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Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses | UK

East Midlands

This section covers both public and private company transactions. Typical work includes M&A, private equity, joint ventures and share acquisitions. It also includes dispositions, capitalisations, entity selection and formation, operating and partnership agreements, and securities and governance matters. Priority is placed on the representation of buyers and sellers. The section is split into tables for matters that are £5 million and above and ones dealing with SME/Owner-managed businesses.

Rankings overview for Departments

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Senior Statespeople

  1. Gerald CouldrakeHowes Percival LLP
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Band 1

  1. Ed NurseBHW Solicitors
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Band 2

  1. David Browne
    David Browne HCR Hewitsons - Central England14 Years Ranked
  2. Matthew ThompsonHowes Percival LLP
  3. Stephen McElhoneBHW Solicitors
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Band 3

  1. Duncan Taylor Nelsons Solicitors12 Years Ranked
  2. Martyn Brierley
    Martyn Brierley Flint Bishop4 Years Ranked
  3. Alex CliftonBHW Solicitors
  4. David KaplanRothera Bray
  5. Matt WorsnopBHW Solicitors

All Departments profiles

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Band 1

  1. BHW Solicitors
    Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses
    2025 | Band 1
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Band 2

  1. Flint Bishop
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    Flint Bishop
    Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses
    2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Flint Bishop Solicitors is a well-established corporate practice based in Derby. The firm advises on a range of corporate and M&A transactions primarily for SMEs and owner-managed businesses.
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  2. HCR Hewitsons - Central England
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    HCR Hewitsons - Central England
    Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses
    2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    HCR Hewitsons is a leading Northamptonshire practice with expertise in complex group reorganisations and cross-border M&A. The firm's sector specialisms include agriculture, the motor trade and the packaging industry, with additional strength in the healthcare sector, continuing to handle a series of transactions in that field.
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  3. Nelsons Solicitors
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    Nelsons Solicitors
    Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses
    2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Nelsons Solicitors represents a broad portfolio of family-managed and owner-managed clients, as well as multinationals and plcs. The firm continues to be involved in a variety of transactions on both the buyer and seller sides. Its offices across the East Midlands ensure local clients benefit from an impressive depth of resources to assist on transactional work. It is active on deals across a variety of sectors including aerospace, banking and charities, among others.
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  4. Howes Percival LLP
    Corporate/M&A: SME/Owner-managed Businesses
    2025 | Band 2
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