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Howes Percival celebrates 25 years in Leicester

Leading commercial law firm, Howes Percival is marking 25 years of its Leicester office with 25 events to celebrate and give back to the city, including volunteer days and events to raise money for local charities.

The launch event took place on 20 May when the firm’s Intellectual Property & IT team undertook a 25 mile walk around Rutland Water. Other events planned throughout the year include a sports day, a STEM event to connect schools with high performance engineering companies in Leicester and a Diwali celebration.

The events will centre around five themes which reflects the city’s unique identity:

•           Arts and culture

•           Environment

•           Technology and innovation

•           Education and community

•           Sport

The money raised from fundraising activities in 2022 will support the RSPCA Leicestershire Branch, Woodside Animal Centre, which cares for mistreated, abandoned and neglected animals in Leicestershire and Rutland.

Howes Percival’s Leicester office opened in July 1997 with a team of six lawyers. Today, over 60 of the firm’s staff are employed at its Meridian Business Park office, providing the full range of corporate and family law services.

Chairperson and Leicester partner, Geraint Davies said, “When it came to marking 25 years of Howes Percival being in Leicester, we wanted to shine a spotlight on what makes it a fantastic city to live, work and do business in. We saw this as an opportunity, not only to recognise our Leicester office’s achievements, but to give back something meaningful to the community. Our people have been integral to planning the celebrations and the whole office has come together in a true team effort to support the 25 events taking place throughout the year.”

To find out more and support Howes Percival’s Leicester office in raising money for Woodside Animal Centre, visit https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/hpleicester2022

For more information on Howes Percival’s community and partnerships work visit: https://www.howespercival.com/about/community-partnerships/

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Notes to editors:

Howes Percival has offices in Cambridge, Leicester, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Northampton and Norwich.  It has 47 partners and 171 lawyers in total.

The firm is recommended in The Legal 500 – the authoritative guide to the UK’s leading law firms.  In the 2022 guide, no fewer than 11 different departments achieved the guide’s highest possible ranking (Tier 1): Corporate and Commercial; Dispute Resolution – Commercial Litigation; Dispute Resolution – Debt Recovery; Finance – Insolvency and Corporate Recovery; Human Resources – Employment Law; Private Client – Agriculture and Estates; Private Client – Tax, Trusts and Probate; Real Estate – Commercial Property; Real Estate – Property litigation; Real Estate – Environment & Planning;  Intellectual Property.