Howes Percival swoops for Northampton niche law firm

Law firm Howes Percival has bought Northampton-based Summers Nigh Law, and recruited of Michael Green, Weightman’s former national head of restructuring/insolvency.

Summers Nigh Law is a niche insolvency firm with local and national clients in the development & construction, manufacturing, technology, automotive, food & drink, agriculture and education sectors. The firm’s two partners, Katie Summers and Deborah Nigh, together with their five support staff have transferred to Howes Percival’s insolvency team. Summers and Nigh have joined Howes Percival as partners.

Michael Green joins Howes Percival from Weightmans’ London office where he headed the Disputes team in London. He has over 20 years’ experience of dealing with large complex commercial disputes and also sits as a part-time judge on the South East Circuit and as a chancery judge in London.

Geraint Davies, partner and head of dispute resolution and litigation at Howes Percival commented; “At Howes Percival, we’ve always had a strong reputation for insolvency work. Over the last three years we have strengthened our offering, investing in new offices and locations as well as broadening our expertise with some significant hires.

“We are delighted to welcome Katie, Deborah and their team to Howes Percival. The acquisition of Summers Nigh Law further reinforces our position in the insolvency sector and is the latest demonstration of our ambitions to grow our practice nationally. Katie and Deborah are well known to us, not only from their superb reputation in the insolvency world, but also because both of them started off life as trainees in our Northampton office. They know the culture here and our ethos and, as a result, we are very confident that they will be a great fit with both the firm and our clients.”