Peter Bowles & Company

What Peter Bowles & Company does

Peter Bowles & Company Solicitors is a private, founder-owned regional law firm headquartered in Saintfield, County Down, Northern Ireland, founded in 2008 by Peter Bowles. The firm operates three offices across Saintfield, Comber, and Lisburn, employing between 11 and 50 staff including solicitors, support staff, and a senior management team. It provides a general-practice legal offering organised around five core service lines: civil litigation (personal injury, medical negligence, defamation, contractual disputes), commercial and residential property, employment law, private client services (wills, probate, estate planning), and family law, the latter delivered through a wholly-owned specialist sister company, Curran Bowles Family Law, launched in June 2021 and led by Clare Curran.

The firm serves both individual and commercial clients across Northern Ireland and further afield, with a client base spanning healthcare, hospitality, property, and retail sectors. Its competitive positioning is built on individual solicitor expertise — including panel memberships such as the Law Society Children Order Panel, NIGALA Children Order Panel, and the Hague Convention Panel — rather than proprietary technology or platform architecture. The practice relies on standard legal practice and case management software, with no disclosed technology differentiation.

Revenue is generated through professional services fees (hourly or fixed-fee, quote-based per engagement), with free initial consultations offered on personal injury matters and waived Will-writing fees during charitable campaigns. The firm follows a traditional direct-to-consumer and direct-to-enterprise go-to-market model, reaching clients via its website, phone, email, office visits, community engagement, and earned media. No external investment, private equity backing, or parent company ownership is evidenced; the firm is independently operated by its founder with a strengthened director team.

Name

Peter Bowles & Company

Legal name

Peter Bowles & Company Solicitors

Website

https://bowles-law.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Peter Bowles & Company is a founder-owned, multi-office solicitors firm in Northern Ireland providing civil litigation, property, employment, private client, and family law services to individual and commercial clients across County Down.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services (Solicitor Practice)

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110), Legal Services (5411), Trusts, Estates, and Agency Accounts (525920)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAK

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYFSAAADAF

Estate Planning, Trust Structuring & Governance

Financial & Insurance/Asset & Wealth Management/Family Offices (Single- & Multi-Family)

SECONDARYFSAEAJAJ

Real Estate Transaction Advisory & Due Diligence

Financial & Insurance/Financial Advisory, Brokerage & Intermediation/Real Estate Advisory & Brokerage

Keywords

• Legal services
• Conveyancing services
• Employment law
• Private client services
• Civil litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Saintfield

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Peter Bowles + Co Solicitors generates revenue through fees charged for legal services. These include civil litigation (personal injury claims, medical negligence, defamation, contractual disputes), commercial and residential property services, employment law representation, private client services (wills, probate, estate planning), and family law through the subsidiary Curran Bowles Family Law. Revenue is derived from professional legal fees, likely hourly rates or fixed fees depending on service type.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Peter Bowles & Company is a Northern Ireland solicitor firm providing legal services across civil litigation, residential and commercial conveyancing, employment law, and private client work (wills, probate, trusts, estate planning). Family law is delivered through its sister firm Curran Bowles Family Law. The firm serves individuals, SMEs, commercial clients, and public sector organisations across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland from offices in Saintfield, Comber, and Lisburn.

Product overview

Peter Bowles + Co Solicitors operates as a unified legal practice offering comprehensive legal services through integrated service areas rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering includes Civil Litigation, Property (Commercial and Residential), Employment Law, and Private Client services. In June 2021, the firm launched Curran Bowles Family Law as a dedicated specialist sister company focused exclusively on family law matters. The practice primarily serves individual and commercial clients across Northern Ireland, with particular expertise in personal injury, medical negligence, family law, property transactions, and employment disputes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Curran Bowles Family Law: A specialist family law practice providing advice on family law matters including separation, divorce, annulment, civil partnerships, children's issues, domestic violence, financial settlements, and international child abduction cases.

Products and services

• Civil Litigation Civil litigation services for individuals and businesses, covering dispute resolution and court representation.
• Property (Residential & Commercial Conveyancing) Conveyancing services covering both residential property transactions (for individuals) and commercial property transactions (for businesses and commercial clients).
• Employment Law Employment law services for both employers (HR, contracts, disputes) and employees (workplace disputes, settlements).
• Private Client (Wills, Probate, Trusts & Estate Planning) Private client services covering wills, probate, trusts, and estate planning for individuals.
• Curran Bowles Family Law Family law services (including divorce, separation, and children matters) delivered through the firm's sister company Curran Bowles Family Law.

Quantifiable outcome

• NI Hospice donations: £990 in 2022, £1,589.50 in 2021 raised through Make a Will campaign

Named customers1 record

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.

• Northern Ireland HospiceminorOthers · 1 May 2022Peter Bowles + Company partnered with NI Hospice for 'Make a Will Month' campaign in March 2022. The firm waived Will writing fees in favour of donations to the Hospice. Staff member Catherine Heyes presented a cheque for £990 representing proceeds raised during the campaign.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Tughans: Large Belfast-headquartered solicitors practice with a similar full-service footprint including commercial litigation, property, employment and private client. Competes with Peter Bowles & Company for the same Northern Ireland corporate and HNW individual client base.
• Edwards & Co Solicitors: Northern Ireland solicitors firm covering conveyancing, wills and probate, family law, employment and litigation. Comparable in size, regional focus and consumer-facing service mix to Peter Bowles & Company.
• Wilson Nesbitt Solicitors: Belfast-based solicitors firm serving individuals and businesses across Northern Ireland in litigation, property, employment and family law. Comparable in practice breadth and regional focus to Peter Bowles & Company.
• Cleaver Fulton Rankin: Established Belfast solicitors firm offering corporate, commercial property, litigation, employment and private client services. A direct competitor in the NI mid-market for both consumer and commercial mandates.
• Carson McDowell: One of Northern Ireland's largest full-service law firms, headquartered in Belfast, with comparable multi-practice offerings across litigation, commercial property, employment and private client. A direct competitive peer to Peter Bowles & Company for both individual and corporate clients in NI.
• Worthingtons Solicitors: Northern Ireland law firm offering commercial, property, employment and private client services. A direct regional peer with overlapping practice mix and similar multi-office reach across NI.
• McKinty and Wright Solicitors: Northern Ireland firm providing property, litigation, employment and private client services from multiple offices. Overlaps with Peter Bowles & Company in geography and core practice areas.

Broad incumbents

• Irwin Mitchell Solicitors: National UK law firm with significant personal injury, medical negligence, family and private client practices. Competes for high-value individual client mandates and provides a benchmark for where regional firms like Peter Bowles & Company compete on specialist credentials.
• DWF Group: Large UK-listed full-service law firm with national reach across litigation, employment, property and private client. A broader incumbent whose scale and ABS structure contrast with the regional, founder-led model at Peter Bowles & Company.

Regional players

• JK Cairns Solicitors: Northern Ireland-based solicitors firm offering conveyancing, probate, family and litigation services. Operates in the same regional consumer legal market as Peter Bowles & Company with comparable service breadth.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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