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
"The service levels at Howes Percival cannot be faulted in any way as the partner was available at all hours of the day."
"Howes Percival offers a good level of experience and the team is savvy."
"Howes Percival's team is exceptional in its business knowledge, experience and specialist expertise."
Work Highlights
Howes Percival represented C.Brewer & Sons in its acquisition of The Paint Shed as part of its growth strategy.
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. "He's an expert, reliable and a fantastic person to work with."
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. "We could not recommend Matthew Thompson more highly. He is an extremely capable partner with a big future ahead of him." "Matthew has detailed knowledge of the business and has commercial awareness." "I cannot praise Mathew highly enough. He was thoroughly professional throughout, but also very approachable and explained everything with ease."
