MHA’s Professional Practice specialists excel at finding creative ways to turn challenges into opportunities: for sole practitioners, partnerships, limited companies, LLPs, trusts and PLCs. The team’s involvement within the SRA, Law Society, FCA, Property Mark, other regulators, and intermediaries ensure they can help you navigate the complexities of the sector, while preparing for a sustainable future.
Our national team is backed by an international network, who can drive change and understand the fundamentals of your future success, from profitability and cash flow to profit sharing, funding and capital structuring, succession planning and ensuring long term sustainability.
We are accustomed to supporting the needs and aspirations of law firms, architectural and surveying practices, insurance brokers and investment advisors, patent attorneys, accountants, and property professionals. Our specialists are well-versed in accounts, tax and audit services for your practice.
The MHA Partner Guide
Partnership brings opportunity, but also complex financial and legal responsibilities. Our Partner Guide is designed to cut through that complexity, giving you the clarity and confidence to plan your future.
Inside the guide you’ll find:
- Practical advice on the financial and legal demands of partnership.
- Guidance tailored to your career stage: from preparing for partnership to succession planning.
- Insights on profit extraction, capital contributions, tax efficiency, and retirement planning.
- Tools to help you build a personalised roadmap for long-term financial wellbeing
Strategic sector insights for the legal profession in 2026
Law firms are facing mounting pressures, from rising costs and practice expenses to the battle for talent and the rapid adoption of new technology. To stay competitive, firms need a clear strategic plan built on evidence, not assumptions.
Our latest research will:
- Focus on mid-sized solicitor firms with a regional or national footprint.
- Capture pivotal insights from decision-makers across the profession.
- Highlight the strategic priorities shaping 2026, based on 2025 data.
- Provide benchmarks on growth, funding, technology, ESG, and workforce trends.
- Deliver actionable intelligence to help your firm plan with confidence.
Turn to our specialist accounting, compliance, business advisory and tax services for professional practices when you need help with:
Professional practices roundtable - Strategic sector insights for the legal profession 2025
Due Diligence considerations in M&A for legal practices
Challenges facing law firms
The AI Revolution in UK Legal Firms
Why MHA?
- We specialise in helping our clients achieve a commercial edge now, for tomorrow
- Many team members serve on the management board of MHA and can draw upon their personal knowledge of running a professional services firm
- We are true specialists because we understand the regulatory framework that our clients have to work within
- We build unparalleled relationships and utilise our expertise to advise on all areas of running a profitable and successful practice
