James Maloney > Farrer & Co > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
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James Maloney
Work Department
Charity
Position
James advises a broad range of charities and other organisations, including grant-making charities, museums, higher education institutions, faith-based organisations, sports governing bodies and livery companies. He gives advice on issues such as the formation and registration of new charities, charity mergers, constitutional matters, governance, fundraising and trading.
James is a regular member of CLA working parties responding to Charity Commission consultations, most recently on charities and investment (for which he acted as secretary) and on the advancement of amateur sport. He is a charity trustee and regularly speaks at conferences and seminars on issues affecting the sector.
Career
James trained at Farrer & Co and qualified into the Charity and Community team in September 2005. Following qualification, James was seconded to the Science Museum, where he worked as the Museum’s sole in-house lawyer.
Memberships
Charity Law Association
Education
University of Manchester (BA English Language and Literature); College of Law, London (CPE and LPC)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
(Leading partners)Farrer & Co is ‘a class act’ with ‘a depth to the bench in terms of quality of juniors.’ Elizabeth Jones and James Maloney co-lead an ‘exceptional team’, which acts for some of the largest and best-known UK and international charitable organisations. Other noteworthy clients include major grant-making bodies and philanthropic charitable foundations, key corporate foundations, and donor-advised funds. The team covers the full spectrum of matters, from complex cross-border mandates, disputes, and safeguarding issues, to Royal Charter body work. It is also skilled at advising on innovative charity finance matters. The agile team advises on fundraising, grant making, and on major gifts to charities. Sam Macdonald
acts for charities and not-for-profit institutions on all aspects of UK charity law and related tax law. Julian Smith is well-known for his work on charity investment, and for his representation of prominent charities in the cultural sphere. Laetitia Ransley was promoted to the partnership in May 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Charities and not-for-profit London > Private client
- Leading partners London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Employers
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration