Bevan Brittan - People

Commercial/Projects and PFI
Head of Division

Stephen is one of the leading regional PFI advisors, according to Legal Business magazine.

Credited with having an "incredible brain," Private sector clients particularly value "his huge knowledge of the reforms and the NHS." Chambers UK, A Client�s Guide to the Legal Profession 2006

My background
I had a previous career as a professional photographer before retraining in law. I then joined Bevan Ashford in 1988 and became a partner in 1993. I have been a Partner with Bevan Brittan LLP since the demerger in 2004.

What I do
I am head of the Health Division at Bevan Brittan and I sit on the firm�s Executive Board. I am a recognised expert on PPP and PFI. I am listed in all major directories, including Legal 500, Chambers, Legal Experts as well as Chambers Global. I specialise in the health sector, working for both public and private sector clients.

Some examples
As well as working on some of the largest hospital projects nationally, I also work internationally. A recent example is an award winning scheme for a new hospital in Vancouver, Canada. I also led the team that advised Partnerships for Health and Partnerships UK on NHS LIFT.

The health practice accounts for 35% of the firm�s revenue. This is a market that is changing rapidly and radically: moving towards pluralism with exciting opportunities for the independent sector and those NHS Trusts which have the ambition to respond to this new landscape. Bevan Brittan has been at the vanguard of these changes and is the premier law firm in the UK in the health market. My involvement has extended to:

� Acting for private sector bidders on all major DH contracts (Wave 1 and 2 ISTC, GSup 2, NHS Decontamination, APMS etc);

� assisting Acute Trusts to move to Foundation Trust status and helping them to position themselves as major independent mutual providers of healthcare;

� structuring innovative off balance sheet products for Foundation Trusts as alternatives to PFI;

� working on new partnership collaborative contracts � sustainable commissioning;

� creation of joint ventures between Foundation Trust and the Independent Sector (we are currently working on 11 from back office function through to pharmacy, pathology, franchising, intermediate care and an ophthalmology joint venture in the Middle East)

� helping new entrants (mainly US) to establish their strategic positioning in the UK market and how to engage (successfully!) in major outsourcing contracts subject to OJEU Rules;

� new models of out of hospital delivery: Practice Based Commissioning; corporatisation of the GP market; APMS; Social Enterprise Foundation Trusts � for companies as diverse as Clinovia, Harmoni CPO, Ashley House, Ryhurst, Nuffield and United Healthcare.

Contact me via email stephen.hughes@bevanbrittan.com or on 0870 194 1612.

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