Laetitia Ransley > Farrer & Co > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Laetitia Ransley
Work Department
Charity
Position
Laetitia is a Partner in the Charity and Community team. Laetitia advises charities, philanthropists and not-for-profit organisations on a broad range of issues, including the formation and registration of new charities, governance and constitutional matters, tax, fundraising and the management of charitable assets. In early 2013, Laetitia spent four months in-house with a leading Higher Education Institution, during which her work included advising on the management of trusts and endowment funds. Laetitia is a charity trustee and a member of the Charity Law Association. In May 2015 Laetitia was named as one of Charity Finance’s Top 25 Rising Stars in the charity sector.
Career
Laetitia joined Farrer & Co as a trainee solicitor in 2011 and qualified into the Charity & Community team in 2013.
Memberships
Charity Law Association
Education
University of Oxford (Balliol College), BA (Hons) English Language and Literature; University of Law, LLB.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
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
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