Phil Baigent > Freeths LLP > Nottingham, England > Lawyer Profile

Freeths LLP
CUMBERLAND COURT
80 MOUNT STREET
NOTTINGHAM
NG1 6HH
England

Work Department

Corporate finance and banking.

Position

Member

Career

Phil is a highly regarded and well respected corporate lawyer who specialises in corporate transactions. He has over 20 years experience advising sellers and buyers (both corporates and individuals), investors, funders and management teams on the full breadth of corporate transactions. This has included both SMEs and the mid-market arena. Phil has a particular expertise in private healthcare; acting for a number of the UK’s leading operators, investors and funders in the sector.

Trained Harvey Ingram Owston; qualified 1997; Harvey Ingram Owston 1995-99; Freeths LLP 2000, partner 2004.

Education

Leeds University (LLB (Hons)); College of Law, Chester (Diploma in Legal Practice, commendation).

Leisure

Football (playing and supporting Leicester City FC); snowboarding, fitness.

Lawyer Rankings

East Midlands > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands

(Leading partners)

Phil Baigent  – Freeths LLP

Lauded by clients for its ‘depth of knowledge in the healthcare sector’, Freeths LLP is well-equipped to assist clients on the corporate aspects of sale and leaseback transactions. The ‘efficient and helpful’ team is also knowledgeable of corporate restructuring and financing, property acquisitions and disposals, as well as share purchase agreements. Based in Leicester, Phil Baigent co-leads the team with the ‘excellent’ Thomas Golding, who works out of Nottingham. Baigent has over two decades of experience in advising both banks, buyers, REITs, and sellers operating in the healthcare sector.