Leah Groves

Healthcare (Corporate & Commercial)

Solicitor and Partner. 

With extensive experience and specialist knowledge in the healthcare sector, Leah has successfully established a niche for FJG in healthcare acquisitions.  Her particular specialism lies in buying and selling dental practices (NHS, private or mixed) by way of asset or share transactions; acting for vendors and purchasers in their personal capacity, as partners or via limited companies. 

She is a skilled multi-disciplined lawyer who undertakes the commercial, property and employment aspects of the deal for the client and regularly for the lender either on a dual or sole instruction basis.  She also undertakes the legal due diligence exercise, drafts and negotiates the legal documentation, advises on the Care Quality Commission registration and for NHS businesses, liaises with the NHS England Local Area Teams to facilitate the transfer of the NHS Contract. 

2002-3, APU - Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice

1999-2002, University of Hertfordshire - Law LLB (Hons)

1997-1999, Braintree College - A Level law / A Level Sociology / A Level English

1992-1997, The Rickstones School - 10 GCSEs

City & Guilds Diploma in Business studies

City & Guilds Diploma in Health and Social Care