AIIC Group, the legal platform business behind law firms Taylor Rose, FDR Law and Kingsley Wood, had 1,009 fee-earning legal consultants operating across its brands at the end of 2025, according to figures released by the company.
The total number of individuals working under AIIC’s consultancy programme stood at 1,485 at the end of 2025, with the balance of 476 comprising support staff and sub-consultants engaged by fee-earning consultants directly.
The majority of AIIC’s consultants operate under the Taylor Rose brand, the group’s longest-established business, which also has an employed division spanning sectors including property, including conveyancing, private client, family and criminal law.
More than 10% of the group’s consultants now sit within corporate-focused law firm Kingsley Wood and property-focused FDR Law – both launched in 2024 and growing quickly as consultancy-only brands.
Alongside property services – still the group’s largest area – AIIC says it is seeing strong growth in consultant numbers across private client, family, litigation and immigration law.
AIIC attributes the growth of its consultancy division to sustained investment in technology and central services, including a cloud-based practice management platform. The figures reflect both the strength of the platform and a structural shift in the way experienced lawyers are choosing to work, AIIC chief executive Adrian Jaggard (pictured) explained.
He added:
“Breaking through the 1,000 fee-earning consultant milestone is a landmark moment for the group. It reflects the strength of our platform and the growing number of experienced lawyers choosing a more flexible, technology-enabled way to build their businesses.
“Our ongoing investment in cloud and AI-enabled systems is central to that, helping consultants work more efficiently while delivering excellent service for clients.
“We see a huge amount of room for the model to keep growing across all our brands and practice areas.”
AIIC’s internal data for 2025 reveals 60% of its consultants were over the age of 40 and 90% work from home. The characteristics reflect the profile of experienced practitioners seeking to reduce administrative overhead while increasing earnings and maintaining control over their working arrangements, AIIC said.
There are an estimated 4,000 lawyers across England and Wales now working under legal consultancy arrangements. The consultant structure allows lawyers to operate on a self-employed basis while working under an established firm’s umbrella.
The platform provides the brand, regulatory permissions, compliance systems, insurance, technology and administrative backing, and in exchange takes a proportion of the fee income generated. Consultants typically keep around 70% of the revenue they bill, AIIC said.
The rise in consultant numbers comes during a period of sustained financial expansion for the group. In the year to 30 September 2024, AIIC reported revenues of £97.3 million. In March 2025, AIIC was named in the Financial Times FT 1000 list of Europe’s fastest-growing companies for the third consecutive year.
