Andrew Harris > Howes Percival LLP > Milton Keynes, England > Lawyer Profile
Howes Percival LLP Offices
FIRST FLOOR, BELL HOUSE, SEEBECK PLACE
KNOWLHILL
MILTON KEYNES
MK5 8FR
England
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Andrew Harris
Work Department
Corporate, Commercial and Banking
Position
Partner
Career
Andy is a partner in the Milton Keynes Corporate Team, having recently re-joined the firm after 12 years as a partner at international law firm Dentons. He has deep experience in transactional M&A, private equity, and reorganisations for businesses across a variety of sectors, and several client relationships that go back 10-20 years.
Ranked in Legal 500 2019’s “Hall of Fame”, he also “has a great depth of experience in M & A transactions and private equity investments and a client endorses him as “a very pragmatic individual who gets to the point and ensures commercial solutions are reached without elongated legal negotiations” (Chambers 2019).
Andy was for 5 years the Group Legal Director with a fully-listed public company manufacturer with an international footprint, leading the group’s acquisition and disposal programmes. This broadened his experience and taught him valuable lessons in how to look at things practically from the client’s perspective, and also to consider issues in the context of the wider business.
Andy has been a trustee of local charity, MK SNAP, which helps adults with learning difficulties to live as independently as possible, since 2013.
- 2020: Partner, Howes Percival
- 2013 – present: Trustee of MK SNAP
- 2008-2020: Partner and Head of Corporate (Milton Keynes), (and 2014-19 Managing Partner of the Milton Keynes Office), Dentons
- 1999-2008: Partner, Howes Percival
- 1995-1999: Company Secretary (Group Legal Director 1999), Powerscreen International PLC
- 1988-1995: Solicitor (1988-92), Associate (1992-3), Senior Associate (1993-5), Eversheds (Birmingham)
- 1986-1988: Articled Clerk, Eversheds Birmingham
- 1985-6: Guildford College of Law
- 1982-5: University of Birmingham
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Hall of Fame)The ‘dynamic, experienced and fantastic‘ team at Howes Percival LLP handles the full scope of transactions within a variety of sectors, including the construction and manufacturing industries. The ‘very experienced and unflappable‘ Andrew Harris leads the Milton Keynes-based team with his expertise in M&A and corporate reorganisations within the automotive sector, supported by director Tom Redman, who has an ‘affable, down-to-earth style‘ when handling private equity transactions. Paula Dumbill primarily advises clients on commercial trading arrangements regarding technology projects, while senior associate Shital Odedra is ‘very efficient, hardworking, and tenacious‘ when advising directors and shareholders on their respective duties and agreements.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
Firm Rankings
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Public sector > Public sector
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Agriculture and estates