England - London • Public sector
Addleshaw Goddard
The team at Addleshaw Goddard handles a wide variety of matters, including both commercial transactions and competition issues, as well as disputes. The group frequently advises clients on infrastructure projects and construction issues surrounding the building and redevelopment of hospitals. Michael O’Connor co-heads the practice alongside Louise Dobson; the former primarily assists clients with transactional issues, including procurement projects, and the dissolution and acquisition of trusts, while the latter maintains a disputes-focused practice.
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Testimonials
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- 'They understand our business and actively seek to understand what we want to achieve in any given matter. Sensitive to the commercial and reputational aspects as well as the legal matters.'
Key clients
- University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
- Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust
- Fulcrum Infrastructure Group Limited (FIG) and Fulcrum Infrastructure Management Limited
- Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Cambridge & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
- Bupa Care Homes Mercia Healthcare
- Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Northumbria Healthcare Facilities Management Limited
- Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- North Tees and Hartlepool Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Bradford NHS Foundation Trust
- Royal Free London NHS Trust
- Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- West Sussex Estates Partnership Limited
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Atlas BFW Management Limited
- The Borough Council of Worthing
- West Sussex Estates Partnerships
- St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Work highlights
- Advising STEP Springfield Village, the development partner to South West London and St George's NHS Trust, on the redevelopment of its Springfield hospital site in South West London.
- Advising the developer and Worthing Borough Council on the development of a new state-of-the-art integrated care centre providing community and mental healthcare services under one roof.
- Advising St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust on its acquisition of Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust, where the trusts will become a single NHS Trust.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Michael O'Connor, Louise Dobson