Recommendations
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Recognised as a Key Lawyer
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Nominated as a super lawyer 2015.
Experience
I provide a wide range of advice to charities and social enterprises on commercial, charity and company law matters. I am particularly interested in charities and social enterprises working in the health and social care field, being a trustee of such a charity and a member of Bates Wells’ cross-departmental Health and Social Care group.
I specialise in advising on fundraising law including commercial participation, professional fundraising, corporate sponsorship and challenge events and regularly provides training in this area. I also enjoy transactional work such as incorporations and mergers and advising on funding agreements.
- I advised a leading disability charity on its governance structure following changes to its stakeholder engagement.
- I drafted an affiliation agreement between a national disability charity and its regional member organisations.
- I established a community interest company with a variety of local authority and community group members which will steward a countryside park.
- I drafted a residential support agreement for people with learning disabilities living in the community.
- I advised a national benevolent fund on its grant and service contracts.
- I worked on incorporating a long-running educational charity as a charitable incorporated organisation.
- I advised a leading social care provider on the transfer out of part of its undertaking and a sub-contract arrangement with a local authority.
- I drafted a sub-contract agreement for an international NGO as lead bidder on an EC funding contract.
- I advised on the merger of two environmental and regeneration charities.
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Qualifications and career
- University of Cambridge, BA Law, 2006
- Chester College of Law, Legal Practice Course, 2007
- Trainee solicitor at Jones Day, 2007
- Admitted as a solicitor at Jones Day, 2009
- Project officer, Brain Injury Australia, Sydney 2010
- Legal intern, The Concerned for Working Children, Bangalore 2010
- Legal assistant, National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, 2010
- Joined Bates Wells, 2012
Pro bono, memberships, and appointments
- Was a trustee of Revitalise Respite Holidays (until March 2020)
