Gerald Couldrake > Howes Percival LLP > Northampton, England > Lawyer Profile
Howes Percival LLP Offices

NENE HOUSE
4 RUSHMILLS
NORTHAMPTON
NN4 7YB
England
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Gerald Couldrake

Work Department
Corporate and commercial
Position
Gerald has primarily been a corporate and commercial lawyer and advisor to privately owned businesses in and around Northamptonshire. His practice has included advising on: corporate finance transactions of buying and selling and reorganising businesses, joint ventures, commercial contracts, strategy and shareholder/boardroom disputes. He has become the trusted advisor to many substantial family and owner managed businesses. He also has extensive experience of advising members’ clubs, being the company secretary to The British Racing Drivers’ Club and to Guards Polo Club.
Gerald qualified in the City in 1985 and has been a corporate and commercial solicitor at Howes Percival in Northampton since 1986. He joined the partnership in 1989, and in his career has been head of the Northampton office, head of the corporate and commercial team across the firm, a member of the firm’s management board and was latterly the senior partner until he retired from the partnership in April 2022. He now
practices part time as a Consultant within the firm’s corporate, commercial and banking team, still based in Northampton.
Career
- 2022 – Present: Howes Percival LLP, Consultant
- 2017 – 2022: Howes Percival LLP, Senior Partner
- 2009 – 2017: Howes Percival LLP, Head of Corporate and Commercial Department
- 1989 – 2009: Howes Percival LLP, Partner
- 1985: Qualified as a Solicitor with a City of London Law Firm
- 1981: Law Degree, University College London
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
(Hall of Fame)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
- Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands East Midlands > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame East Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
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