Michael Green > Howes Percival LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Howes Percival LLP  has an ‘expert, approachable and commercial‘ dispute resolution group, which has a strong presence in its Cambridge office. The ‘tenacious, detailed and very competent‘ Michael Green leads the team, which is able to advise on high-value, urgent, complex and high-profile matters both within the UK and overseas. The firm is currently involved in disputes with parties in the Middle East, North Africa, Taiwan and Slovakia. Director Victoria Sandell is frequently involved in multimillion-pound disputes and is ‘a fantastic lawyer, leader and litigator‘. She is currently working with Green on a multi-jurisdiction shareholder dispute with a Saudi minority shareholder.

Howes Percival LLP has the region’s largest debt recovery team and frequently handles high-value and complex matters, not least through its position on the Crown Commercial Services Panel, which generates significant work for The Insolvency Service. Insolvency partner Morris Peacock and contentious debt recovery specialist Gordon Simpson in Norwich, and Cambridge-based litigator Michael Green are the lead partners. Simpson frequently handles the enforcement of hire agreements for car dealer Bussey & Sabberton Bros. Ltd. William Shirley in Norwich is the client partner for the work carried out on behalf of the Official Receivers across England and Wales.

The insolvency practice at Howes Percival LLP ‘always delivers the right balance of senior level input and supervision‘, and its ‘experience of large, high-profile insolvency litigation for the government is unparalleled‘. Head of insolvency and corporate recovery Michael Green in Cambridge and Norwich-based Morris Peacock, who ‘commands the complete confidence‘ and leads the firm’s work for the Insolvency Service, are the principal contacts. Green recently assisted Mazars LLP with the bankruptcy of a former Times Rich List entrant with a reputed wealth of over £42m. In Norwich, William Shirley and senior associates Leon Head and the ‘firm but friendly‘ Patrick Manning all play key roles in the practice.

Howes Percival LLP‘s contentious trusts and probate practice is led from Cambridge by vastly experienced litigation partner Michael Green, who is a full member of ACTAPS and is appointed as High Court Administrator on twelve contested estates. He is supported by legal director Victoria Sandell, whose litigation work includes disputes concerning multimillion-pound estates. Clients remark that ‘the team is cooperative, hardworking and focused on the client’s needs‘.