Bates Wells

Charity & Social Enterprise

Simon is a Partner in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells, 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.

Partner, Bates Wells, 2014

Secondment as acting head of legal of The Abbeyfield Society, a charitable social housing provider association, 2009

Joined Bates Wells, 2008

Admitted as a solicitor at Slaughter and May, 2007

Director of the Charity Law Association

Co-founder and Steering Committee

Member of the Electoral Law Forum

Member of the UK Environmental Law Association

Oxford University, BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2001