services

• Personal Legal Services Comprehensive legal services for individuals covering disputes, employment, family law, property matters, wills and estate planning, and notary services across 12 offices in the South West.
• Business Legal Services Corporate and commercial legal services for businesses including commercial agreements, company law, intellectual property, mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, employment law, commercial property, and specialist sector support for farms and estates.
• Chartered Financial Planning Chartered Financial Planning services including care fees planning, equity release, estate planning, retirement planning, trustee investment, and financial planning for divorce and personal injury settlements.
• WBW Mortgages Independent mortgage advisory services for individuals and businesses, including residential, buy-to-let, and commercial mortgage products.
• Residential Conveyancing Property transaction services for buying, selling, remortgaging, and transferring residential properties; helped over 3,500 people move home in 2025.
• Family Law Services Family legal services including divorce, child arrangements, financial settlements, prenuptial agreements, civil partnerships, and cohabitation disputes.
• Wills and Estate Planning Private client services including will drafting, lasting powers of attorney, probate administration, trust services, and inheritance tax planning.
• Employment Law Package Fixed-fee employment law subscription service for ongoing HR support and compliance advice for businesses, offering expert support from £137.50 + VAT per month.
• Commercial Property Legal Services Legal services for commercial property transactions including leases, acquisitions, disposals, development agreements, and landlord/tenant matters.
• Corporate and Commercial Legal Services Corporate legal services including business formation, shareholder agreements, commercial contracts, and sales, mergers and acquisitions.
• Business Services Team Dedicated Business Services Team offering coordinated legal solutions for businesses across Devon, Cornwall and Somerset, providing support across the full business lifecycle.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 3,500 people helped with conveyancing in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 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

Integration1 record

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, minor and major.

• Alzheimer's SocietycoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Charity partnership supporting dementia research and care. WBW has renewed its partnership with Alzheimer's Society to continue supporting and raising awareness for dementia. The firm donates through various initiatives including book sales (£680 donated).
• Rowcroft HospicecoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Charity partnership supporting end-of-life care in South Devon. WBW raised £6,250 for Rowcroft Hospice during Make a Will Week 2024 and £7,040 in 2021.
• Children's Hospice South WestcoreGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Solicitors' Torquay office has partnered with Children's Hospice South West to support children and families across the region.
• Pete's DragonsminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Solicitors Paignton teams up with Pete's Dragons to support suicide bereavement services through fundraising and community initiatives.
• Sidmouth Golf ClubminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Solicitors has partnered with Sidmouth Golf Club, strengthening their shared commitment to community, heritage, and local engagement across the South West.
• Paignton Rugby ClubminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Solicitors proudly continues its longstanding support for Paignton Rugby Club in the 2024/2025 season.
• Torquay Tennis ClubminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Solicitors announced a new sponsorship partnership with Torquay Tennis Club.
• Sidmouth Cricket ClubminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Solicitors extended sponsorship of Sidmouth Cricket Club for 2023, celebrating the club's bicentenary year.
• Exeter Chiefs Women's RugbyminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Solicitors is proud to sponsor Exeter Chiefs Women's player Naomi Brennan, supporting women's rugby and sport across the Southwest.
• Buckland Athletic Football ClubminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025Long-term sponsorship including player sponsorship of defender Frazer Clark.
• Brixham LibraryminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Solicitors proudly sponsors Brixham Library, emphasising their commitment to community enrichment and development.
• English Riviera Bowling ClubminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 1 January 2025WBW Financial Planners are delighted to be sponsoring the English Riviera Bowling Club's open bowls tournament for multiple years.
• Crosse + CrossemajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 August 2022WBW Solicitors and Crosse + Crosse merged on 1st August 2022. Crosse + Crosse was established in 1915, based in Exeter.
• Michael W Pipe SolicitorsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 May 2022WBW Solicitors LLP and Michael W Pipe Solicitors merged on 1st May 2022.
• Beviss and Beckingsale SolicitorsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2021As of 1st September 2021, Beviss and Beckingsale Solicitors merged with WBW Solicitors LLP.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Bevan Brittan LLP: Larger national UK law firm with a broader public-sector and corporate focus that overlaps with WBW's business-side employment, commercial property and dispute resolution offerings, while bringing deeper resources to compete with WBW for SME clients seeking broader national advice.
• Trowers & Hamlins LLP: National UK law firm with substantial South West and regional presence offering commercial property, employment and corporate services. A larger competitor whose scale advantages (lateral hires, technology investment) contrast with WBW's LLP-only funding model.
• Chartered Wealth Management / integrated advice peers: Comparison anchor for WBW's bundled legal + financial planning + mortgage offering: large integrated consumer advice brands that compete for retirement, equity release and estate-planning customers (the same cross-sell funnel as WBW Chartered Financial Planners and WBW Mortgages).

Direct peers

• Coodes Solicitors: Cornwall-based full-service law firm whose geographic and practice-area overlap with WBW (residential conveyancing, family, wills and probate, commercial property) makes it a direct regional competitor, particularly in the Launceston and wider Cornwall catchment.
• Ashfords LLP: Exeter-headquartered full-service law firm serving individuals and businesses across the South West, with overlap in conveyancing, family law, private client, employment and commercial property — the same core practice mix as WBW.
• Royds Withy King: Bath-headquartered full-service UK law firm with strong South West presence and significant private client, family, employment and dispute resolution practices, competing for the same regional individuals and SME clients as WBW.
• Stephens Scown LLP: South West regional law firm (Exeter, Truro, Plymouth) with a comparable personal-and-business legal services offering to individuals, families and SMEs across Devon and Cornwall — directly overlapping WBW's geographic and practice-area footprint.
• Foot Anstey LLP: Foot Anstey is a South West-headquartered full-service law firm with offices across the region and nationally, directly competing with WBW in conveyancing, private client, employment, commercial property and corporate services for the same individuals, families, families and SME clients.
• Michelmores LLP: Exeter-based full-service law firm operating across the South West and nationally. Michelmores competes head-on with WBW in private client, family law, commercial property and corporate/commercial matters, and shares the same Exeter talent pool.

Regional players

• Lester Aldridge LLP: South Coast full-service regional law firm (Bournemouth, Southampton, London) competing with WBW in adjacent geography for individual, family, employment and private-client matters, useful as a benchmark for South Coast regional law-firm scale and operations.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/wbwsolicitors

Compliance12 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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