The Charity and Social Business Team
The Charity and Social Business Team at Russell-Cooke is one of the leading charity and not-for-profit legal practices in the United Kingdom. Our team of 15 partners and solicitors focuses entirely on the charity and not-for-profit sector.
Our focus on your sector means that we understand the complexities of delivering a social mission in a competitive and uncertain financial environment. Our aim is to deliver advice in a practical and cost-effective manner seeking to anticipate issues before they arise. We can help with:
- Registration and incorporation of all types of legal entities
- Governance and constitutional issues, including trustee induction, updates and training
- Tendering, contracting and commercial contracts
- Fundraising, trading, trading subsidiaries
- Intellectual property and trademarks
- Investment management and social investment arrangements
- Employment law, TUPE and change management, employment tribunals and claims
- Property advice on acquisitions, disposals, developments, leases and transfers of land
- Funding and security issues for grants and mortgages
- Risk management and legal audits.
- Data protection, including data collection, processing, transfers and sharing, subject access and other requests, data breaches, and marketing rules
- Safeguarding issues
Russell-Cooke works with CFG to provide a free telephone helpline for CFG members. The helpline allows members to have a short telephone conversation with a legal professional on the above issues relating to running a charity. Further details can be found here: https://cfg.org.uk/helplines
For more information, please contact:
Andrew Studd https://www.russell-cooke.co.uk/people/andrew-studd/
Chris Rowse https://www.russell-cooke.co.uk/people/chris-rowse