With my husband Ewen Campbell, I have worked at Eustace & Partners since 1988. During that time we had raised two children and developed a successful business that we remain very proud of.
We had received numerous unsolicited private approaches to buy the dental practice. However, we decided at an early stage that we wanted to appoint a dental broker who we truly believed we could trust, who understood us, who understand the dynamics of our business, who could take the practice to the entire market and negotiate through to completion on our behalf.
After completing our own due diligence, we appointed Lily Head Dental Practice Sales simply because Lily and James Head came closest to meeting our criteria.
We had an outstanding level of interest when the practice went to market. This is obviously a good problem to have and meant that Lily and James had the job of qualifying the buyers and presenting the various options and proposals.
Lily did this concisely which made it simpler for us to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each offer. We had a mix of private and corporate interest. The thing that stood out to me immediately was a high street brand had offered us 35% more than they had done previously, now the sale was being managed by Lily Head Dental Practice Sales. Even so, we felt their revised offer was based on what they felt they might have to pay, and not on what they wanted to pay. We always wanted to work with a willing buyer.
To summarise, Ewen and I sold to Portman Dental Care who were represented by Gary Chapman. We and our team are very pleased with the new arrangements and are looking forward to working together with Portman.
At completion we were in no doubt that Lily Head Dental Practice Sales was the business we always expected it to be and we have no hesitation in recommending them to any colleagues who are considering selling or buying a dental practice.
Vivien Campbell
Eustace & Partners 2018
Tim Whittingdale
Alveston House Dental Practice
A big thankyou to Lily!
Lily was a major catalyst in the recent purchase of my practice and was great at sorting things out to get the deal done! Without her help there was no way the deal would have been concluded Shes always there for help/advice and a pleasure to talk to. Her professionalisn is second to none. Shes never too busy to talk to you and chase things up when required! I would like to thank her for her kindness and for all she has done for me. I couldnt recommend anyone better than Lily at her job!!
Dr Dipen Patel
April 2011
I have worked with Lily, Helen and the team on a number of transactions over the years both on behalf of the sellers and buyers. As a solicitor in the sale process I have a different perspective to dentists who are themselves selling and buying. My role is to co-ordinate a number of different processes and individuals to conclude the transaction as quickly as possible and in a fully professional manner. Lily and Helen with whom I normally deal have always been very proactive in working towards this goal. They facilitate negotiations between the parties and their advisors that cannot be undertaken by the solicitor because of his professional role on behalf of one or other of the parties. To that extent they provide a vital link to assist transactions that have stalled and help them over the line. It is always a pleasure doing business with the Lily Head sales team.
Mark Santa-Olalla
Gordons Law
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