Fixed-fee legal venture LawVest has posted a loss of £3.2m for its first 16 months of trading, as the DLA Piper-backed business gears up to convert a “multimillion-pound sales pipeline”.

The accounts, which cover the period from the company’s launch in February 2011 to 30 September 2012, show it took in revenues of £170,036 against costs of £431,986, with £1.2m spent on sales and marketing and £1.7m on administrative expenses.