Care

Who we are

Whether you’re a care operator, investor or developer, legal advice that saves you time and money allows you to focus on what you do best. Our team of cross-disciplinary lawyers are market-leading specialists in the private care sector.

With unrivalled experience and expertise in the sector, we are at the forefront of legal developments within the care space and understand the challenges imposed by change in regulation, financial markets and attitude to funding.

We are entrenched in the sector and have strong long-standing relationships with key personalities and organisations within it. We know what you need to know.

Our dedicated Partners leading each matter are ‘hands on’ and live to the nuances of the sector. We are one of only a handful of UK firms to have acted on international REIT care investment transactions.

Key contacts

Thomas Golding
Partner

0345 050 3647

Phil Baigent
Partner

0345 634 9799

Why choose Freeths Care?

• Our expert knowledge of the regulatory regime enables us to give advice which is relevant to you;
• We advise on all matters in the sector – including regulatory, real estate, corporate, banking, employment and disputes;
• We act on all transactions and matters including:
  • Advice from our experienced specialist GDPR, e-Privacy and Cyber law lawyers including Data audits/GDPR compliance projects, data policies and procedures, data breach handling/reporting, data subject rights request handling and drafting and negotiating data sharing and processing agreements;
  • corporate acquisitions and disposals;
  • refinancing & restructuring;
  • institutional sale & leasebacks;
  • property development and construction;
  • planning appraisals and obtaining planning permissions;
  • criminal investigations and regulatory proceedings that are brought by the CQC. This includes appeals to the First Tier Tribunal
  • specialised domestic and international REIT work (including dealing with US style ‘triple net’ leases and framework agreements);
  • credit control services;
  • commercial dispute matters – including professional negligence claims, breach of contract, insurance claims, shareholder disputes and debt recovery;
  • insolvency matters – including claims by an Insolvency Practitioner against a director or third party
  • advice from our specialist employment and immigration teams to support your recruitment and HR needs
• You can trust us to advise on high profile claims, high value transactions and complex regulatory matters;
• Partner led relationships and service delivery;
• We act for clients in a collaborative, positive and result-focused manner. We do not point-score