England - West Midlands • Corporate and commercial

Mills & Reeve LLP

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Particularly well-versed in health, life sciences, and care sector M&A, the ‘outstanding’ team at Mills & Reeve LLP is also noted for its capabilities in commercial contracts matters. National private equity head Ryan Hawley advises on both PE and M&A transactions, working with a host of mid-market entities, The Birmingham team is led by commercial practice head Jayne Hussey, who advises many of the firm’s leading clients on all manner of issues including outsourcing contracts and license agreements. Other names to note include health sector head Julian Smith, and Junaid Haroon, who heads up the firm’s Midlands agri-food and life sciences teams. David Hall is noted for his expertise in commercial IP and IT issues.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Great team who clearly enjoy working with each other, which translates into a great product for their clients. This particular transaction had complexities that I have not seen in 25 years of doing deals. Mills & Reeves were outstanding.’

  • ‘Julian Smith has a great, calming style and a good ability to step back and work out what really matters.'

  • 'Paul Krivosic is efficient and effective, but has a good commercial grounding coupled with pragmatism.’

Key clients

  • Aspris Children’s Services
  • Cornwall Care
  • Operose Health
  • Riverdale Healthcare
  • Bango plc
  • Puratos NV
  • Antser Holdings
  • Bio Products Laboratory Limited
  • The Binding Site
  • Knox Lane
  • Horiba Mira Limited
  • Gymshark
  • Brigade Electronics Group plc
  • AAH Pharmaceuticals
  • River Island
  • Ariat International Inc
  • Starship Technologies Inc
  • Phillip Morris Products S.A.
  • The West Group Ltd
  • Rhubarb Food Design
  • MM Newport Limited
  • SAS International

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ryan Hawley, Jayne Hussey

Other key lawyers

Julian Smith, Junaid Haroon, David Hall, Paul Krivosic