Sam Hopkins
Capsticks
Partner and Head of GP Group
Sam Hopkins is a Partner in the Real Estate department and leads the firm’s national service offering to GPs and practice managers.
Sam’s work includes a broad range of commercial property work for GPs across the country, including third party developments schemes, self-build schemes, leases between property owning and other GP partners, property advice for GP federations and for individual practices on mergers and acquisitions, declarations of trust between GP partners, succession planning, sale and leaseback transactions, and leases to GPs from NHS organisations including at NHS LIFT properties.
He speaks regularly at national and local GP and practice manager events, and was delighted to lead the team at Capsticks that was awarded “Legal Team of the Year” at the General Practice Awards in 2015 and 2016.
Sam also acts for independent hospitals and other private healthcare providers, national healthcare charities, social enterprises and NHS Trusts.
He has considerable experience in acting and leading on major hospital and secure hospital redevelopments, PPP transactions, major land sales, the acquisition of development sites, high value commercial leases, property arrangements between different healthcare organisations, Section 106 planning agreements and general landlord and tenant law.