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Stephen Ravenscroft
Work Department
Charity and social enterprise, education.
Position
Stephen is a Partner and Head of Stone King’s national Charity practice. He has specialised in charity and not-for-profit law since qualifying as a solicitor in 1997.
Stephen acts for clients of all sizes, helping them with a wide range of issues that includes new charity registrations, incorporations, governance matters, mergers, trustee training, dealings with the Charity Commission and fundraising matters.
Stephen has enormous expertise in advising on Academy projects.
Over the last 10 years Stephen has worked with more than 50 sponsored Academies and more than 100 converter Academies. This depth of experience means Stephen is often able to save clients time and fees by anticipating potential issues at the earliest stage.
Career
Trained Nabarro Nathanson; qualified 1997.
Memberships
Charity Law Association.
Education
Churcher’s College, Petersfield; University of Durham (BA Law 2(1)).
Leisure
Stephen enjoys spending time with his family as well as cycling and reading.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Education: schools
Stone King LLP offers its roster of state school, faith school, multi academy trust, and independent school clients across England first-rate advice on admissions policies, especially in connection with safeguarding and equality matters. The team is also active on contracting and commercial issues, having advised on a number of mergers and academy conversions as well as on the establishment of new schools in the UK and abroad. The multidisciplinary team is jointly led by four lawyers based across the UK. Roger Inman, who is based in Cambridge, is a trusted advisor on school governance matters, especially with respect to SEN policies. London-based lawyer Graham Burns
is reputed for his work on PFI school conversions and transfers, while Tom Morrison, who practices from Bath, is a safeguarding expert, and Leeds further education specialist Tom Morrison advises MATs on their governance and structuring policies. The practice heads are further supported by London-based lawyers Laura Berman, an admissions and safeguarding specialist, Lee Coley, who maintains close relations with a number of faith schools, and Stephen Ravenscroft, who is trusted to handle mergers and academy conversions.
London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
Co-led by Stephen Ravenscroft and Hannah Kubie, Stone King LLP has an enviable reputation in the market for its work on a broad range of issues from crisis management work to advising on innovative charity formations and registrations. It has a strong national offering, and is particularly well regarded for its work with education-related charities and faith charities. Julian Blake is another important member of the ‘friendly and responsive‘ department. Rosamund McCarthy Etherington is a leading charity lawyer who works across many sectors, and has a keen interest in governance, while Ann Phillips is another known name in the market who has a wealth of experience in diverse areas, and has advised many long-established charities on complex trusts and endowments. Lee Coley has a broad practice that predominantly focuses on ecclesiastical law and charity law affecting the Church of England. Chris Jones joined the team from Harris & Harris.