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Withers LLP

16 OLD BAILEY, LONDON, EC4M 7EG
Tel:
Work 020 7597 6000
Fax:
Fax 020 7597 6543
DX:
160 LONDON CHANCERY LANE
Web:
www.withersworldwide.com
Email:

Alison Paines

Tel:
Work +44 20 7597 6000
Email:
Withers LLP

Work Department

Charities.

Position

Partner; head of charity practice, specialising in charity law and trust and tax work for charities, their donors and those who contract with charities.

Career

Career: Articled Crossman Block & Keith; qualified 1981; solicitor 1981-91; partner Withers 1991; contributor ‘Charities Manual’ (Tolley’s) ‘Practical Trust Precedents’. Editorial board and contributor ‘International Charitable Giving; Laws and Taxation’ (Kluwer).

Member

Member: Executive Committee Charity Law Association; Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners; International Institute of Foundation and Association Lawyers; Law Society.

Education

Education: Notting Hill & Ealing High School; Girton College, Cambridge (MA Classics and Law); Lancaster Gate College of Law.

Practice Areas

Private client - financial services; Private client; Charities and not-for-profit

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