Matthew Thompson > Howes Percival LLP > Northampton, England > Lawyer Profile
Howes Percival LLP Offices
NENE HOUSE
4 RUSHMILLS
NORTHAMPTON
NN4 7YB
England
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Matthew Thompson
Work Department
Corporate, Commercial & Banking
Position
Matt is a Partner in our Corporate, Commercial and Banking team. Matt heads the corporate team in Northampton and provides advice on a broad range of corporate finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate re-organisations, with a focus in a range of sectors including manufacturing, automotive, healthcare and food and beverage.
Matt regularly acts for a range of large corporates, owner managed businesses, start-ups and private equity houses, and acts for those acquiring, selling and investing. Matt also provides corporate governance support and advisory assistance, alongside the transactional work undertaken by his team. Matt has been with Howes Percival for over 10 years and in that time has worked on a variety of deals with a consideration up to and including £125m.
Career
- 2021 – Present Howes Percival LLP, Partner
- 2019 – 2021 Howes Percival LLP, Director
- 2017 – 2019 Howes Percival LLP, Senior Associate
- 2014 – Howes Percival LLP, Associate
- 2012 – 2014 Howes Percival LLP, Trainee Solicitor
- 2011 – 2012 Nottingham Law School, Legal Practice Course
- 2008 – 2011 Durham University, Law LLB
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
Acquisition financing, corporate banking matters, as well as real estate developments are cornerstones of practice at Howes Percival LLP. In Northampton, Matthew Thompson leads on mid-market M&A transactions and is a strong choice for large and SME owner-managed businesses. Paula Dumbill is knowledgeable of commercial trading agreements and is lauded as ‘exceptionally patient and highly organised.’ Haydon Simmonds leads the East Midlands banking and finance team, while Miles Barnes is praised by clients as an ‘excellent, deal-orientated solicitor’, and is knowledgeable of distribution, licensing, and manufacturing. Gerald Couldrake
is another key team member and Gareth John joined the practice in May 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Employment > Employment
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Property litigation
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Public sector > Public sector