Innovative, COVID-driven transactions have continued to emerge in recent months, with the first working week of 2021 proving no exception. Goodwin advised longstanding client Medical Properties Trust on its agreement to acquire a portfolio of select behavioural health facilities, and their concurrent leaseback, from The Priory Group. Joe Conder, partner in Goodwin’s London real estate industry group, describes how the industry has been relatively bulletproof during the pandemic. Read the Legal Business article here.