Thomas Golding
Partner & Joint Head of Health & Social Care
"As a longstanding adviser to the LNT Group, Thomas leads the team providing our real estate legal services - and can be relied upon to provide a prompt, first class service and reacts quickly to our requirements. Thomas is pragmatic and approachable, and understands our needs."
Philip Raven, Director, LNT Group
Call: 0345 050 3647 Mobile: 0797 953 7087
About Thomas
A partner and joint head of Freeths’ Health & Social Care department, Thomas advises businesses and individuals on a variety of matters in the corporate care sector and beyond. These transactions include acquisitions and disposals, refinancing’s and property development.
Thomas has around 20 years’ experience of working in the private health and social care sector – specialising in acting on acquisitions, funding and disposals (including sale and leaseback) of care business, facilities and properties. Thomas’ expertise includes acting on care home development matters . This includes deals involving conditional purchase contracts, option agreements, sub-sale transactions and portfolio acquisitions. Thomas has acted on some of the largest corporate/real estate matters in the private care sector over the last decade.
Thomas has extensive experience of property aspects of corporate transactions and has led the property side of multiple share and business sale transactions. Thomas is also experienced in real estate and development finance matters.
Thomas is listed as a Leading Individual in Chambers & Partners (2026 edition).
Contact Thomas
Call: 0345 050 3647
Mobile: 0797 953 7087
Notable work & expertise
Cases
- Advising on the acquisition and funding of over 100 sites for redevelopment, as large residential care homes, with a developed value of over £400 million and the sale of many of these to institutional and operator purchasers.
- Acting for the seller / tenant on the sale and leaseback of six new build residential care homes for a combined value of £30 million to an institutional fund (including negotiation of institutional 35 year lease).
- Led the property aspects of a £100 million+ refinancing and restructuring of national care home group, as part of a wider banking and corporate team.
- Acting on the property aspects of a £51 million institutional debt refinancing transaction for care home operator and developer.
Testimonials
"Thomas Golding is an excellent leader."
The Legal 500, 2025
"Thomas is an expert in his field and excellent to have on board through acquisitions. He provides comfort that deals are well taken care of. It is...
Chambers & Partners, 2025
"Thomas is responsive, efficient and available."
Chambers & Partners, 2025
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