I advise charities and other not-for-profit organisations on a broad range of legal and regulatory issues, helping them navigate everything from governance, grants and contracts, to charity formations, incorporations, collaborations, mergers, and restructurings.
I lead the team’s fundraising work and have particular expertise in fundraising law and regulation. I work with charities on complex and innovative fundraising campaigns, helping them turn ambitious ideas into campaigns that are both effective and compliant. My experience spans corporate partnerships, face-to-face fundraising, challenge events, lotteries and prize draws, as well as compliance with the Code of Fundraising Practice.
Data protection is another key area of my practice, particularly where it intersects with fundraising and direct marketing. I advise charities on the use of personal data in fundraising campaigns and help them navigate the often complex relationship between fundraising regulation, data protection and direct marketing rules.
I also support charities through regulatory compliance issues and investigations, including sensitive and high-profile matters involving the Fundraising Regulator, the Information Commissioner’s Office and the Charity Commission.
I am also a regular speaker at conferences and events and was recently appointed as a member of the Learning and Standards Panel of the Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
- Acting in high-profile Fundraising Regulator investigations into face-to-face fundraising practices
- Advising a large health charity on a merger and group restructuring
- Undertaking a governance review of an international animal welfare organisation
- Advising on the incorporation of multiple branches of a large national charity
- Assisting with the set-up of a new charity to support families affected by the Post Office-Horizon scandal
- Completing two in-house secondments with charity clients, giving me first-hand experience of the practical and commercial issues faced by in-house teams