East Anglia accountancy team named region's top deal-makers

Larking Gowen's corporate transaction team - back row from left: Jordan Smith, Ben Horner-Glister, David Franklin, James Lay, Hannah Rutherford. Front row: Ben Greves, Ethan Frost, Jack Minns <i>(Image: Larking Gowen)</i>
Larking Gowen's corporate transaction team - back row from left: Jordan Smith, Ben Horner-Glister, David Franklin, James Lay, Hannah Rutherford. Front row: Ben Greves, Ethan Frost, Jack Minns (Image: Larking Gowen)
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A crack team of chartered accountants is celebrating after being named as the region's top deal-makers.

Larking Gowen’s corporate transactions team is the most active locally-based adviser in the Eastern region, according to Experian’s latest MarketIQ league tables.

The team advised on 15 completed deals to the third quarter of the year - and has multiple transactions either in the bag or expected to be over the line before the year-end.

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The firm - a leading force in East Anglia’s mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market - provides advice on business sales, acquisitions, succession planning and management buyouts.

It recently scooped the Deal of the Year (sub £10m) title at the Central & East Dealmakers Awards 2025.

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Partner Jack Minns both the Experian rankings and Dealmakers Award were "a testament to the depth of talent within the Larking Gowen team".

"We’ve built a reputation for being hands-on, commercially astute and genuinely invested in our clients’ success," he said.

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Fellow partner James Lay added: "This award means a great deal to the team. It reflects the trust placed in us, by clients across East Anglia and the collaborative ethos that underpins everything we do."

 The corporate transactions team supports business owners through every stage of a sale, acquisition or valuation.

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Larking Gowen has offices across Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex - in Ipswich, Norwich, Colchester, Diss, Fakenham and Holt.


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