The definitive business intelligence report on this pivotal legal services outsourcing market. What started as a spin-off from insurance advisory services has now become a third of a billion pound vibrant market in employment, safety and other compliance services.

This Report explains how the Regulatory Consultancy market is structured; it's current and future potential (analyses run from 1995-2020). The addressable market is examined, together with advice on buyer propensity. The real lessons about the extent of the SME opportunity are set out together with the mid-market experience. The business model is examined with guidance on how these firms work strategically and tactically. The market structure is covered in depth from financial fundamentals to the costs of market entry, sales benchmarks and employee metrics.

The mix of services deployed, service development initiatives and likely areas for future development are explored. A detailed analysis of the neighbouring and adjacent markets, and in particular the law firm fight back is quantified.

The lessons for the market in competing with the leading brands, the deepest pockets, VCs and insurance linked brands are clearly set out. The M&A deals in the market since 1995 to date are charted and benchmarked, together with analysis of how the VC business model applies here and a list of every VC who is or has been active here.

The market lessons are clear. It is getting harder to enter this market, but there are also more firms trying to do so each year. This is essential reading for all the firms already driving this vibrant example of fixed fee legal services outsourcing. It is also essential reading for law firms, accountancies, insurance brokers and companies, B2B publishers, software developers and outsourcers.

The financial benchmarks of this industry are remarkably robust and attractive in their own right. The key lessons for how the market can and will develop for the future are set out. There are opportunities for the adventurous and challenges for the committed. They are all identified, mapped and quantified here.