Hazlewoods has been named a finalist in the ‘Corporate Financier of the Year’ category at the HealthInvestor Awards for 2026.
The sector-specialist corporate finance advisers in our dedicated Healthcare team work exclusively with operators and investors across the full spectrum of the evolving health and social care space.
From single-home operators through to large, complex corporate groups, our work spans elderly care, children’s services, supported living, domiciliary care, SEND, fostering, dentistry, pharmacy, and health tech.
Providing an end-to-end service across growth funding, acquisitions, financial and tax due diligence, exit planning, and sale, it’s been a significant year of M&A activity for our Corporate Finance team, who supported 142 completed transactions in 2025 worth a combined value of over £1.3 billion.
80 of these deals – including financing/refinancing, acquisitions, and disposals – were in the health and social care space, a 23% uplift on 2024 deal activity, totalling more than £744 million.
The success was solidified in Experian MarketIQ’s M&A Report for 2025, where Hazlewoods were named the fourth most active UK financial adviser based on deal volume, with Top 3, 5 and 10 rankings reflected across the nation.
Richard Dade, Hazlewoods Partner, commented: “This recognition demonstrates more than a year of strong deal activity – it captures the trust operators and investors place in us.
The health and social care sector is challenging and constantly evolving, which is why it demands specialist insight, speed, and clarity, and that’s where our team excels.
We’re committed to helping clients navigate a market that’s becoming more complex and more competitive, but with plenty of opportunity ahead in 2026 and beyond.”