Leading regional law firm Howes Percival has been awarded top tier rankings in 12 different specialisms in the 2017 edition of The Legal 500 – the authoritative guide to the UK’s leading law firms.
Howes Percival has achieved top tier rankings for:
- Dispute Resolution – Commercial Litigation
- Dispute Resolution – Debt Recovery
- Finance - Insolvency and Corporate Recovery
- Human Resources - Employment
- Human Resources – Health and Safety
- Private Client – Agriculture and Estates
- Private Client - Tax, Trusts and Probate
- Real Estate - Commercial Property
- Real Estate - Environment
- Real Estate - Planning
- Real Estate - Property litigation
- Technology, Media & Telecoms - Intellectual Property
In addition, 18 different Howes Percival practice areas are recommended in the guide including Corporate and Commercial, Banking and Finance, Education, Construction, Family, Charities and Contentious trusts and probate.
15 Howes Percival lawyers are recognised by the legal directory as elite ‘leading individuals’, with a total of 56 Howes Percival lawyers recommended this year.
Over the last three years Howes Percival has pursued a targeted growth strategy, strengthening its geographical network in the key markets of Cambridge and Milton Keynes, and expanded its range of services.
The ability to work collaboratively across these offices has been demonstrated through increased instructions from existing and new clients, ranging from owner-managed business to SMEs and government contracts to international clients.
Commenting on the firm’s rankings Howes Percival’s chairman, Tessa Haskey said; “It’s a fantastic set of rankings and recommendations – and something that the whole the firm can be rightly proud of. Our core strengths have again been recognised and the recommendations across 18 different practice areas show the wide range of services we now offer, as well as the depth of knowledge and expertise available.
“We’ve invested in all our offices again this year. In East Anglia we’ve built on our existing offering in Norwich and the addition of Cambridge helps us cover the region even more comprehensively. In Milton Keynes we’re now able to provide a genuine legal alternative in another key commercial centre. While in Leicester and Northampton we have strengthened our teams and been involved in some of the largest deals in the region.”
Howes Percival now has six offices across the heartland of England from Manchester to Norwich, and serves clients nationwide - ranging from Government departments to family businesses and high-net worth individuals and directors.
The Legal 500 is widely regarded as the authoritative guide to the UK’s leading law firms, it recommends firms and lawyers based on independent research, interviews and client feedback.
Full details of Howes Percival’s rankings can be found on the Legal 500 website: http://www.legal500.com/firms/1638-howes-percival-llp/4868-norwich-england
