Louise specialises in commercial law, with a particular focus on commercial arrangements, projects, and transactions.

She has over eight years of experience advising clients in the health and social care sector. Her key clients include NHS commissioners and providers, digital health and MedTech companies, and independent healthcare providers.

Louise advises clients on a range of matters, including framework (and call-off) arrangements, outsourcing agreements, and public/private sector collaborations. She also has experience advising clients on major transactions and projects, from the due diligence stage to drafting and negotiating transactional documents.

Louise has also obtained the benefit of in-house experience, having been seconded to an NHS foundation trust and two private healthcare providers. Prior to joining DAC Beachcroft, she worked as legal counsel for a global outsourcing provider and an IT services provider.   

Relevant experience includes advising:

• On a joint instruction basis, for four trusts (NHS foundation trusts and NHS trusts) in relation to the procurement of a Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Louise was a key part of the team for this collaborative procurement, working with and co-ordinating advice from a team of lawyers advising on all aspects of the project, from commercial, employment, and property aspects as well as helping the clients with project management aspects required by the collaboration.
• A MedTech provider in connection with a number of framework agreements for the supply of products and services
• A Foundation Trust in relation to an agreement with a public sector entity for the provision of COVID-19 testing and training services. Louise also advised on and negotiated various sub-contracts between the Foundation Trust and its key sub-contractors in relation to the services.
• A Foundation Trust on the commercial and regulatory due diligence relating to an acquisition of an NHS Trust, including the transfer of commercial contracts
• A private healthcare provider in relation to its agreement with a leading manufacturer for the supply and management of medical imaging equipment