QPE partners with specialist legal services firm Canford Law

Queen’s Park Equity (“QPE”) is delighted to announce that it has partnered with Canford Law (“Canford”), a fast-growing specialist legal services provider to the insurance and commercial sectors.

Canford was founded by its CEO, David Nash, with a clear focus on high-quality specialist service and client accessibility, as evidenced by exceptional customer feedback and strong organic growth. The firm has built a strong reputation for delivering efficient, commercially minded legal solutions and maintains market leading KPIs. The business operates nationally from four offices and has an employee base of 119 staff.

David Nash and the existing management team will remain in place and retain a significant equity stake, ensuring continuity of culture and strong alignment as the business enters its next phase of growth. Matthew Donaldson will also join as Chairman. 

David Nash, CEO at Canford, commented: “We are delighted to welcome QPE as an investor. Their experience of supporting professional services businesses through periods of growth and development makes them an excellent partner for Canford. This investment will allow us to build on our strong foundations, invest further in our people and technology, and continue delivering outstanding outcomes for our clients.”

Matthew Donaldson, Chairman, added: “I’m really looking forward to working with David, his team and QPE as Canford embarks on its next exciting phase of growth. Canford has created market leading propositions and enjoys exceptionally strong relationships with its partners across the market, which provides the business a strong foundation to build on.” 

Commenting on the investment, Alex McRae, Investing at QPE, said: “Canford has established a strong position in the market, underpinned by a clear focus on service quality, an experienced leadership team and a well-defined growth strategy. The firm operates in an attractive segment of the legal services market, and we are excited to partner with David and the team to support their ambitions for continued growth, both organically and through strategic M&A.”

QPE’s investment will provide Canford with additional capital and strategic support to accelerate organic growth, further invest in talent, technology and systems. Selective strategic M&A will also form a key element of the investment strategy.

QPE has a strong track record of investing in founder-led and management-owned businesses across a range of sectors, supporting management teams to scale sustainably, both organically and inorganically, while preserving the qualities that have driven their success to date.

The investment in Canford was the third new partnership completed by QPE in December, following the announcements of investments in Helix and Initiate. Initiate was the first investment from QPE’s £305m Fund II which was raised in 2025.

QPE is focused on providing capital and expertise to high-quality, entrepreneur-led businesses within the Tech Enabled Business Services, Education, Healthcare and Pharma sectors, with strong ambition to accelerate their growth. 

QPE would like to thanks its advisers:

Continuum (corporate finance)
Osborne Clarke (legal)
BDO (financial and tax)
OC&C (commercial)