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Carl May-Smith

Work Department
Insurance and Public Risk
Position
Carl May-Smith is a partner and barrister specialising in regulatory and criminal law with a particular focus on the health and care sector. He and his team provide a broad variety of advice including on health and care standards (CQC and others), health & safety and fire safety.
His clients include care providers (independent and NHS), investors (in health and care sector businesses or otherwise), companies requiring proactive or regulatory litigation advice and public bodies.
Carl has considerable experience of advising and representing individuals and corporate bodies, whether they are facing regulatory or criminal investigations or proceedings, have been the victims of crime or are involved in such proceedings less directly. At other times he provides proactive advice and training to businesses and others on regulatory matters to help them avoid such issues arising.
For investors, banks and insurers, particularly in the health and care sector, Carl and his team offer specialist due diligence services. He works alongside commercial and corporate colleagues or independently to apply his wealth of experience to help identify existing or potential regulatory risks.
In addition to this work, Carl has advised and represented national and local regulators including the Health and Safety Executive, Care Quality Commission, Natural England, local authorites and fire authorities.
He regularly appears as an advocate in the Magistrates’ and Crown Courts as well as in Tribunals and at inquests.
Career
Carl’s clients include care providers (independent and NHS), investors (in health and care sector businesses or otherwise), companies requiring proactive or regulatory litigation advice and public bodies.
He has considerable experience of advising and representing individuals and corporate bodies, whether they are facing regulatory or criminal investigations or proceedings, have been the victims of crime or are involved in such proceedings less directly. At other times he provides proactive advice and training to businesses and others on regulatory matters to help them avoid such issues arising.
For investors, banks and insurers, particularly in the health and care sector, Carl offers specialist due diligence services, working alongside commercial and corporate colleagues or independently to apply his wealth of experience in helping identify existing or potential regulatory risks.
He has also advised and represented national and local regulators including the Health and Safety Executive, Care Quality Commission, Natural England, local authorities and fire authorities
Prior to joining Carl worked as a Senior Crown Prosecutor (Barrister) with the Crown Prosecution Service, having completed pupillage in 2008. During this time he appeared on a daily basis in the Magistrates’ Courts. He also provided advice to the Police and had a caseload involving a full range of criminal offences including large-scale conspiracies to the supply of drugs and fraud.
Education
- Called to the Bar – 2005
- Bar Vocational Course – BPP Law School – 2005
- LLB (Hons) – King’s College, University of London – 2003
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Commercial property: Nottingham and Derby
- Real estate > Construction
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Nottingham and Derby
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy and projects
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: defendant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing