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Giles Gillingham is the head of our Care Providers Legal Team.
You expose your business to significant risk if in the increasingly highly regulated care sector you buy or operate a care business without specialist legal advice.
As care sector specialists we can identify and address issues others are likely to overlook, giving you peace of mind that your affairs are in the best hands.
We have many years experience of working with care providers across the sector, including care homes for the elderly, nursing homes, children's homes, learning disabled homes, rehabilitation units, home care and childrens nurseries.
Much of the work we do involves the sale or purchase of Care Homes and other care businesses, advice on employment issues, commercial refinancing and planning issues.
We also advise on regulatory matters including registration and compliance issues, Social Care Law and Regulations, and Care Standards Tribunal proceedings.
Whether you are a large group or owner/manager of a single unit our services are geared specifically to the needs of your business.
These are some of the areas where we can help you:
Company/Commercial
- Care Home/Business sales and purchases (shares/asset)
- Management agreements
- Residents' agreements
- Contracts with suppliers and other commercial agreements
- Business structure and shareholder/partnership agreements
- Retirement/exit strategies
- Corporate refinancing
Registration/Regulation
- Applications for registration
- Regulatory matters and compliance
- CQC Reports
- Protection of vulnerable adults/children cases
- Multi-agency investigations
- Representation at the Care Standards Tribunal
Property
- Acquisitions and disposals (freehold or leasehold)
- New-build projects and development sales
- Leases and sale and leaseback
- VAT implications of property transactions
- Commercial mortgages
- Planning law issues
Employment Law
- Drafting Standard Terms of Employment
- Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE) Regulations
- Health and Safety at Work issues
- Redundancy and unfair dismissal
- Compromise Agreements
