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Acquira

WHO WE ARE

Founder-led 
​advice for law firms 
​navigating pivotal
​moments.

Acquira helps law firm owners, buyers, investors and legal-sector leaders evaluate strategic options—from sale, merger and acquisition to succession, senior talent and market intelligence—before they become public. 

Why the firm exists

Acquira grew from Jeff Zindani's background as a lawyer and equity partner into a specialist advisory practicefor law firms, legal-sector businesses and legal technology companies.


The move into law-firm M&A was deliberate. These decisions are not ordinary corporate transactions: practice areas, people, culture, work in progress, goodwill and timing all affect whether value is real and whether a conversation can survive.

Legal practice

Reads the practice behind the transaction.

Clients, staff, reputation, regulatory context and partner ambition matter as much as a willing buyer or seller.

Since 2004

Stays deliberately narrow.

Law firm sales, mergers, acquisitions, strategic growth and private market conversations are the work, not an add-on.

Quiet market work

Tests the question before it becomes visible.

The first conversation is often the most important one: private, careful and with the right people involved.

THE TEAM

The people behind the work.

Acquira is small by design. Each person owns a clear part of the firm: legal-sector M&A judgement, senior talent acquisition, and the systems that keep the public and subscription journeys coherent.

Jeff Zindani Founder and Managing Director of Acquira Professional Services

​​Founder and Managing Director

Jeff Zindani

Jeff has over 25 years' experience in law and was an equity partner at Russell Jones and Walker, now Slater & Gordon. Clients describe him as insightful, market sensitive and incredibly discreet.


He advises city-type practices, boutique law firms, legal-sector businesses and legal tech companies on merger, acquisition, sale and practice redesign. His work is to identify suitable counterparties, structure the right conversation and maximise return without losing discretion.


jeff@acquiraps.co.uk

Head of Talent Acquisition

Pierre Watson

Pierre focuses on senior-level search, executive acquisition, coaching and selection in the legal sector.


His approach is deliberately not CV-led. It seeks deeper insight into career thinking, following, culture and timing through discreet conversations with established legal professionals.

Pierre Watson Head of Talent Acquisition at Acquira Professional Services
Claudia Moura Technology and Operations Lead

Technology and Operations Lead

Claudia Moura

Claudia looks after the technical layer behind Acquira's public presence, digital workflows and internal systems.


Her work is deliberately behind the scenes: keeping the website, subscription journeys, content operations and technical handoffs coherent so the advisory and intelligence work can stay focused on clients.

claudia@acquiraps.co.uk

“insightful, market sensitive and incredibly discreet.”

That is how clients have described the work, and it is the standard behind every buyer approach, seller conversation, senior search and market introduction.