Trowers & Hamlins
Trowers & Hamlins is proud to continue its nearly decade-long partnership as VODG's strategic legal partner. Our specialist lawyers are deeply embedded in the health and social care sector, advising operators, local authorities, the NHS, investors, and developers on various aspects of care services.
As a market leader, we understand all forms of care provision from multiple client perspectives. Our award-winning practice supports hundreds of charities and care providers, including VODG members, showcasing our nationally recognised expertise.
We drive change through thought leadership in the care and charity sector and aim to strengthen our influence by working closely with VODG. We understand the challenges and cost pressures the sector faces.
Our support to VODG members includes governance, risk management, people management, financial and contract management, and property management. With a long-established health and social care practice, we bring commercial benefits to our clients through our breadth of experience and depth of knowledge.
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Contacts at Trowers & Hamlins
Emma Burrows
Emma is a partner and head of the Trowers & Hamlins' Employment department which she founded. Emma has specialised in employment law for over 30 years.
She is known for her practical approach and finding solutions. Emma advises mainly on sensitive issues, managing senior staff exits, board disputes, employment structures and governance issues. At any one time, she manages a few complicated employment tribunal claims, working with other members of the team.
She loves employment law and is an active member of the Employment Lawyers Association Legislative and Policy committee and on the Editorial Board of Employment Law Journal.
She contributes to leadership development in the affordable housing, charities and health and social care sectors, and has written and contributed to guidance over the years. She co-wrote "Board member pay- what housing associations need to know", and is currently involved in speaking and contributing to Leadership 2025, the leadership development programme available exclusively to senior leaders from BME backgrounds working in the housing sector. During her career she's spoken regularly for the NHF, CIOH and at other sector events.
She works closely with Charities, and edits and contributes to Jordan's 'Employment Law for Charities – A Practice Guide to Employment Law and contributes the employment law section to ICSA's Charities Guide. Emma works closely with care providers and has worked closely with organisations providing social care in the last two years on sleep-ins, providing some advice to the No 10 Policy Unit as part of the discussion. She's been a member of the care team at Trowers since it started, about 20 years ago and works closely with VODG and its members.
Emma is ranked in Band 1 as a leading individual for employment advice to not for profit organisations in the 2021 edition of Chambers UK.
Kyle Holling
Kyle works with housing associations, charities, local authorities, NHS Trusts and private sector clients on a huge range projects relating to site acquisition, development, refurbishment, regeneration, financing, management and sales.
These include acquisitions of new build and existing residential and mixed use sites and health and social care sector projects.
Kyle also co-heads the health and social care team and focusses on the intersection of accommodation and care provision in that role.
He acts for commissioners and private and not-for-profit operators on a wide variety of projects and joint ventures in health and social care including development (hospitals, care homes, extracare and supported housing), business and asset sales, local authority outsourcings and contract structures for the provision of care and support services (both bilateral and multi-party/consortium) arrangements.
Kyle also has a detailed understanding of the CQC regulatory regime which he applies to his project work and uses to provide advice and training to clients.
