The UK private client legal sector is experiencing something of a merger and acquisition wave at the moment.

As eprivateclient has previously noted this seems to be in contrast to the predicted rise of the boutique in the not too distant past. In recent times boutiques have become the target of acquisitions.

However, Clare Maurice, senior partner, and Ceris Gardner, partner, at Top 5 Boutique Law Firm Maurice Turnor Gardner told eprivateclient that seven years after setting up the business the idea of being acquire...