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Bates Wells Offices
10 QUEEN STREET PLACE
LONDON
EC4R 1BE
England
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Augustus Della-Porta
Work Department
Charity and social enterprise.
Position
Partner. Advises charities and not-for profits on a range of commercial and charity law matters, including advising on constitutional and governance issues, structures and restructures, mergers, operating overseas and spinning out from local and central government. Works across a range of sectors and in particular faith-based organisations, public sector services, trade associations and membership organisations, and international not-for-profit organisations.
Career
- A volunteer with Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata, 1993 – 1994
- University of Kent, Theology, (including a year in Israel and Palestine), 1998
- English teacher, Damascus, Syria, 1998 – 2002
- Volunteer advisor at a Citizens’ Advice Bureau, 2002
- Advisor and director of charity providing advice and support to refugees in North London, 2002
- Post Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course, 2007
- Joined Bates Wells in 2007
- Become a partner in 2018
Education
- Member of the Charity Law Association and Solicitor’s International Human Rights Group
- Trustee of Educate A Child – International, Teach for Lebanon (UK)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Local government
Advising local authorities, auditors and organisations linked to local authorities, Bates Wells assists with a range of services, particularly the spinning out of local government services to new charities and social enterprises, and on forming partnerships with other local authorities and not-for-profit entities. Augustus Della-Porta heads the department and has vast experience in the local government sector, advising on issues such as restructuring and spinning out services from local authorities. Matthew Smith is a public and regulatory specialist who works with a range of sector clients; Lindsay Draffan handles UK subsidy control (and formerly EU state aid) and public procurement is well-supported by senior associates Suhan Rajkumar and Charlie Miller.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Electoral
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Industry focus > TMT
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market