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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.

 

 

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Key contacts

Thomas Golding

Thomas Golding
Partner

0345 050 3647

Phil Baigent

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

Who we work with

  • Acacia Care Group
  • Allied Healthcare
  • Alysia Caring Group
  • Anchor Hanover Group
  • Athena Care Homes
  • Bank Leumi (UK) Plc
  • Baycroft Senior Villages
  • Belmont Healthcare
  • Berkley Care Group
  • BKR Care Consultancy
  • CareSolve
  • Clydesdale & Yorkshire Banking Group
  • Country Court Care Group
  • Eastern Counties Care
  • Hallmark Care Homes
  • Hamberley Developments
  • Ideal Carehomes
  • ID Medical Group
  • Kingsley Healthcare
  • Lawrence Baker Group
  • Lloyds Bank
  • LNT Group
  • Marchese Partners UK
  • Maria Mallaband Care Group
  • Oakdale Care Group
  • Only Care Group
  • Sandstone Care
  • Savista Developments Limited
  • Westmoreland Supported Living
Meet the team

Care Lawyers


Phil Baigent

Phil Baigent
Partner

0345 634 9799

James Clamp
Partner

0345 050 3645

Tom Draper

Tom Draper
Partner

0345 404 4171

Thomas Golding

Thomas Golding
Partner

0345 050 3647

Sarah Moore

Sarah Moore
Partner

0345 050 3697

Richard Williams

Richard Williams
Partner

0345 030 5737

Daniel McNally - Compliance and Regulatory Lawyer

Daniel McNally
Managing Associate

0345 030 5728

Chloe Frances
Senior Associate

0345 272 5708

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Sean Hallam
Associate

0345 404 1748

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Testimonials

"Freeths have been advising the Maria Mallaband Group for many years, particularly on the acquisition, development and funding of our new care homes and we’ve found them to be pragmatic, hands-on and focused in getting things done. They are a great team who consistently impress the people we deal with."

(Chris Womack, Business Development Director, MMCG)

"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)

“The firm is adept at complex matters and finding pragmatic solutions. It's a great team with good communication between them.”

(Chambers & Partners, 2024)

“Freeths have a very good knowledge of the sector.”

(Chambers & Partners, 2024)

"Freeths LLP’s team ‘is particularly knowledgeable of the demands and challenges within the healthcare sector’."

(The Legal 500, 2019)

"Freeths provides an ideal balance between City-level professionalism and regional costs and approachability. They have an excellent grasp of the healthcare sector, which allows them to identify key aspects of a transaction that require particular attention."

(The Legal 500, 2021)

"They explain issues very succinctly, are able to communicate with clarity and are very easy to deal with on a day to day basis."

(The Legal 500, 2022)

"The team at Freeths are extremely helpful, knowledgeable and always available to their clients. The team is diverse with the right mix of age, gender and race. Their recent support to client has raised their profile in the sector."

(The Legal 500, 2022)

"They have an excellent understanding of the sector."

(The Legal 500, 2022)

"Client focused, knowledgeable and easy to contact."

(The Legal 500, 2022)

Notable Work
  • Acquisition by Maria Mallaband Care Group of the entire issued share capital of Acer Healthcare; one of the largest private company acquisitions in the sector, with loan funding from US REIT, HCP Inc.
  • The sale of a portfolio of 23 UK wide senior living facilities to US based REIT, HCP Inc for £75.8 million (including leaseback and portfolio securitisation).
  • The corporate sale by LNT Group of the Ideal Carehomes Group (incorporating 25 operating care facilities) for in excess of £100 million to Anchor Trust.
  • Acting for Country Court Care Group on its refinancing of 7 care homes with a UK clearing bank.
  • The entrance to the UK market of a new senior living care village platform funded by a global institutional investor, with an aggregate investment value of c£800 million.
  • Agreement for development and lease of a brand new luxury 64-bed care home by Baycroft Senior Living.
  • Acquisition, funding (including facility agreements), forward development and sale contract for a £9.8 million care home development by Pivotal Care to Target Healthcare REIT.
  • The £15 million development financing of a retirement village utilising a Sharia compliant funding arrangement, using a Murabaha structure.
  • A private equity development funding programme relating to 15 care home constructions over an 8 year period with an equity injection of £50 million.
  • Development funding by Clydesdale/Yorkshire Bank healthcare team for various luxury care home developments totalling circa £50 million.
  • Advising LNT Group, one of the UK’s leading care home developers, on a deal with Oakdale Care Group and Target Healthcare REIT on forward commit contracts for the development and sale of 4 purpose built residential care homes for the elderly.
  • We have also been involved in the following:
    • Guiding a national operator on the revamping of its suite of resident contracts and agreements following the CMA investigation into the care sector;
    • Advising a provider on a CMA investigation and intervention;
    • Assisting various operators with CQC enforcement and tribunal matters (including coroner’s inquests and health & safety investigations);
    • Helping operators with employee immigration compliance (providing visa specialist support, including Tier 2 and 5 licensing assistance)

Client service

‘Doing the right thing’ is at the heart of Freeths. Find out more about our excellent client service and the strong set of values that guide the way we work.

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Freeths are a leading national law firm with 13 offices across the UK. If you have a query about our services or just want to find out more, why not give us a call?

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