INCE.L Regulatory News (INCE)

4 April 2019

Gordon Dadds Group plc

("Gordon Dadds" or the "Company")

Five former Ince & Co network firms to join Ince Gordon Dadds with new commercial arrangements

· The Ince Gordon Dadds group is growing to include twelve offices in seven countries after former Ince & Co network firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Greece and Germany agreed to enter new arrangements

· Revenue for these operations is over £23 million alongside the current £77 million annualised revenues for Gordon Dadds

· The new arrangements are expected to generate increased profitability

Gordon Dadds Group plc (AIM: GOR), the acquisitive London-based legal and professional services business, today announces that it has agreed to enter into new arrangements with the independent legal entities which are former Ince & Co network firms in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai, Greece and Germany with effect from 1 April 2019.

The international firms are, as stated in previous announcements, deepening their relationships with the group following the successful completion of due diligence and consultation with regulators.

Commenting on the new arrangements, Adrian Biles, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, said:

"The Ince name is a leading global brand and I am delighted that the former Ince & Co international partnerships will continue to operate as one, as members of the Ince Gordon Dadds group.

"The integration of Ince's London office with Gordon Dadds, to form Ince Gordon Dadds, has progressed smoothly and the commercial benefits of the larger operation are beginning to be demonstrated.

With the expanded international group now encompassing twelve offices across seven countries and some £100 million of annual revenues, I look forward to continuing this trend of growth and expansion, as we continue to offer clients an impressive breadth and depth of service both by practice area and geography."

The firms will be bound with Ince Gordon Dadds to operate closely together under new commercial arrangements and a new governance structure. The members of the partnerships will commit to a common structure governing the membership, business, conduct and management of the international firms and the rights, duties and obligations of their members. The structure will be controlled through membership of a new non-trading international governance entity.

Revenues of the partners continuing in those firms is the only meaningful measure of the impact of these new arrangements on Gordon Dadds. The revenues attributable to the 19 partners of those firms who are continuing in those businesses for the year ended 30 April 2018 were £23 million, split as to £4 million in Germany, £3 million in Greece, £5 million in Dubai, £2 million in Singapore and £9 million in Hong Kong. The group's annualised revenue run rate of £42 million previously announced, together with the £31 million revenue of the Ince & Co UK business acquired on 31 December 2018, means the international firm's combined revenues are now some £100m from some 450 fee earners.

The international firms will continue to be separate legal entities owned by the local partners, operating under the Ince name.

The new arrangements do not include any requirement for any consideration to be paid.

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