Penelope Byatt > Charles Russell Speechlys LLP > Cheltenham, England > Lawyer Profile
Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices
COMPASS HOUSE
LYPIATT ROAD
CHELTENHAM
GL50 2QJ
England
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Penelope Byatt
Work Department
Commercial
Position
Associate
Career
Penelope has extensive experience in advising charities and not-for-profit organisations on a wide range of constitutional and governance matters, including changes to governing documents, mergers and incorporations. She regularly advises charities on trading issues and arrangements with their trading subsidiaries. Penelope also has considerable experience in advising on the establishment of new charities and their registration with the Charity Commission. She enjoys providing training to charity trustees and working with charities to improve their governance arrangements. Penelope advises on charity law issues relating to the administration of grant-making charities, including grant-making policies, grant conditions and investment powers. Penelope is a member of the Charity Law Association.
Penelope is admitted to practise in England & Wales
Lawyer Rankings
South West > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
(Rising stars)A strong choice for various schools, educational charities, military charities, and religious organisations, the team at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
draws on the expertise of multiple departments within the firm – including the property, construction, employment, corporate and banking teams – to bolster its wide-ranging charity law practice. The team is jointly led by Christopher Page
, Julia Cox and Ian Brothwood. The ‘organised, diligent, and extremely bright’ Penelope Byatt is noted for her experience of handling constitutional and governance matters for charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Rising stars South West > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Charities and not-for-profit South West > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Real estate > Commercial property: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Employment > Employment: Gloucestershire, Somerset and Wiltshire
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate