Chambers Review
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Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses - East Midlands
What the Team is Known For
Howes Percival is a strong regional firm with a focus on advising family-owned businesses on a range of corporate work, including disposals and restructures. The firm continued its activity in a series of cross-border transactions involving elements across Europe and the USA.
Strengths
They have an excellent corporate team with highly engaged partners, supported by specialist tax, property and employment teams.
Howes Percival has a strong mix of lawyers with good experience and technical expertise which allows them to deal with almost all matters that come up on deals.
Howes Percival have a highly skilled team. They take the time to understand your business and your needs, and work in the best interest of your company.
Work Highlights
Howes Percival advised Briggs & Forrester on the disposal of their national mechanical and electrical building services maintenance division to BGIS, a global leader in technical integrated building facility management services.
Notable practitioners
Gerald Couldrake is the firm's senior partner and offers clients the benefit of his great depth of corporate experience. He advises on the full range of purchase and sale transactions.
Gerald continues to mentor the team and is such a valuable and sage resource.
Matthew Thompson heads the corporate team in Northampton and leads on a variety of high-profile mid-market M&A transactions. He provides a broad range of corporate advice to clients with a primary focus on owner-managed businesses.
Matthew has stepped up and delivers time and time again. I am often impressed with the breadth of his knowledge and always impressed by the clarity of his drafting.
Matthew delivers a commercial and pragmatic overall service, moving transactions forwards in a timely manner
Matthew is a good hands-on partner and provides clear advice. He can see the bigger picture and be pragmatic where needed.