Foundations and charities
We provide bespoke services to those who strive to make a difference. We have experienced legal experts who bring a wealth of knowledge and a deep passion for the sector, including unparalleled experience from the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
We provide an end-to-end service for foundations, grant-makers, museums, galleries and other cultural and heritage organisations, on their legal and commercial issues, from setting up new organisations, through key strategic decisions, grant-making policies and best-practice, to complex transactions and risk management.
Key experience
- Advising the commercial arm of the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, on negotiating it's first exclusivity agreement with Greensphere Capital.
- Strategy, execution, delivery and legal support for an art foundation and not for profit entity.
- Advising on the loan of significant contemporary artwork to an international foundation.
- Advising a charity pioneering new standards for creative solutions to reduce the art sector's environmental impact.
- Advising a performing arts charity on a multi-disciplinary creative project.
- Advising on the first repatriation of a Benin bronze from the UK.
- Advising a National Museum on the largest repatriation of Benin artefacts from the UK to date.
- Advising a major charitable foundation on legal, regulatory and governance issues arising from its museum, including safeguarding incidents and a campaign targeting the charity.
- Advising a number of charities in the arts and museum field on fundraising contracts and regulation, commercial relationships and governance.
- Advising a number of charities on the acceptance of innovative gifts and donations including of artwork and other creative work.
- Advising charities on the charity, regulatory, commercial and intellectual property issues arising out of use of significant literary estates as part of charitable activities.
- Advising arts charities and not for profit arts organisations with board and executive matters.
- Acting for a national institution in a dispute concerning the return of loaned items.
- Advising a national museum on Data Subject Access and Freedom of Information Requests.
- Advising arts organisations in relation to regulatory obligations.