Home About us Careers News Insights Offices People Services Sectors Locations STEPHENSON HARWOOD Home Sectors Healthcare Related Services Related Locations Awards Healthcare Stephenson Harwood has a dedicated cross departmental healthcare team with members across its network of offices in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The team has significant experience of advising both public sector and private sector healthcare organisations and investors into the space including banks, venture capital, private equity and family offices. Profile Experience Key contacts Its private healthcare team has advised numerous operators in the sector in Europe, Asia and the Middle East including private hospitals, care homes providers (including those providing care for the elderly, those with learning difficulties and those with mental illnesses) and retirement village operators. The team has also advised banks and investors in the space. The public sector team advises on standalone public sector transactions, transactions between the public sector and the private sector and also assists the private healthcare team on transactions where the NHS experience is of great assistance. Members of the public sector team have been involved in healthcare projects for over 25 years. The team worked on the first "unconventional finance" projects whose genesis was the sale by the NHS of surplus land assets following the closure of large psychiatric hospitals. These projects were a forerunner to PFI projects and private patient units ("PPUs"). The work has included acting for the relevant NHS bodies as well as for private sector providers and funders. The healthcare and commercial issues for PPU and PFI projects have largely remained unchanged since the earliest projects such as the BMI Bishops Wood Hospital that is within Mount Vernon Hospital. It was at Mount Vernon that our team members put together the contractual structure that has effectively been used ever since. This structure has survived the test of time and is now standard market practice. Our cross departmental team spans across a wide range of practice areas and has lawyers who can advise on all aspects of a healthcare transaction including corporate M&A, capital markets, real estate, commercial contracts, finance, competition, regulatory, IP, pensions and employment. "They take the time to understand us and base their advice very much on our objectives… They're a bit like an extension of us.” Client Feedback Report 2015 Previous 1 2 3 4 Next LATEST NEWS & INSIGHTS 08 Jun 2021 FROM NEWS Stephenson Harwood advises Apposite Capital on Emblation investment Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised healthcare investor Apposite Capital on its investment in medical device company, Emblation. More 19 May 2021 FROM NEWS Stephenson Harwood advises e-therapeutics plc on £22.5 million fundraise Law firm Stephenson Harwood LLP has advised e-therapeutics plc on a fundraise of £22.5 million. More USEFUL LINKS Home About us People Services Sectors Locations News Insights Offices OTHER LINKS Terms and conditions Accessibility Sitemap Legal notices Modern Slavery Act 2015 Privacy policies CONNECT WITH US Twitter LinkedIn STEPHENSON HARWOOD © Stephenson Harwood LLP 2021 This site uses cookies to store information on your computer. Some of these cookies are essential, while other optional cookies help us to analyse use of the site and improve your experience. We won't set optional cookies unless you enable them. You can change your mind at any time by using our cookie tool, which will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences. Accept allReject allMore info