Our specialist team of pharmacy solicitors, made up of corporate, commercial property, employment and commercial litigation solicitors, is one of the leading providers of specialist legal advice to the owners and managers of pharmacy businesses across the North of England.

Our pharmacy solicitors act for a range of clients from individuals who own and operate community pharmacy businesses as sole traders to larger groups of companies owning 10 or more pharmacies. Our experience in the sector enables us to understand the issues affecting pharmacy businesses and to deliver legal advice which is focused and cost-effective.

Our pharmacy lawyers' involvement with the acquisition and sale of pharmacies has resulted in legal advice on over 50 transactions with values between £80,000 and £18 million recently.

In addition to our specialist legal knowledge, our pharmacy lawyers have developed key contacts with the  leading agents in the sector and have also produced legal articles for Chemist + Druggist and Pharmacy Today magazines.

Our pharmacy solicitors provide a wide range of legal services to the pharmacy sector including:

• Buying and selling pharmacies
• Joint ventures between pharmacies and GPs
• Pharmacy applications
• Employment rights of individual pharmacists
• Drafting employment contracts and employment procedures for pharmacies
• Leasing, sale and purchase of pharmacy properties including combined health centres
• Commercial agreements and intellectual property for pharmacies

If you would like to know more, please contact one of our specialist pharmacy solicitors: Christian Peace who heads the pharmacy team, for corporate matters, Sarah Temple for property issues, Farha Leadbetter for employment advice and Ann Marie Cousins for regulatory matters.