Healthcare

Healthcare M&A / Corporate

Advising Mental Health Care (UK) Limited on its acquisition of a portfolio of independent hospitals and care homes from Regency Hospitals Limited and on its acquisition of Young Foundations Limited, the mental health care home provider.

Providing legal support to many aspects of Oasis Healthcare's (now BUPA Dental) business. Our work has included advising on the acquisition of the Den Dental Group and Total Orthodontics. We have also advised on PDS and GDS contracts between Oasis and the NHS Commissioning Board.

Advising Optegra Eye Healthcare, a leading international provider of ophthalmology services, in relation to its acquisition of Arnott Eye Associates, a renowned Harley Street practice.

Advising JLT, one of the world's leading providers of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and associated services, on its acquisition of Chartwell Healthcare Ltd, the private medical insurance broker serving UK SME clients.

Advising Bridges Fund Management on a £6 million investment into New Reflexions, a specialist children’s residential provider operating seventeen homes, to support its expansion.

Advising the founders of Nanopharm, a specialist respiratory drug delivery consultancy business, on its strategic acquisition by AptarGroup.

Advising the shareholders of domiciliary care home provider Corinium Care on its sale to a private equity backed national domiciliary and live-in care provider.

Advising an investor client on a project to aggregate and consolidate specialist care businesses, including the equity arrangements in the acquisition vehicle and transactional advice on the acquisitions by share purchase.

Advising oncology drug discovery accelerator, Cumulus Oncology Limited, on fundraises of £1.7 million and c. £4.1 million.

Advising on the sale of Ludlow Street Healthcare Group, a best-in-class provider of specialist care, education and treatment services to individuals with complex mental health needs, to Holmleigh Care Group.

Advising digital health platform Albert Health on a $1 million seed investment, led by Sabanci Ventures, with participation from Teknoloji Yatirim A.S., AK Portföy and EGÌAD Melekleri.

Advising Cytomos Limited, an Edinburgh-based life science company, on its £1.6m funding, led by Archangels with participation from Scottish Enterprise and Old College Capital.

Advising a property owning company on the disposal of its UK wide portfolio of closed and operational residential care homes.

Healthcare contracts and procurement

Advising the University of Oxford in relation to its joint venture partnership with the US-based Mayo Clinic and Oxford University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, to form a strategic relationship to drive advances in medical research, education and patient care.

Advising Virgin Care, a leading independent provider of over 230 free NHS and social care services across the UK, in relation to procurement and contract matters.

Advising the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and its UK’s Vaccines Taskforce on a series of crucial projects relating to the manufacturing of vaccines and antibodies in response to COVID-19.

Advising Cobalt Health, a leading provider of PET/CT scanning services, on its service agreements and lease arrangements with NHS and third party providers. Our work has included advising on its contractual arrangements with an NHS Trust and in support of its tender to be appointed on a new NHS England Framework Agreement.

Advising Tascor Services on its successful tenders to provide non-emergency patient transport services to local authorities across the UK.

Healthcare dispute resolution

Representing leading independent healthcare providers on procurement and commercial disputes including representation in High Court Proceedings and alternative dispute resolution.

Healthcare finance

Representing central government on complex commercial and dispute matters. Advising HSBC Bank and Bank Leumi (UK) on a £125 million revolving credit facility to Audley Group, the leading provider of retirement living homes to refinance existing facilities with AIG, Bank Leumi and Coutts and to fund existing and future developments of Audley Group's retirement villages.

Advising NatWest on the provision of £6 million facilities for the acquisition and consolidation of 4 care homes.
Advising on two facilities for a combined amount of £16 million for the construction of two specialist care homes in the North West of England.

Advising an alternative lender on the provision of £9 million facilities to a UK healthcare group on the development and operation of care homes.

Acting on a £22 million revolving credit facility for a leading national care home operator.

Advising a leading clearing bank on the acquisition and ongoing credit support for a specialist adult services business.

Acting for Bank Leumi in respect of real estate finance facilities of £5 million for the development of a care home in the North East of England.

Advising a leading pharmaceutical distributor on a £95million securitisation.

Healthcare real estate

Advising Somerset Care in relation to its portfolio of care homes. Our work includes the acquisition of existing care home businesses, acquiring development sites and the development of new care homes, negotiating new leases of care homes from Councils and private landlords and working with the company to develop its extra care apartment offering.

Advising a care home property owning company on its UK wide portfolio of 74 care homes including the disposal of closed and operational residential care homes.

Advising Cobalt Health, a leading provider of medical imaging services, on its estates and commercial arrangements for the installation of a mobile MRI and research facility at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

Advising US listed STERIS (a leading provider of infection prevention and other procedural products and services) in relation to its leasing arrangements with various NHS Trusts to facilitate the delivery of sterilisation services.