Real Estate Investment

We advise on all aspects of healthcare and social infrastructure development work including initial title reviews for potential sites, site acquisitions including property due diligence and the drafting and negotiation of the contracts including exclusivity agreements, option agreements, and overage arrangements.

Our clients are supported by our wider team on planning matters including planning applications and agreements, construction matters such as JCT contracts, works deeds, consultant appointments and warranties, and contractor procurement.

We routinely act for our clients on leases to health and social care providers and to registered providers of social housing. The leases are of sites ranging from residential care homes, to schools, family assessment centres, and specialised supported housing (SSH). We also act on asset management matters relating to our clients’ portfolios such as deeds of variation and side letters.

We advise our health, care and housing clients on the property elements of facilities and refinancings. We work hand-in-hand with our banking and corporate colleagues to provide our clients with a seamless experience.

Having completed the acquisition, development and leasing of our client’s properties, the team advises on the sale of the completed portfolios to investment funds.

We recognise that the groundwork for a straightforward and timely sale is laid early on in the acquisition and post-completion, in the ongoing management of the property and estate. We utilise tried and tested processes and IT solutions to ensure that this is the smoothest possible process for our clients.

Our team of skilled banking and finance specialists have extensive experience advising on a variety of finance, capital markets and security charging transactions. Our market leading lawyers support the real estate, social housing and healthcare sectors.  Whether you need advice on real estate funds, green, social and sustainable finance, social housing finance, capital markets issues, joint ventures or maximising the value of your security we are here to help.

Our dedicated governance team advise on all governance and regulatory issues for housing associations. They regularly advise on corporate structuring arrangements, and the setup of new entities including the registration of new registered providers (RPs).