HWL Ebsworth has recently advised on the merger of Baptcare (VIC, TAS, SA), Baptist Care SA and BaptistCare (NSW, ACT, WA), to become Australia’s third largest integrated care and service provider.
Following the successful completion of the merger, the not-for-profit merged group will be known as BaptistCare.
BaptistCare now has over 12,000 employees and offers retirement living and aged care, community housing and family and community services to over 38,000 customers across New South Wales, the ACT, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and Western Australia.
The merged group has approximately $1.2 billion in revenue, operates 50 aged care homes, 34 retirement villages, 987 community housing dwellings and has approximately 15,000 home care clients.
The new organisation will continue to provide a broad range of services that current customers value and depend on, including family and community services, retirement living, residential aged care, home care, community and affordable housing, disability support, foster care, chaplaincy and spiritual care, and mental health services.
The HWL Ebsworth team advising on the merger was led by Partners Jeremy McCarthy (Corporate) and Jennifer Barrett (Aged Care, Retirement Villages and Property) with support from Special Counsel Paul Lewis (Corporate) and Partners Tim Stokes (NFP and Tax), Chris Egan (Employment), Matthew Craven (IT and Privacy) and Luke Dale (IP).
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The firm comprises 1765, staff including 276 Partners, 1098 other legal staff and 391 support staff across offices in nine locations – Adelaide, Brisbane, Canberra, Darwin, Melbourne, Hobart, Norwest (North West Sydney), Perth and Sydney.
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HWL Ebsworth operates a different business model to the other leading national law practices, and this allows us to offer unrivalled value for money without compromising quality and service. Our low ratio of solicitors to partners ensures that our clients receive optimal access to partner resources for all matters.
For further information, please contact:
Russell Mailler, Chief Executive Partner (03) 8644 3569 or rmailler@hwle.com.au
Angelique Kear, Head of Marketing (02) 9334 8541 or akear@hwle.com.au