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Experience
My passion is to help purpose-driven organisations achieve their goals.
I advise all manner of organisations within the charity and social enterprise sectors, ranging from large international grant-giving organisations to small sports clubs. My particular focus is on sports-related clients, including clubs, corporate foundations, national governing bodies, grant-giving organisations and many more, but I am also passionate about commercial business with a purpose beyond profit.
I spent four months on secondment at WWF-UK as interim legal counsel.
- I advised two large grant-giving charities on their international structures.
- I advised on governance issues for charities including The Stephen Hawking Foundation.
- I advised a multi-sports club on constitutional and governance issues.
- I have developed a model constitution for clubs for a national governing body.
- I advised on membership restructuring for various organisations.
- I drafted loan documentation for a national governing body to support COVID emergency funding to sports clubs.
- I have helped various organisations to develop their grant-giving strategies, processes and terms and conditions.
- I advised a large research institution on the receipt of a grant to establish a nine-year climate change focused project and the preparation of convertible loan notes to invest in enterprises.
- I undertake reviews of government contracts for large charities.
- I have experience in preparing service agreements and other types of contracts for numerous organisations.
- I advise charities on corporate partnerships.
- I incorporated and registered charities such as The Ruth Strauss Foundation and Community Interest Companies.
- I have helped numerous charities to obtain Charity Commission consent for various purposes, for example to amend their objects.
- I advise charities on their trading activities and trading subsidiaries.
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Qualifications and career
- First in Law with Law Studies in Europe from Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford
- Paralegal at Howarth & Smith, a small litigation firm in Los Angeles
- Training contract at Hogan Lovells (Restructuring and Insolvency; International Arbitration; Pensions; General Corporate – Hong Kong)
