Phil Baigent
Partner & Joint Head of Care | Leicester
"Phil Baigent: Very good corporate lawyer and great with detail."
The Legal 500, 2024
Call: 0345 634 9799 Mobile: 0781 388 0806
About Phil
Phil is joint head of the Freeths’ Care Team. A corporate lawyer by trade, Phil has over 20 years’ experience advising on the full breadthe of corporate transactions and has specialised in private healthcare transactions for over 10 years. Phil counts amongst his clients many of the UK’s leading social care operators, developers and funders.
Phil regularly advises on high value and complex transactional matters and has substantial experience of deals involving UK and overseas REITs, specialist healthcare funds, pension funds and family office investors.
Phil is ranked as a Leading Individual in Chambers (2020 edition).
Phil is listed as a Recommended Lawyer and recognised as a Leading Partner in The Legal 500 (2025 edition) in Corporate and Commercial Law.
Contact Phil
Call: 0345 634 9799
Mobile: 0781 388 0806
Notable work & expertise
Phil is well known for his work in the private healthcare sector, having built up an impressive array of clients including operators, investors and funders. He is a constituent part of our Healthcare Team and has been instrumental in establishing Freeths as a key adviser in the sector. Phil is one of the few corporate lawyers in the UK who advises on transactions in the sector involving US REITs.
Recent Work
- Acting for a large private care home operator on the corporate aspects of its sale of a portfolio of 23 UK-wide residential and nursing care properties. The sale was to a US REIT for a £75.8 million sale and leaseback arrangement
- Acting for a large private care home operator on the share acquisition of a corporate group, owning and operating a portfolio of 7 care home facilities in the South East of England. This was for a consideration in excess of £100 million
- Advising Countrywide Care Homes on its acquisition of 33 care homes in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from beleaguered care home operator, Southern Cross
Recent work
- Advising the shareholders of The TEW Group on the multi-million pound sale of their shares to LB Foster Rail Technologies (UK) Limited – The UK and European operation of L.B. Foster Rail Technologies, Inc
- Advising The Alumasc Group Plc, a FTSE listed company, on its committed borrowing facilities of £20 million from Barclays Bank Plc and HSBC Bank Plc
- Advising Countrywide Care Homes on its acquisition of 33 care homes in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland from beleaguered care home operator, Southern Cross
Testimonials
MS
“Phil’s advice is reliable, pragmatic and above all commercial and he has an excellent ability to quickly focus and deal with the key issues.”
Mike Spencer
Managing Director, TEW Group
JR
“Phil is a great commercial and banking lawyer with whom I am delighted to work.”
John Ramsay
Relationship Director (Education), Santander Corporate Banking
DFULtTMS
“A great all round service. First class. More of the same please.”
Dollar Financial UK Limited t/a The Money Shop
“Phil Baigent makes you feel reassured when dealing with any of the challenges we face.”
The Legal 500
2022
“Phil Baigent is very calm and collected. Focuses on getting the deal done.”
The Legal 500
2022
“Phil Baigent (Leicester) / Thomas Golding (Nottingham) / Richard Williams and Helen Jones (London) have worked together on a recent transaction in...
Chambers & Partners
2019
“Phil Baigent receives praise for his expertise in the healthcare sector and counts a number of the most prominent funders and operators in the sec...
Chambers & Partners
2017
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