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Bates Wells Offices

Bates Wells
10 QUEEN STREET PLACE
LONDON
EC4R 1BE
England
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Simon Steeden

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020 7551 7624 s.steeden@bateswells.co.uk

Work Department

Charity & Social Enterprise

Position

Simon is a partner in our charity and social enterprise team, and helps charities, social businesses, mutuals and not-for-profits achieve their aims.  He works closely with clients and colleagues in providing a wide range of advisory and transactional support, with common areas of advice including structuring and governance, financing and investment, collaboration and mergers, campaigning and advocacy.

Simon also leads our specialist elections, public affairs and campaigning law team, which helps political parties, candidates, donors, charities, advocacy organisations and campaigners navigate the complex regulatory environment that can be relevant to their electoral and policy goals, including election law, lobbying law and content regulation.

Career

  • Admitted as a solicitor at Slaughter and May, 2007
  • Joined Bates Wells, 2008
  • Appointed Partner of Bates Wells, 2014

Memberships

  • Director of the Charity Law Association
  • Co-founder and Steering Committee Member of the Electoral Law Forum

Education

  • Oxford University, BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2001

Lawyer Rankings

London > Public sector > Electoral

(Hall of Fame)

Simon Steeden –Bates Wells

The elections practice at Bates Wells is well-reputed for its expertise in campaigning and party political matters and is capable of handling a broad range of issues in this space. Public policy and lobbying expert Simon Steeden leads a team that is capable of advising on electoral and public affairs laws and regulations, the registration of new political parties and campaigning entities, and electoral finance matters. The team is also well-equipped to advise domestic and cross-border campaigning groups on the impact of the Elections Act 2022, an area for which Suhan Rajkumar is a key contact. With the 2022 arrivals of consultant Bob Posner, an electoral expert who joined from an in-house position at the Electoral Commission, and Eleonor Duhs, a data privacy expert who arrived from Fieldfisher, the team is further strengthened in its ability to provide regulatory advice to public bodies and elected officials.

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