Jo is a commercial property lawyer with over 20 years of experience specialising in real estate finance, the healthcare sector and social housing. She has extensive knowledge in acting for both landlord and tenants as well as the specialised area of acting for care providers in acquiring and disposing of care homes, while also representing specialised banking teams in this sector.
Jo has led multi-discipline teams and advised on the acquisition and development of GP surgeries, aiding GP groups in the creation of modern healthcare hubs suited for today’s healthcare needs. She has also acted for Registered Providers in the acquisition and investment structure of their property stock.
Expertise
- Healthcare
- Real estate finance
- Care and nursing homes
- Acquisition
- Disposition
- Leasehold investments
- Social housing
Experience
Real Estate Finance
- Acted for a Bank in £20m+ lending to a national fund for the acquisition of several leisure sites across the country. In addition to a further refinance of £20m a year later.
- Worked on the property aspects of equity finance deal on behalf of a national gym chain dealing with 200+ properties within the deal, with two City firms handling the corporate elements.
- Represented a bank in £15m development funding for a mixed site for residential care and assisted living
- Acted for a bank in the first development of GP super surgery in the UK to involve part NHS loan for such development.
- Acted for a bank in development finance to a national church for construction of mixed-use premises for worship and wider community needs.
Healthcare
- Advised on the acquisition of a 50-bed care home with additional assisted-living use with finance for a care charity.
- Advised on the acquisition and development of over 5 super surgery sites around the country with pre-lets to GP practices, pharmacies and other health providers.
- Acted on the acquisition of a £10m care facility offering care home and medical facilities including subsequent re-finance and ultimate sale.
- Advised on the acquisition of numerous sites for development of adult assisted living accommodation with pre-let to housing association and forward funding arrangements.
- Advised on the sale of multi-surgery sites to investors including several surgeries, pharmacy and additional health care providers.
General
- Acted for a PLC in a £90m funding arrangement with the local authority for the provisions of assisted and social housing requirements for the authority.
- Acted for a PLC in property aspects of Home Office immigration provisions including rollout of over 1,000 individual units and larger immigration centres.
- Acted for a PLC housing association in the acquisition, lease and leaseback arrangement with national fund and local authority pension funds.
- Acted for Gloucester Rugby Club in the first internal bespoke training centre at Kingsholm.
- Acted for a client in the sale of trading concern and leaseback of multiple supermarket sites to Tesco.
- Acted for a developer in a multi-occupied commercial site with pre-let to Co-op and Dominoes in addition to retail brands.
- Acted on behalf of a national gym group managing over 200 leases across the country.
Career
Jo qualified as a solicitor in 2000. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2024, she worked at the following firms:
- BPE
- Shakespeares
- Rickerbys