About Summer

Summer Prior is an associate in the global Corporate Practice based in the London office.

Her practice covers UK and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, funding, reorganisations and general corporate advice.

Experience

  • Advising the shareholders of Dolon Ltd, a healthcare pricing and market access consultancy, on the sale to Prescient Healthcare (backed by Bridgepoint Capital) (2026).

  • Advising the shareholders of Uptake, a global healthcare consultancy, on the sale to Prescient Healthcare (backed by Bridgepoint Capital) (2026).

  • Advising the shareholders of Oxford PharmaGenesis, a UK-based health science and medical communications consultancy, on the sale to Klick Health (2026).

  • Advised a strategic buyer in the health and social care sector on the acquisition of a UK healthcare recruitment company (2026).

  • Advising ECI Partners on its acquisition of Shaw Gibbs, a leading UK accountancy and business advisory firm (2026).

  • Advising the shareholders of Burgess Hodgson, a UK accountancy and business advisory firm, on its strategic partnership with and investment by Abry Partners (2025).

  • Advising Unispace on the sale of experiential design studio Downstream and luxury hospitality design firm GA to Elevate Creative (2025).

  • Acting for Intragen (backed by FPE Capital) on its acquisition of AspisID BV (2025).

  • Advising Orbital Internet Group, a Mobeus Equity Partners-backed connectivity provider, on its acquisition of ClubWifi, a specialist internet connectivity provider for holiday parks and marinas (2025).

  • Advising a leading AI cloud infrastructure provider on a cross-border corporate restructuring (2025).

  • Advising the management team of a leading media rights licensing business in connection with its sale to a private equity investor (2025).

  • Advising HC-One and the management shareholders on the sale of HC-One, the UK’s largest care home provider, to Welltower (2025).

  • Advising ECI Partners on its acquisition of Insurance Insider, a leading digital platform providing insights and analysis for the world’s top insurers, distributors and service providers and investors, from Delinian (2024).

  • Advising the management shareholders and NorthEdge Capital on the sale of Helios Global Group, a global healthcare communications business, to Telemos Capital (2024).

  • Acting for MSA Advertising Limited, holding company of i-media, on the sale of the business to Mayfair Equity Partners and the subsequent equity reinvestment (2024).

  • Advising the management team on the management buyout of UK-based technology SME Viper Innovations (2024).

  • Advising ECI Partners on its investment in Commify, Europe’s leading provider of business messaging solutions to local enterprises, in a deal valued at €300 million, from Hg (2023).

  • Advising HC-One on the acquisition of Ideal Carehomes from Warwick Capital Partners and LNT Group (2023).

Credentials

Education
  • BPP Law School, L.P.C., 2020
  • University of Kent, LL.B., 2018
Admissions
  • England and Wales, 2022

Recognitions

  • Named as a Leading Associate in Legal 500 UK 2027 for M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals (£100 million-£750 million).

  • Named as a Key Lawyer in Legal 500 UK 2024 for Fintech: corporate and commercial.

Expertise