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Natalie Wade

Partner

What can I do for you

Natalie is a specialist M&A lawyer and partner in the corporate team with a sector focus on all things health.  Her work includes complex acquisitions & disposals, especially in the healthcare arena whilst working as a trusted advisor for her clients. Widely known for her acumen & solution-driven advice, Natalie delivers commercial outcomes to timetable, whilst maintaining quality.

Supporting your ambitions

Natalie's clients include board members, Private Equity, large corporates, the third sector, family businesses and investors. Natalie is very well known for her social care expertise in buying and selling care homes/groups. One of Natalie's deal highlights includes advising a corporate buyer on the complex acquisition of a group of healthcare companies which involved three parallel transactions, leading teams of lawyers internally and with a difficult and often unavailable sell-side. An ability to step back and focus on the compelling commercial drivers whilst solving critical risk allocation arguments enabled delivery of the acquisition to the delighted client's timetable. Her success in making deals happen means that Natalie's clients recommend her widely to others.

What do others say

Natalie was recognised by Legal Week as one of the new generation of M&A Partners making their mark at UK firms outside London,  Derrick Farrell, CEO of Vita Health Group commented after its sale to Spire Healthcare Group Plc (Natalie acted for ArchiMed SAS) that "Natalie took the time to understand the business, our ambition and you matched our energy".  A testimonial from Legal 500 comments that "Natalie Wade is exceptional. She is genuinely interested in the business and feels part of our wider team. She delivers excellent quality but does so with a very human approach".

What else should you know

Natalie is known in the firm for supporting and developing people through mentoring, providing fresh input to business plans and being a hands-on team leader to her excellent team. 

Natalie adopts an energetic approach to her life inside and outside the workplace. Leisure time includes sailing, travel, health and fitness with a little time left over for managing two strong-minded children!

What our clients say about us

  • I think Mills & Reeve are a wonderful firm. The support they have provided to us in a really difficult area has been brilliant, collaborative and commercially minded. The team were absolutely wonderful and a joy to work with. Amazing advice and support and a real collaborative effort with us. I can't thank them enough for getting us through some really tough times and doing so with an amazing can-do attitude.
  • They are friendly, fast, always available and always on top of the game. I tend to judge my legal team against the other side's legal team and never doubt Mills & Reeve is the better of the two.
  • All interactions have been very clear. Responses to questions have always been very swift and unambiguous. Our company, and my family, have used various services in Mills & Reeve with the same level of satisfaction.
  • I value the fact that Mills & Reeve are recognised as a good place to work in the UK Best Companies survey. This aligns with the values of our business and means that Mills & Reeve can share what is required to achieve this status with our business.

As many clients will testify, too many lawyers deliver the required legal expertise but fail to deliver an outstanding client experience. Which is why we always listen to our clients and constantly ask ourselves what we can do to deliver the results you expect.

You expect a close and attentive working relationship, with a lawyer that is responsive and available when you need them. You also want clear, pragmatic and commercial advice tailored to your needs, and transparency and certainty on costs. We completely agree. That’s why every day, through our culture and approach we are committed to delivering the exceptional results and service our clients expect of us.

Related sectors and services

  • Corporate law
  • Shareholder activism
  • Mergers, acquisitions and disposals
  • Private equity
  • Health and care: M&A and other corporate transactions
  • Health and care
  • Owner managed and family businesses
  • Built environment
  • Social care
  • Health and care - independent sector
  • Private wealth

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