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.
Founder and Managing Director
Jeff Zindani
Jeff Zindani
Jeff has over 25 years’ experience in the legal profession and was formerly an equity partner at Russell Jones & Walker, now Slater & Gordon. Clients describe him as insightful, commercially astute, market-sensitive and exceptionally discreet.
He specialises in law firm mergers and acquisitions, advising both buyers and sellers across the legal sector, from City practices and established regional firms to specialist boutiques. His experience spans identifying acquisition targets, sourcing suitable buyers, assessing strategic fit, negotiating commercial terms and guiding transactions from initial discussions through to completion. He works closely with law firm owners, management teams and investors to maximise value and achieve the right commercial outcome.
Jeff also advises distressed law firms on strategic solutions and has acted as an SRA Solicitor Manager. His approach combines deep market knowledge, commercial judgement and an extensive network of relationships across the legal profession, with discretion at the heart of every transaction.
Head of Talent Acquisition
Pierre Watson
Pierre Watson
Pierre focuses on senior-level search, executive acquisition, coaching and selection in the legal sector.
Technology and Operations Lead
Claudia Moura
Claudia Moura
Claudia looks after the technical layer behind Acquira's public presence, digital workflows and internal systems.
“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.
