Howes Percival scoop four awards at Central & East Dealmakers

7th November, 2025

Howes Percival is celebrating winning four awards at the 2025 Insider Central & East Dealmakers Awards.

The Dealmakers reward the best-performing professional advisory firms and the individuals working within them based in the region which have worked on transactions involving Central & East-based businesses.

On the night, Howes Percival won:

Private Equity / Venture Capital Deal of the Year for the Investment in Rapidrop by BGF.
The firm’s Matt Thompson was named Corporate Lawyer of the Year.
The sale of Norfolk Broads Direct to Broads Ventures won Deal of the Year (sub £10m) - Howes Percival advised owners Craft Leisure on all legal aspects of the sale.
Howes Percival won Deal of the Year (£10m-£50m) for the Acquisition of Aliom Holdings by Group 1.

All the entry submissions were assessed by a panel of independent judges, chaired by Insider’s business editor for the region, Philip Cunliffe and the winners were announced at a gala dinner event at the Doubletree by Hilton, Milton Keynes

The success tops a year in which Howes Percival’s Corporate, Commercial & Banking team delivered a record £828m worth of deals.

James Stephen, Partner and Head of Corporate, commented,

What a night! This is an incredible result for the team and tops off what has been a fantastic year for us. I am immensely proud of what we have achieved, and this is a fitting endorsement for the wider firm (on whose support the corporate team relies) and the corporate team specifically. This reflects all the hard work everyone has done in the last few years to grow our offering and position Howes Percival as one of the go-to corporate firms in the region. Special mention goes to Matt Thompson who won Corporate Lawyer of the Year, which is well deserved. Lastly, I would like to congratulate all those who were nominated and who received awards last night.

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