What we say about the firm's legal practice in London
Private client
Within Charities and not-for-profit , Stone King LLP is a third tier firm,
Stone King LLP has a dedicated charities sector focus, which also encompasses education, in particular the establishment of academies. Senior partner Michael King leads the team, which includes the ‘first-rate’ Jonathan Burchfield, who has ‘vast experience in the sector, and a good common-sense approach combined with very sound judgement’; and Ann Phillips, who has ‘an unsurpassed knowledge of charity law’. Its impressive client list includes the Heritage Lottery Fund, the English Province of the Order of Preachers, Mission Care, and the International Hospital Federation.
Within Personal tax, trusts and probate, tier 5
David Ainslie is highly rated at Stone King LLP; he is ‘efficient and well organised’ and has ‘a sensible and practical approach to clients ’ problems’. The practice covers tax and trust structuring, probate and succession planning.
Public sector
Within Education: institutions, tier 5
Stone King LLP’s ‘outstanding’ practice is led by Roger Inman. In 2010 it advised on the legal restructuring of the Blavatnik School of Government, and acted for the Oxford University Student Union on its establishment as an independent charity.
Within Education: schools, Stone King LLP is a first tier firm,
Stone King LLP’s team has a strong grounding in the education sector, advising some 435 schools, both independent and maintained. Work highlights included acting on a number of academy conversions, advising in relation to industrial action, and successfully defending against alleged disability discrimination. Team head Roger Inman provides ‘reliable, measured and thoughtful advice’, and Richard Gold ‘cannot be bettered’.