CASE STUDY
BBS LAW
“Working with Aliter provides a fantastic opportunity to build national coverage across the UK and create a differentiated brand within the market, while remaining resolutely focused on meeting the needs of our core client base. We believe strongly the added support of Aliter brings significant experience and resources to help us accelerate the next stage of BBS’s development.”
Dov Black, Managing Partner and Head of Corporate Finance, BBS Law
Founded in 1978, BBS Law (BBS) is a full service law firm ranked with Chambers and Legal 500. It offers a comprehensive range of legal services, including Corporate, Commercial, Property, Secured Lending, Private Client, Employment and HR, Litigation and Family Law. The firm has developed a reputation for building long term customer relationships, with a focus on high growth SMEs, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals.
Key facts
Sub sector: Legal services
Date of initial investment: October 2024
Revenues: £16m
Number of employees: c.95
Offices: London and Manchester
Acquisitions:
BBS Law (October 2024)
Carter Bond (August 2025)
Websites:
www.bbslaw.co.uk
VALUE CREATION
Background
Aliter acquired BBS with the goal of building a UK leader in the provision of legal services to its core audiences. BBS offers great foundations for future growth, including a resilient business model, a range of complementary services to suit its customer base, long-standing customer relationships, a footprint in the attractive areas of Manchester and London and a track record of organic growth and successfully integrating bolt-on acquisitions.
How Aliter has helped
In October 2024, Aliter completed a significant investment in BBS to support the firm’s ambitious growth and development potential. Aliter is working closely with the team at BBS, supporting both organic growth plans and a pipeline of target acquisitions, aiming to expand the firm’s regional coverage across the UK, strengthen existing services and add complementary new services. The emerging legal services group made its second investment in August 2025, in North London based legal firm Carter Bond which strengthens its existing corporate offering and adds attractive sector specialisms.
Strategy
Aliter’s strategic focus is on using its deep business services expertise and broad networks to help drive both organic and acquisitive growth at the group that includes BBS and Carter Bond, to gain scale and a national footprint. Aliter is the ideal partner for the developing legal services group, bringing a track record of delivering growth, access to capital for further expansion and specialist knowledge and experience of its main target markets.