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HEALTHCARE IS IN OUR BLOOD... Combining specialist lawyers from across the firm, our expert healthcare team delivers advice to healthcare professionals, businesses and organisations. With a national reputation, we have the expertise and ability to advise GPs, dentists, consultants, pharmacies, the care sector and NHS Trusts on their complex and diverse legal requirements. Through our understanding of NHS structures, funding regimes and on-going reforms, we successfully guide professionals, businesses and organisations as they respond to the opportunities and challenges ahead. Lead Hilary Parker is noted for her outstanding reputation in healthcare for over 20 years. Amanda Maskery is Vice Chair of the Association of Specialist Providers to Dentists and is praised as being a top dental sector specialist. Christopher Welch and Alok Loomba act for major businesses in the pharmacy and care sectors locally and nationally, regularly advising on multi-million pound acquisitions, sales, developments and financing. We are recognised as the leading healthcare lawyers in the North and are proud to act for many clients across this sector.
We advise: GPs DENTISTS Clinical Commissioning Groups PHARMACIES Care Homes NHS TRUSTS MEDICAL partnerships medical technology ORGANISATIONS Life Science Companies OPTICIANS Any qualified providers
WHAT OUR CLIENTS SAY ABOUT US Sintons has always provided excellent and useful legal guidance when developing and expanding our Dental Care Group. They have been looking after me now for 20 years and were involved in my first ever Dental Practice purchase. I can strongly recommend their legal team. I have worked closely with commercial and property solicitors from Sintons to make sure the correct decisions were made during the development of our Dental Care Group. Az Hyder, Burgess Hyder Group Sintons deals with all aspects of our healthcare including Real Estate and Corporate work. Alok Loomba is an extremely experienced Commercial Real Estate lawyer and Chris Welch is very effective at finding ways around obstacles to ensure that we are able to obtain the desired outcome on any corporate transaction. They both have significant expertise in the healthcare sector. Baldev Ladhar, The Ladhar Group www.sintons.co.uk
WHAT OTHER ADVISERS SAY ABOUT US I recommend Sintons to Healthcare clients due to their breadth of specialist knowledge across the sector, their approachable team and value for money service and advice. Amanda Maskery is involved in the vast majority of Dental sector sales and purchases that I finance and provides me with a valuable insight into the sector as regulation changes. Malcolm Swan, Lloyds Bank We have worked closely with Sintons when we have provided financial and business advice for the selling and buying of dental practices. Amanda Maskery, Hilary Parker and the team at Sintons are hugely experienced and genuine specialists in their field. The sale and purchase arrangements for dental practices are complex and it always helps when another reliable specialist is involved with the transaction. Jon Drysdale, Practice Financial Management Ltd www.sintons.co.uk
The adviser of choice of the majority of GPs. Top dental sector specialist. Legal 500 Sintons has recently overseen more than 100 million of new GP surgery developments and 34 million of dental transactions.
KEY CONTACTS Hilary Parker Tel: 0191 226 7880 hilary.parker@sintons.co.uk Hilary has acted for individuals and organisations in the healthcare sector for over 20 years advising on most aspects of their operations. Amanda Maskery Tel: 0191 226 7838 amanda.maskery@sintons.co.uk Amanda specialises in advising dentists and GPs on sales and acquisitions of practices, partnership matters and commercial agreements. Amanda has been appointed vice chair of the ASPD. Christopher Welch Tel: 0191 226 7831 christopher.welch@sintons.co.uk Christopher specialises in sales, acquisitions and financing of care homes, pharmacies and other businesses in the healthcare sector. Anthony Evans Tel: 0191 226 3295 anthony.evans@sintons.co.uk Anthony advises NHS bodies and healthcare and life science companies on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters including joint ventures, fundraising, governance, spin out companies, major projects and procurement. Alok Loomba 0191 226 7843 alok.loomba@sintons.co.uk Alok deals predominantly with transactional related property matters for care homes and pharmacies including acquisition, disposal and financing of commercial real estate.
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