Mishcon de Reya’s Private Equity team has advised the management team of Care UK on the sale of the business by Bridgepoint. This transaction has seen the establishment of a new operating company set up by Care UK's management and involved over a hundred care homes.
Care UK, a provider of high-quality care for elderly people for over 40 years, offers residential, nursing, day, respite, dementia and end-of-life care to over 8,500 families across England, Wales and Scotland.
The team at Mishcon de Reya was led by Nadim Meer, and comprised lawyers from the firm's Private Equity, Commercial Contracts, Tax, Real Estate, and Employment teams. The team included James Paterson, Lizzie Wilson, Olivia Woodhead, Karine Bashardust from the Private Equity team, and Lewis Cohen and Reema Sharma from the Commercial team.
The deal involved complex property and development work, on which William Chung, Justine Ayto and Ceinwen Hayes supported, with Eve Drysdale, Stephen Elhabbal, and John Skoulding advising on tax matters. Sarah Spurling and Danae Constantine handled financing and banking work, and Margarita Elia and Liz Hunter advised on employment matters.
Nadim Meer, Head of Private Equity at Mishcon de Reya, commented: "We relish a challenge. This deal provided it. It helped that the Care UK management team were fantastic to work with. I'm sure that they will make an even greater success of the Care UK business going forwards."
Andrew Knight, CEO of Care UK said: "This multi-faceted deal was complex from start to finish, requiring an array of legal skills going well beyond the requirements of a classic private equity transaction. The Mishcon team gave our management team an end-to-end service on everything we needed. They were key to delivering the right terms for us as a management team."