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Simon Steeden

020 7551 7624 [email protected]

Work Department

Charity & Social Enterprise

Position

Simon is a partner in our charity and social enterprise team, and helps charities, social businesses, mutuals and not-for-profits achieve their aims.  He works closely with clients and colleagues in providing a wide range of advisory and transactional support, with common areas of advice including structuring and governance, financing and investment, collaboration and mergers, campaigning and advocacy.

Simon also leads our specialist elections, public affairs and campaigning law team, which helps political parties, candidates, donors, charities, advocacy organisations and campaigners navigate the complex regulatory environment that can be relevant to their electoral and policy goals, including election law, lobbying law and content regulation.

Career

• Admitted as a solicitor at Slaughter and May, 2007
• Joined Bates Wells, 2008
• Appointed Partner of Bates Wells, 2014

Memberships

• Director of the Charity Law Association
• Co-founder and Steering Committee Member of the Electoral Law Forum

Education

• Oxford University, BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2001