Experience

I am a charity law specialist with a varied practice. I enjoy helping our clients to achieve their plans, find solutions to difficult problems and put structures in place to support legal compliance and good governance.

Highlights
  • Kids Company I acted for five of the former trustees of Kids Company in relation to a Charity Commission inquiry and director disqualification proceedings brought by the Official Receiver following the charity’s closure.
  • London Community Response Fund I advised City Bridge Trust on the establishment and funding of the London Community Response Fund which is providing essential support for charities and other organisations during the Covid-19 pandemic.
  • Chartered Institute of Fundraising I worked with the Institute of Fundraising on establishing a new charitable Royal Charter body and restructuring their activities within the new charity, Chartered Institute of Fundraising.
  • Advising philanthropists on setting up new charitable foundations in the UK and assisting with governance, regulatory compliance and communications with the media
  • Assisting with the merger of four military charities with overlapping charitable objects
  • Advising on updating and consolidating the terms of 40 out-of-date restricted and endowment lecture and awards funds so that they could be put to more effective use