I advise on a wide range of corporate and commercial issues across the impact investing, responsible business / B Corps, charities and social enterprise space. I am passionate about sustainability and the interplay between business and human rights, with a particular interest in the circular economy, sustainable fashion and faith driven organisations.
I trained and gained private practice experience with Pinsent Masons LLP and subsequently worked in financial services as legal counsel for 8 Miles LLP (a pan-African private equity fund) and Triple Point (an alternative investment management firm) focused primarily on project finance, venture capital and private equity transactions.
Earlier on in my career, I spent two years working for a mediation agency focused on the Middle East peace process as part of Coventry Cathedral’s International Centre for Reconciliation. I studied English Literature at Durham University and am a qualified CEDR mediator.
- I recently co-authored a white paper with Fashion Declares which proposes key policy recommendations to shift the fashion and textile industry onto a more sustainable footing.
- I have advised House of Hackney and other nature-focused clients on the appointment of Nature to its board of directors.
- I regularly advise impact-driven start-ups in the circular economy and regenerative business space on structuring, corporate governance and contractual issues.
- I advise more generally on the establishment and structuring of mission driven businesses, Community Interest Companies, B Corporations, social enterprises, charities and corporate foundations.
- I advise corporates, philanthropists, impact focused venture capital accelerators and incubators, social enterprises and not for profits on key corporate and commercial arrangements, collaborations, joint ventures, partnerships, spin outs and mergers.
- I advise charities on reorganisations, their relationships with corporates, social investments and on Charity Commission enquiries and investigations.
- I advise on the formation and ongoing activities of well-known UK think tanks.
- I have recently advised a group of MPs on rules relating to membership associations and regulatory requirements.
- I sit on the advisory boards of Future Planet and Athena Blue, and have longstanding experience as a charity trustee and company secretary.