Oliver Pool > VWV > Bristol, England > Lawyer Profile
VWV Offices
NARROW QUAY HOUSE, NARROW QUAY
BRISTOL
BS1 4QA
England
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Oliver Pool
Work Department
Health
Position
Partner
Career
Oliver is a commercial and partnerships specialist who spends most of his time advising GP practices. He can help with all aspects of the partnership relationship, from putting in place your GP partnership deed, to advising you on its terms, to dealing with disputes between partners.
He also advises on joint venture arrangements between practices, federations, co-operatives, clusters and has dealt with 35 mergers of GP practices in the past few years. Oliver can also advice on the terms of NHS contracts. Oliver has been acting for GPs practices for over 11 years and has been involved in drawing up or amending over 200 GP partnership deeds.
Meeting Your Needs
Like all of the VWV Primary Healthcare team, Oliver keeps up to date with the GP profession and is an avid reader of GP trade mags such as Pulse and GP News. Oliver keeps abreast of developments in the sector and writes and lectures frequently on legal issues affecting doctors and dentists.
What Others Say
‘”An expert in advising GPs on a wide range of matters, including partnership deeds, joint ventures between practices and partner disputes.” – Chambers & Partners
“He’s a really impressive practitioner” and “a great asset to the firm” who “talks our language and ensures the right chemistry with the client.” – Chambers & Partners
“Oliver is approachable, knowledgeable, fair, confident and helpful (…). He is just wonderful to work with.” – Chambers & Partners
“A pleasure to work with.” – Legal 500
“Oliver Pool is very committed, always accessible and makes a difficult situation better and manageable and is steering us through very effectively. He is definetely on our Christmas card list this year.” – Kate Francis, Air Balloon Surgery
Memberships
Oliver is the only solicitor sitting on the healthcare committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Public sector > Health
(Leading individuals)VWV‘s longstanding history of acting for GP practices has seen the practice handle matters such as mergers, partnership agreements, and the formation of GP federations and primary care networks. Bristol-based team head Ben Willis, who serves as chair of the National Association of Solicitors Specialising in Acting for Doctors, regularly handles property matters for GP partnerships and medical practices. His colleague Oliver Pool handles the practice’s partnership work, as well as advising on a growing number of super partnership matters. Gemma Pouncy contributes additional expertise in healthcare property matters. All named lawyers are based in Bristol.
London > Corporate and commercial > Partnership
Heading up the ‘very knowledgeable’ partnership practice at VWV in Bristol is the ‘class act’ Jos Moule, who another client noted as the ‘go-to expert on partnership law’. Also a member of the APP, Moule often acts for GPs, vets, accountants and solicitors as well as trading and investment partnerships in both contentious and non-contentious matters. Ben Willis leads the healthcare team. He is a specialist in the funding and development of partnership property for clients in the healthcare industry. Described as ‘one of the very best in healthcare partnership disputes’ Oliver Pool handles partnership agreements and is active in developing new super partnership models. Litigating partnership disputes is the ‘terrific’ Nick Martindale who displays a ‘practical and commercial approach’.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education