Law firm consolidators have made significant acquisition moves. Listed firm Knights plc revealed it had agreed to buy Sheffield practice Keebles LLP for £11.5m, taking on 138 fee-earners when the deal is completed on 11 June. The 10 Keebles equity partners will share £5m in cash upfront and receive 800,000 shares worth £3.5m. Further cash payments amounting to £3.13m will be paid in instalments over the next two years. Knights has now bought 13 firms in the past three years, committing more than £40m in upfront payments. National firm Metamorph Group, which promotes itself as a legal practice consolidator, acquired Southampton-based Beeton Edwards, having already integrated three other businesses in the last year.