Law firm Mills & Reeve has appointed Dan Braithwaite as a principal associate in its health and social care mergers and acquisitions practice.

He will work closely with health and care M&A lead partner Julian Smith, Natalie Wade and Paul Krivosic on the team’s work with clients embarking on major corporate projects, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and shareholder collaborations in the health and care sector.

Braithwaite previously worked in Pinsent Mason’s healthcare sector for more than 11 years, and he also had four years’ experience working in the in-house legal teams at Craegmoor and the Priory Group. He has been involved in many transactions involving major providers of adult residential care, children’s care and education, fostering services, learning disability services, social housing, mental health, fertility services and life sciences.

Smith said: “Dan is a great addition to our team and brings exceptional sector and deal know-how to our healthcare mergers and acquisitions practice. Our clients will benefit greatly from this recruitment, and we look forward to working closely with Dan on a range of future projects.”

Braithwaite commented: “I’m excited to have joined the firm and to be working with the fantastic and passionate health and social care experts that the team at Mills & Reeve boast. The breadth and depth of health and social care expertise in this firm is really impressive and hopefully I can contribute to the growth and success of this great national practice.”