England - East Midlands • Corporate and commercial
Freeths LLP
Distinguished for its healthcare and care sector-focused offering, Freeths LLP‘s practice is headed by corporate partners Thomas Golding in Nottingham and Phil Baigent in Leicester. Baigent has over 20 years of experience advising sellers and buyers, banks, REITs, mid-market SMEs and management teams in the care sector.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Very knowledgeable in the care sector. Approachable. Good value. Provide real solutions to issues that are both pragmatic and realistic. As a team, well rounded and experienced.’
'Phil Baigent: Very good corporate lawyer and great with detail.'
Key clients
- Anchor Hanover Group
- Boutique Care Homes
- LNT Group
- Country Court Care Group
- Shawbrook Bank Limited
- Optimo Care Group Limited
- Maria Mallaband Care Group
- Lawrence Baker Group
- Sandstone Care Group
- Belmont Healthcare Group
Work highlights
- Advised Optimo Care Group (via its subsidiary, Optimo (SL Holdco)) in relation to the acquisition of the entire issue share capital of My Life Choice.
- Advising on a new investment framework with Impact Healthcare REIT for a portfolio of care homes, involving the sale and leaseback of one asset via a corporate sale of the ‘propco’ and acquisition of another.
- Acted for one of the largest UK care home developers on the nine-figure sale of eight development sites with the benefit of planning permission for the construction of a care home on each site.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Thomas Golding, Phil Baigent