Ben Willis
VWV
Partner and Head of Healthcare
Telephone: 0117 314 5394
Email: bwillis@vwv.co.uk
Website: www.vwv.co.uk
Ben is the Chairman of NASSAD as of 1 January 2018.
Ben Willis is a Partner at law firm VWV. He is a Commercial Property Lawyer with over 25 years’ experience of working with both mainstream commercial clients and those operating in the healthcare sector.
Ben is Head of the Healthcare team and has particular expertise in the ownership, development and funding of GP surgeries. Ben has been involved in over 100 such developments.
The VWV Healthcare team was recently joined by specialist Healthcare law firm, Lockharts Solicitors, back in January 2017 who were previously members of NASSAD. The combined VWV Healthcare team consists of over 20 dedicated healthcare lawyers.
The Healthcare team at VWV takes time to understand the Healthcare sector and to establish a strong rapport with clients. Ben leads a team of specialist lawyers and established links with Banks, Accountants and other professionals to complete a strong collaborative approach. The team has acted for over 2,000 GP practices including super partnerships, federations and provider companies and provides a full range of commercial legal services including partnership agreements and mergers, business structures, property ownership, funding and development, contracts, employment and regulatory advice.
Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 both recommend Ben as a key individual and he is recognised for his Healthcare Property expertise. Legal 500 also recognise Ben as “delightful to work with, balancing expertise, conscientiousness, realism and good humour”. Clients rate him to be “consistently helpful and extremely knowledgeable and always responds quickly”.
Ben is a member of the Primary Care Premises Forum (PCPF). He organises regular Healthcare conferences for Primary Care clients and has written numerous articles and speaks regularly on the subject of primary care property.
Ben is co-author of a book recently published by RCGP and wrote the sections on property ownership and development – (Hot Topics in Financial and Legal Matters for General practice).