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August announces investment into Midlands based legal service provider
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26 Aug 2025
August Equity has announced its fourth investment from Fund VI into the award-winning full-service law firm Higgs LLP (“Higgs”), partnering with the management team for the next stage of their growth.
Headquartered in the Black Country and with more than 250 employees, Higgs is a leading regional law firm with a legacy stretching back 150 years.
Today the firm is led by Managing Partner Nick Taylor and provides holistic legal services to thousands of business and private clients. The quality of legal advice, commitment both to excellence and building long-term relationships has forged Higgs’ outstanding reputation in the market, highlighted by its 4.9 rating on Review Solicitors.
August’s backing of the Higgs team will provide capital to focus both on developing its existing people and to continue the recruitment of top-quality talent. Higgs will also pursue M&A opportunities which expand both the firm’s regional and national presence and breadth of service lines. To date, Higgs has completed two small acquisitions (Lewis Onions in 2024 and M.R. Timms in 2025), both of which have further strengthened its position in the regional market.
August Equity VI backs high quality management teams in services, software and technology businesses with high organic growth and inorganic potential. Today’s announcement follows the success of August’s exit of AAB to Goldman Sachs Alternatives, which more than tripled in size under August’s ownership, to >£100m revenue and >1,000 employees.
We are delighted to partner with August Equity as we embark on a dynamic new phase of growth. Their backing enables us to expand our services, add resources, embrace innovation, and enter new regions in a rapidly changing legal market — all the while remaining dedicated to delivering legal excellence for our clients. With August’s support, we will build on our long-standing reputation, invest in our people, and sustain the core values that have defined our firm’s success for 150 years.
Nick Taylor - Managing Partner of Higgs
We are thrilled to be partnering with Nick and the team to support them on the next phase of their journey. We have invested significant time identifying the right platform in the legal space to invest in and have been consistently impressed by the Higgs team and their ambition for the business. We are looking forward to succeeding together through this exciting upcoming period of growth and consolidation in the market.
Kishan Chotai and Katie Beckingham - Partner and Director at August Equity
The August team was led by Kishan Chotai and Katie Beckingham, with support from Michael Coates and Samira Aminzare. The Higgs team that led the transaction comprised Nick Taylor, Nick Moxon, Glyn Morris and Richard Griffiths.
August Equity was advised by Travers Smith (Legal), PwC (Commercial and Financial), RSM (Tax), Equator (Technology) and Lockton (Insurance).
Higgs was advised by Rothschild & Co (Corporate Finance), Squire Patton Boggs (Legal) and MHA (Financial).
