Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) advised the sponsors in one of the largest hospital PFI projects to use bank finance – the £93m loan facilities for the Brent Emergency Care and Diagnostic Centre (BECaD).

BLP advised HSBC Infrastructure Fund Management, Bouygues Construction and facilities management company Echovert through the vehicle Bycentral in the deal, which was one of the first hospital PFI projects to close since the issue of the latest version of the NHS Standard Form Contract.