Healthcare - specialist advice for the Care Home sector
The Care Home sector has seen enormous growth in recent years and hardly a week goes by without news of another deal completing. The UK’s ageing population, the previously fragmented nature of the sector and the strong domestic earnings generated within it have all helped fuel this growth, and continue to make the sector attractive to operators, investors and lenders alike.
But with this growth has come more regulation, and many businesses are now struggling to cope with the burden of an ever increasing regulatory regime. Our job as professional advisors is to bring together operational and regulatory expertise to help shoulder that burden for our clients.
Working with you
Druces has a wealth of specialist expertise in this highly regulated industry. As importantly, we set store by the provision of genuinely responsive, cost effective and practical advice. Our services are Principal led, and we all invest time in understanding every individual clients business and its issues.
Unusually for a smaller firm, we commission regular objective reviews with our clients to find out how well we are meeting their expectations. We are committed to acting on the findings from these reviews to ensure that we continue to set the standards in client care, not merely meet them.
Our experience
We act for banks and other lenders, as well as many operators, owners and investors within the Care Home sector. In particular we advise on a large number of matters in connection with the acquisition and disposal of care home businesses and interests.
Our Commercial Property Group also act, among others, for many leading property investors and developers, and we believe it is vital to recognise that transactions associated with regulated businesses are not pure commercial property transactions. An enhanced level of due diligence and regulatory knowledge is always required and we believe that it is vital to have professional advisers who understand the workings of your business and the problems that you may face on a day to day basis.
We can offer advice and representation on all aspects of operating in the sector, from the initial registration process, through to dealing with local authorities and regulatory bodies on an ongoing basis.
Where required we can call upon an extensive network of professional contacts and can provide an experienced and seamless service to our clients.
We offer a complete range of services that includes advice on:
- Establishment of companies, limited liability partnerships and joint ventures;
- Tax planning;
- Corporate transactions including share and asset acquisitions and disposals;
- Commercial agreements and contracts with suppliers;
- All aspects of commercial property;
- Corporate reorganisations and restructuring;
- Employment advice, including immigration and work permits;
- The registration process and other regulatory matters;
- Dispute resolution in relation to all aspects of business in the Care Home sector, including debt recovery.
Fees and charging
As a specialist firm Druces does not carry the same level of overhead as many larger London firms, and this is reflected in our charging structures, which are both competitive and transparent. We are flexible in the way we charge and are often happy to work to pre agreed fixed fees on particular transactions.
Contact
For more information on what we can do for you, please contact Christopher Axford (tel: 020 7638 9271 or by email on c.axford@druces.com). We welcome enquiries from all those associated with the Care Home sector and do not charge for initial phone calls.