Leading the way

We are recognised by the independent legal directories as a top charity and not-for-profit practice. The firm has a dedicated and specialist team whose work focuses exclusively in this practice area. Team members have been at the forefront of developments in what has become a rapidly changing legislative and regulatory environment.

With well known in-depth and long standing commercial experience, members of the team are invited regularly to sit on Government advisory panels and sector working parties which formulate and review policy and the changing legal environment of charity and not-for-profit law. As a result, we are able to advise clients not only about the current legislative framework, but also how the changing regulatory outlook may influence their activities in the future.

Benefits of specialisation

Clients benefit from having their work handled by experienced and cost effective advisers who blend an informed and mature outlook on the law with a realistic and pragmatic approach to problem solving.

This has obvious benefits to clients not least because they do not have to wait (or pay) for advisers who need to get up to speed with what is going on.

We take great care in maintaining close working links with the Charity Commission, other regulators and key Government departments. Whether a client is establishing a new charity or seeking a ruling on a specific point of its operational activity we can quickly indicate the likely outcome, reduce the amount of time taken to conclude matters and generally achieve favourable results.

Personal attention

Clients enjoy close working relationships with our lawyers and appreciate the way we work; being approachable and accessible at all times. Unlike many of our competitors, we have a reputation for providing a responsive legal service. Our clients genuinely feel that we are "one of the team". The fact that we act for more than 400 charity and not-for-profit organisations is a testimony to this.

We balance an awareness of the particular needs of our charity and not-for-profit clients with a practical appreciation of the resource constraints under which they inevitably operate. Clients are able to call upon a wide range of resources and expertise within the team, mixing the level of skills required according to the complexity of any given piece of work. We are therefore able to offer our clients reasonable fee levels without sacrificing quality either of service or advice.