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With a growing sector, ARCO recognises the contribution of key advisors and suppliers and our Partners range across a broad range of specialisms. The shape of regulation and legislation is set to change considerably over the next 10 years and this will also increase the need for specific advisory capability and capacity. ARCO Partners are our mid-tier commercial partnership and are called on to advise the Board through the quarterly Advisory Council.
Click on the logos below for contact details of our current Partners.
Bevan Brittan
Bevan Brittan advises private, public and third sector organisations in the healthcare market including property developers, funders, independent health and social care providers and NHS organisations. We have been consistently ranked by the Chambers UK Guide as a leading firm in healthcare.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner are recognised by the leading international legal directories, Chambers & Partners and Legal 500, as the only leading adviser to the real estate sector across all disciplines, we pride ourselves on our ability to provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary advice. We deliver the full spectrum of services, ranging from large-scale, complex property acquisitions and joint ventures, development, construction and procurement advice, financing, to ongoing management work and disputes. Our offering combines expertise and first-class technical ability across specialist areas and we believe it is the depth and breadth of our market-leading sector experience that differentiates us from our competitors.
Carterwood
Carterwood is a multi-award-winning consultancy dedicated to social care. Our team of specialists provide independent, expert analysis that helps operators, developers, and investors to improve decision-making within the elderly care home and older people’s housing sectors. As well as market-leading advisory services, Carterwood provides a digital platform for assessing care markets, called Carterwood Analytics. This powerful software gives subscribers access to high-level data for over 1.6 million postcodes across Great Britain, saving operators, developers, and investors significant time in assessing and monitoring local care markets.
Castleoak
Castleoak is the later living and care market specialist in development solutions. We're a values-based business focused on making later life better, and offer customers end-to-end delivery from concept to occupation or individual elements: these include holistic development services, specialist design, technical and environment building services and inclusive design turnkey solutions.
CBRE Limited
Our team of senior living specialists provide a fully integrated service that draws on extensive market insight. We specialise in funding and development consultancy, land acquisition, planning, valuation, project management and research. Combined with CBRE’s multi-sector expertise and connections within its global network, our understanding of the market is deeper than that of any other advisory firm.
Gowling WLG
Gowling WLG is an international law firm with more than 1,400 legal professionals and a presence in Canada, the UK, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and South America. Whether you’re an operator, a contractor, a developer, a funder or an investor in the senior living sector, we can help you. We’re proud to have some of the sector’s best technical lawyers operating in the UK, including some of the leading residential living lawyers and healthcare regulatory experts. We help to create operating structures and delivery models and advise on emerging sector, legal and regulatory trends and requirements, helping our clients to structure and execute their business plans.
Hansgrohe Limited
Since 1901, Hangrohe has been developing taps, showers and kitchen mixers, under two brands, to take everyday moments and make them extraordinarywith innovative design, quality and service.
For more than 25 years, our brand AXOR conceives and manufactures iconic objects for luxurious bathrooms and kitchens; developed in colaboration with world renowned designers and architects.
hansgrohe is our premium brand for showers, shower systems, bathroom and kitchen mixers. Shaped by an sense of form, pioneering spirit, and German engineering skills, products are created that are convincing with their excellent design.
JLL
At JLL our aim is to shape the future of Real Estate for a better world. We help our clients achieve their ambitions in the healthcare sector by providing market-leading research and consultancy advice on demographics and sector performance. We assist clients with access to funding through providing Red Book valuations and others to enter the sector through raising finance and acquiring developments or sites. We are also the market leader when it comes to the sale of operational businesses in the Retirement Community sector.
Knight Frank
At Knight Frank we have a market leading senior living team providing a full range of services to the sector from research and consultancy, valuations and capital markets including new homes agency. We believe in such a diverse evolving market that a highly collaborative approach is required to give best advice.
We draw on the depth of resources in our UK and international senior living teams as well as across our Research, Healthcare, Capital Markets and our sales and lettings offices across the UK. Our multidisciplinary business means we have a thorough understanding of the key buyers and sellers, what drives their requirements and how their investment processes work.
Life3a
Life3A offer Architecture and Interior Design as our main services but as experts in the later living sector, and with over two decades of experience, we also offer strategic advice for our clients. We work in collaboration with other experts to give a full service to get projects started and the best final outcomes possible for the older people who will become the residents. We participate in and carry out research for our clients and feed this back into our work. We aim to create solutions that support older people in living their best lives. Where people have a sense of belonging and are empowered to make their own choices. We have expert staff in international offices who also work in the later living sector which enables us to learn about new trends and different models of housing and care in different market contexts. This can often liberate our thinking as we work within the UK market. We believe in building relationships for success and sharing our knowledge to support the development of this vital sector. Anne-Marie Nicholson and Stewart Dean are the Principals of the UK practice and between them have over 50 years of expertise in the later living sector.
Pinsent Masons LLP
Pinsent Masons is a full-service international law firm. We respond to the pressures and opportunities facing businesses globally with legal excellence and innovation.
With 25 offices on four continents, wherever your commercial interests take you, we have the footprint and expertise to provide support. We recognise that giving a first class service goes beyond just legal excellence. A deep understanding of local cultural and commercial issues, and an innovative approach, underpins all of our advice. We understand the key political, economic, commercial and regulatory issues, helping to minimise risk and maximise opportunities.
We have market-leading expertise in five key global sectors:
• Technology, Science & Industry
• Energy
• Financial Services
• Infrastructure
• Real Estate.
We provide a strong local presence with an excellent understanding of the local market, backed up by our innovative technologies and global resources.
ProMatura Europe
Unique data-driven service to find potential residents of housing with care and very accurately measure what they want and how much they will pay for it; property, amenities, services and care. Now in 11 countries, we deliver due diligence, sales forecasts, concept development and testing with land owners, developers, financiers and operators. We are a retirement housing specialist, for over 35 years, appointed to deliver the first ARCO UK Retirement Communities report, in 2019.
Savills
Savills Retirement Living offers a one stop service to developers, operators and funders within the retirement sector. We provide valuation and capital allowance advice, demographics, planning, sales and marketing agency and consultancy, assisted move, part exchange, viability, building consultancy and property management across the retirement development process. We act for many of the UK's leading retirement operators and developers, and advise UK and international investors and funds on the sector drawing on retirement expertise from across Savills.
Urban Edge Architecture
We provide a complete and professional service from conception to completion, including design, masterplanning and delivery. Our core specialism is in urban regeneration but we have built a strong client base across a diverse range of sectors including care, leisure, retail and residential with project values up to £40m.
Whiteley Consulting Ltd
Whiteley Consulting is considered sector leading in helping those who wish to achieve the most value out of retirement living and increase their chances of formulating a successful strategy. We are here for those who truly wish to understand all aspects of the event fee/DMF business model; are seeking bank or equity funding; modelling appraisals; or help regarding the structures, accounting, reporting, leases, legislative environment and tax associated with the sector. We have much experience of transactions, trouble shooting under-performing operations and value enhancement in the sector. We can assist Funds in reaching a successful sector strategy, screen or find potential investments and review existing ones.