Bates Wells

Charity & Social Enterprise; Politics, Elections and Campaigning

Suhan is a Partner in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells, supporting charities, social enterprises, campaigners, public bodies and mission-driven businesses. He advises on charity registrations, new projects, fundraising, governance and a broad range of commercial matters, with particular expertise in public procurement and UK subsidy control.

He has extensive experience guiding clients through complex regulatory issues, including Charity Commission investigations and high-profile statutory inquiries. Suhan also provides practical support during organisational crises, helping clients navigate challenging legal and regulatory environments.

As a member of the firm’s Politics, Elections & Campaigning team, Suhan advises political parties, candidates, donors, charities and campaigners on election and referendum law, campaign finance, lobbying transparency and the wider rules governing political advocacy.

Partner, Bates Wells, 2025

Senior Associate, Bates Wells, 2022

Associate, Bates Wells, 2019

Solicitor, Bates Wells, 2017

Admitted as a solicitor, 2017

Trainee Solicitor and Associate, Financial Regulation Group, Linklaters LLP, 2015-2017

Chair of Trustees of Bail for Immigration Detainees

Trustee of CARAS (Community Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers)

Director of Liberty Human Rights (the National Council for Civil Liberties)

Member of the Charity Law Association

Work with various international and local charities on legal pro bono projects, including Amicus, South West London Law Centre, the London LGBTQ+ Centre and the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group

University of Law, LLM in Professional Legal Practice (LPC), 2015

University of Oxford, BA Law (Jurisprudence), 2013