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Helen Howes LLM

Senior associate, solicitor

I am a senior associate, solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial law. I have experience in mergers and acquisitions, disposals and company reorganisations. I work with both start-ups and well-established clients advising on general company law issues including share reorganisations, shareholder agreements, the removal of a director, shareholder exits and minority shareholder concerns. I also advise clients in respect of their terms and conditions of business and general commercial issues.

My clients range from national, overseas companies to more local family-run businesses, LLPs and charities across a wide range of industry sectors.

Clients like my commercial approach delivering timely advice whilst taking the time to get to know them and their business.

T 01242 541565 M 07516 031485 E helen.howes@willans.co.uk
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Key skills

Corporate
• Mergers & acquisitions
• Restructures & re-organisations
• Due diligence
• Company incorporation
• Shareholder agreements and shareholder exits
• Directors’ duties
• Personal guarantees

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Experience highlights

My experience includes:

  • Assisted in South West recruitment firm Sanderson Solutions Group plc’s acquisition of Sopra Steria Recruitment Limited;
  • Leading due-diligence in AIM-listed deal of corporate fitness provider Energy Fit-Pro by Totally plc for £1.3 million;
  • Assisted in the share reorganisation and restructure of multi-site company to affect retirement and succession planning;
  • Advising director/shareholders of a local multi-million pound family business to affect the removal of a director/shareholder following relationship breakdowns; and
  • Drafting the terms and conditions of a leading manufacturer of specialist mobility equipment.

  • "Fantastic input, super useful and pragmatic, thank you."
    Ian Castle, freelance copywriter

  • "Thank you very much – particularly Helen for making a very difficult period of my life a lot easier for me to cope with."
    Client feedback

  • "We both wanted to say thank you for everything over the last few months. You have been reliably knowledgeable, supportive, calm and reassuring as well as efficient and highly professional. This has been a very stressful time but made easier with your expertise."
    Adam and Rosie Shield, Skallywags (Tewkesbury) Limited

  • "My experiences with Matthew Clayton & Helen Howes have been the best - I would recommend them without second thought. Their professionalism, knowledge and attention to detail meant their support and advice was always helpful, and as such improved both the process and the outcome."
    Client feedback

  • "Our heartfelt thanks to you both for the amazing effort you put into getting this deal done. We really appreciate the extra effort you both went to, and the long hours required to meet the deadline"
    Robert Radford and Alan Gallacher, Energy Fit-Pro

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