Healthcare services

We work with a wide range of health and social care providers across the UK as well as the investors and lenders that support them.

Our clients include hospital and care home operators, providers of home care, supported living and learning disability services, diagnostics companies and other healthcare providers. We also act for developers, lenders, private equity and other investors in the sector.

Our advice covers the full range of legal services, including: mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and minority investments; management buy-outs and private equity and venture capital investments; commercial, intellectual property and IT agreements; public procurement and tendering for public sector contracts; property acquisitions and disposals, landlord and tenant advice (including in relation to social housing), construction and planning matters; acquisition and property finance; restructuring and insolvency advice; employment (including immigration) matters; management incentives and tax advice; data protection; CQC and medical device regulation, and other complex regulatory and compliance issues; cases before the Court of Protection; property litigation; and other dispute resolution.

We are committed to providing a responsive service, which takes into account the political sensitivities, financial constraints and regulatory controls that affect the day-to-day work of our clients and that recognises the vulnerability of patients and other service users.

Our health & social care experience

• Advising a private hospital on medical waste compliance issues and regulatory investigations into the disposal of medical waste.
• Advising a multi-practice healthcare group on its group structure, equity investments and expansion strategy.
• Acting for a number of GP surgeries in connection with the construction of new surgeries or extensions and ongoing lettings to complementary medical services and pharmacies.
• Advising on bids for, and carrying out legal due diligence in relation to, UK social care businesses in auction processes.