Jenny Baldwin
Partner
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Auckland
Bio
With almost 20 years of extensive experience in the retirement villages and aged care sectors, Jenny leads Anthony Harper’s Retirement Villages and Aged Care team with exceptional expertise. Her comprehensive knowledge spans from legal frameworks and commercial practices to industry trends and key stakeholders.
Jenny specialises in providing corporate advice tailored to the retirement village and aged care sectors. Her proficiency includes the registration of new villages, preparation of compliance documents, general operational advice, navigating dispute resolution and advising on compliance aspects of M&A and financing transactions. As the ageing population increases, Jenny frequently addresses issues related to the health and wellbeing of residents, ensuring that her clients are well-prepared for these challenges. She represents a diverse range of operators, from large listed groups to small not-for-profit entities, and also advises statutory supervisors.
Drawing from her extensive background in property finance, compliance, and general commercial law, Jenny delivers targeted and practical advice in her field. Her leadership and expertise are pivotal to the success of the Retirement Villages team. This includes managing its specialist settlements service (acting for operators on resident entries and exits) and associated bespoke software products, Villageinfonet and Villageinfonet PRO.
Collaborating with various other legal specialists, service providers and professional advisors to the sector, Jenny is dedicated to delivering comprehensive commercial solutions for her clients. Her commitment to this collaborative approach not only ensures successful outcomes but also makes her role immensely rewarding.
Recognition
Qualifications
- LLB Hons – University of Kent
- Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice – UK
- Certificate of Proficiency in Healthcare Law – University of Auckland
- Admitted in New Zealand – 2007
Work highlights
- Acted for a range of operators from large groups to small not for profit entities and statutory supervisors
- Acted in preparing compliance documents and developing precedents.
- Acted in complaint and dispute resolution including attending dispute panel hearings.
- Acted in providing specialist advice and due diligence services on large transactions.
- Acted in writing articles and presenting seminars on retirement village law to sector groups and lawyers.
- Advised on funding arrangements and the interplay with statutory supervision requirements.
- Advised on the retirement village compliance aspects of the sale and disclosure for Merivale-Willowlea Holdings Ltd and its four trading subsidiaries on the sale of four separate retirement village and aged care businesses to NZX-listed Metlifecare Limited.
- Advised on the retirement village aspects of the vendor due diligence for The Selwyn Foundation on its sale of retirement villages and aged care facilities to Metlifecare Limited.
