England - East Anglia • Corporate and commercial
Howes Percival LLP
Howes Percival LLP's team is described as having ‘plenty of experience, combined with a calm and commercial approach’. The firm handles a broad-range of transactional and advisory work, notably in the healthcare, leisure and tourism sectors, though it is seeing a growing flow of work from industries such as automotive, technology, and food and beverage. James Stephen joined from BDB Pitmans in January 2023 to lead the corporate team in Cambridge; the ‘prompt and courteous’ Oliver Pritchard leads the broader corporate, commercial and banking group in East Anglia.
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Testimonials
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‘The corporate team in Cambridge and Norwich is excellent.'
'Oliver Pritchard and the team work seamlessly with other professional advisers and clients on transactions - they have plenty of experience, combined with a calm and commercial approach.’
‘Oliver Pritchard's in-depth legal and practical knowledge is very helpful when working on transactions together. He is very prompt in responding and courteous, with a friendly manner which clients find very reassuring. He has great team supporting him.'
'James Stephen brings many years of experience and commerciality to Howes Percival's corporate team.’
‘A top bunch - well-informed.’
‘A great work ethic.’
Key clients
- Falcon Cranes
- Ben Burgess Holdings Limited
- Natwest
- Falcon Cranes
- Lola Tech
- Virgin Experience Days
- Touchdown PR
- The Shackleton Design & Manufacturing Company
- Fleet Assist
- Welch’s Transport Limited
- Masters Logistical Services Limited
- Solstice Associates Limited
- Marfa Stance Limited
- Thought for Food Retail Limited
Work highlights
- Advising the shareholders of Touchdown PR Limited on the sale of the entire issued share capital of the company to Ruder Finn.
- Advising the selling shareholders of Cambridgeshire based warehousing and distribution business Masters Logistical Services on the sale of the company to Knowles Transport
- Advising the Shareholders of Lola Tech Holdings Ltd on the sale of the digital design and software build agency Lola Tech Holdings Ltd to DataArt Technologies UK Ltd.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
James Stephen