Hilary D’Cruz
LL.B. (Hons), Solicitor, Corporate Consultant
Corporate and Commercial
hdcruz@ansons.law 0121 716 3700
Practice areas
Hilary as a member of the Ansons corporate team advises business clients on;
- corporate acquisitions and sales;
- corporate reorganisations;
- banking and financial agreements; and
- joint ventures and commercial contracts including international trade agreements, intellectual property, distributorship and terms and conditions.
Key specialisms include:
- sales and acquisitions in the services and manufacturing sectors.
- sales and acquisitions in pharmacy sector; and
Experience
Recent examples of how we have helped our clients include:
- Advised on a multimillion pound disposal in the automotive sector
- Advising a French domiciled company in the acquisition of a significant sanitary ware manufacturing business;
- Advised a pharmacy group with 20 outlets with respect to its refinancing; and
- Advised on at least 30 pharmacy acquisitions/sales over the last 12 months.
Personal
Likes baking cakes and drinking champagne!
What others say
‘ We have worked with Hilary D’Cruz for many years. She is proactive, technically strong and extremely commercial. Always puts her clients first and has, in many cases, secured trusted adviser status.’
Legal 500 UK 2023
‘Hilary D’Cruz has extensive experience in corporate activity and has effectively recruited ant trained an expert team to work alongside her all who subscribe to her ethos of expert client service.’
Legal 500 UK 2022
‘Hilary D’Cruz leads from the front. She is a highly commercial and practical law practitioner who always puts her clients first. She is hugely knowledgeable and a pleasure to work with.’
Legal 500 UK 2022
“Hilary is professional and pragmatic and a highly experienced transactional lawyer in the pharmacy sector. Her approach is commercial, focused and efficient”
Silver Levene Accountants London
“Hilary offers you her wise guidance generously in a timely and thoroughly professional manner to all matters. Her wealth of up to date knowledge and expertise, coupled with extensive experience and numerous connections in the sector, ensures you are receiving the best advice in all matters. Her personal and highly adaptive style means no matter the complexity of your matters, in her you have a partner to champion your case successfully”
Mr and Mrs Williams, owners of M J Williams Limited and Kellaway Pharmacy in Bristol