Howes
Percival has been appointed to housing and care provider, Anchor’s legal
services panel following a tender process.

Anchor
is England’s largest not-for-profit provider of housing and care for people in
later life and serves more than 65,000 residents in 54,000 care homes across
almost 1,700 locations.

Howes Percival has been appointed to the panel alongside Gowling WLG,
Capsticks, Devonshires, Freeths, Trowers & Hamlins and Walker Morris.
The panel will run for an initial period of three years and provide full
service legal advice.

Emma
Costello, Head of Legal at Anchor, said: “Anchor is committed to
partnering with lawyers who not only bring their own specialisms and expertise
to the table but also share our core values. We were overwhelmed with the
response to our most recent invitation to tender and are delighted to announce
that we have secured a new legal services panel with sector-leading advisers,
supporting us operationally as well as assisting in the delivery of our
progressive growth programme to continue to provide homes where people love living
in later life.”

Robert
Starr from Howes Percival said: “I’ve had the pleasure of working
with Anchor for many years and I’m delighted that Howes Percival has been
appointed to their legal panel. Our healthcare team has a particular strength
in working with businesses in the care industry and this panel appointment is
testament to our expertise in this area. We are excited to build on this and
work with the other panel firms to support Anchor in achieving its future
goals.”

Howes
Percival has a dedicated healthcare sector team which is made up of industry
specialists who can advise on a wide range of legal issues. For more
information click here.