Apex Professional Search

Apex Professional Search is a UK search firm that works for law firms. It carries out executive search for partners, key individuals and whole teams, and also advises on mergers and acquisitions, office launches and succession planning. It offers competitor analysis surveys as well.

The company was established in 2009 and says it has gradually expanded its network of consultants and advisors to serve law firms throughout the UK. It has offices in London and Birmingham. It describes itself as independently owned and operated, and says its consultants and associates are all business owners with over 15 years' experience in the professional service sector. It reports over 45 years' collective experience across its team.

On the merger side, it says it has helped firms that wanted to expand their geographical reach, enter a new market, achieve economies of scale or address succession planning, and it mentions success-only fee structures and practice valuations. It also speaks with lawyers considering a move between firms, offering them market advice.