Joe Keay-Smith

Joe Keay-Smith

Senior Associate

Corporate Healthcare Team

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Joe is a senior associate in the Corporate Healthcare team at Acuity Law.

His focus includes acquisitions, mergers and disposals across the healthcare sector, in addition to re-organisation work and investments. However, Joe also works on more general corproate transactions, including investment agreements and corporate restructuring. 

Joe has particular expertise in advising on the sale and purchase of dental practices across England and Wales, having worked extensively with Portman Dental Care. He is experienced in handling high-value matters for both corporate and individual clients.

 

Expertise
  • Acquisitions and disposals
  • Dental business structures and advice
  • Shareholders agreements
  • Investment agreements

Work Highlights

Advising Portman Dental Care on a large number of nationwide acquisitions and disposals.
Advising on a range of acquisitions and disposals of dental practices in excess of £1 million.
Advising on the investment in Avantis Marine by Leon Capital.
Advising the shareholders of Discover Momenta on the sale to Liva Healthcare.
Advising Premier Forest Products on the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Bitus UK.
Advising Michael Graham Young on multiple acquisitions across South Wales.

Accolades

Nominated for Emerging Dealmaker of the Year at the Wales Insider Dealmaker Awards 2025

Wales Insider Dealmaker Awards 2025


The Corporate Healthcare Team is ranked Tier 1 in the Legal 500

Legal 500


The Corporate Healthcare Team is ranked Band 1 by Chambers and Partners

Chambers and Partners


Testimonials

We would like to highlight how impressed we were with Joe Smith and Acuity Law. We found Joe to be friendly, approachable and always available to discuss any concerns. Joe keeps a calm head and gives very reasoned advice, and it was reassuring to have someone like him guiding us through this process. We were very impressed with how swiftly Joe would respond to any emails and calls and always appeared available to help. We would happily recommend Acuity Law and Joe to any colleagues who were looking for a commercial lawyer, and would ourselves use Joe in any future transactions.

Thank you very much for your support, advice and guidance through the process. To say we could not have done it without you is just stating the blindingly obvious. But more than all that, I was grateful for HOW you worked. It is really a pleasure to work with people who retain their senses of both perspective and humour – an unusual combination.

We had the pleasure of working with Joe Smith… of Acuity Law who once again provided a superb service, and we couldn’t be more satisfied with the experience.