Stuart Maggs > Howes Percival LLP > Norwich, England > Lawyer Profile

Howes Percival LLP has a prominent private client practice that handles work across East Anglia and beyond, and in which the Norwich office plays a central role. Tom Lawrence leads the practice following the January 2023 departure of Catherine Scott to Mills & Reeve LLP. Lawrence’s work includes advising on complex intergenerational estate planning, the creation of trusts and wills, and tax matters. Stuart Maggs provides strategic advisory and estate planning services for high and ultra-high-net-worth families and trustees. Key partner Katharine Danks frequently assists farmers, families and landed estates with issues concerning partnerships, tenancies and land projects. Senior associate Jan Tyler also stands out ‘owing to her combination of expertise and professionalism with a compassionate and down-to-earth manner’.

The agriculture and estates practice at Howes Percival LLP is regarded as being ‘totally supportive, knowledgeable and approachable‘. The firm is adept in farm and rural property transactions, financing transactions, agricultural holdings and tenancies and business structuring. Norwich-based practice head and Fellow of the Agricultural Law Association Katharine Danks is described as giving advice which is ‘clear, concise and timely’. Private client partner Stuart Maggs is ‘always available, strategic and has exceptional specialist knowledge’ of tax and succession planning. Catherine Scott departed to Mills & Reeve LLP in January 2023.