Harbottle & Lewis LLP

Corporate & Commercial, Philanthropy and Charity Group

Colin is a consultant and former partner who applies his experience with numerous businesses and charitable organisations across a wide range of the firm’s clients.

He provides specialist corporate and strategic advice on buying and selling businesses, investments in businesses, joint ventures and commercial agreements. Alongside that work he advises corporate and individual foundations, arts charities and other charities on commercial and regulatory issues. He has been involved with some of the firm’s best-known clients and projects.

Many of the clients Colin advises are in the hospitality or media industries. He has a particular interested in seeing startup businesses progress to exit and beyond. In his work for charities he has a particular focus on those applying commercial principles to achieve their objectives, as well as helping a range of charities deal with all aspects of governance.

Trainee, Harbottle & Lewis; Qualified 1981; Partner 1984; Managing Partner 1992-2000 Founding Trustee of Comic Relief (1984) BAFTA – audit and risk committee member Indielab Limited – non-executive director

French

He is a member of the Charity Law Association, a director of Comic Relief Limited and Board Adviser to Virgin Unite.

Ipswich School; Oriel College, Oxford (1978 MA English)

Theatre, Cinema, Music