Marion Davis > BTO Solicitors LLP > Glasgow, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
BTO Solicitors LLP Offices
48 ST VINCENT STREET
GLASGOW
G2 5HS
United Kingdom
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Marion Davis
Work Department
Charities (Scotland) and Social Housing (Scotland)
Position
Senior Associate
Experienced in charity and public law matters, Marion is one of the few solicitors accredited by The Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in charity law. She provides corporate, governance and business advice in relation to charities, social housing, regeneration, local authority and regulatory matters, including regulatory intervention.
Many clients seek Marion’s advice on: becoming a charity; SCIOs and other constitutions for charities; non-charitable trading; proposed activities for charities and subsidiaries; contracts; policies; regulatory and governance issues. She also advises charities and trustees on applications for reorganisation under the Charities legislation or change of legal form, which are often complex and can involve more than one charity. For example, assisting a large unincorporated association to transfer into a company where, as well as charity regulatory requirements, there are specific requirements to meet in order to manage historic pension liabilities.
Charities and other organisations working in highly regulated spheres seek Marion’s opinion on matters within the governance and regulatory areas in which she specialises. Marion also regularly provides training on charity law and good governance for clients and others, including the Legal Services Agency. Having completed a secondment with the charity regulator earlier in her career, Marion has particular insight into the Scottish charity regulation.
Career
BTO Solicitors LLP (2002-present); trainee and then solicitor, Aberdeen City Council (1997-2001).
Work highlights:
- Assisting to set up a new national charity to address an unmet need for training and specialist knowledge within the medical profession and services in Scotland: the Scottish Extracorporeal Resuscitation Network.
- Advising a charity on issues arising with regard to an ongoing investigation by the Charity regulator, OSCR, regarding actions of former trustees as well as possible impacts from this investigation on the current activities of the charity.
- Advising a charity on the process for a potential merger, identifying areas of risk and areas for further consideration by the client, as well as their approach to their potential merger partner.
- Providing robust charity advice to an English law firm in regards to Scottish charity law matters.
Languages
English
Memberships
Law Society of Scotland
Education
Aberdeen University – MA (Hons), Mathematics and Philosophy (1991); Glasgow University – LLB (1996); Glasgow University – Diploma in Legal Practice (1997)
Personal
Board member of Edinburgh International Festival Society (EIF)
Trustee of The Baird Trust
Leisure
Board member of Project Ability Limited.
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
(Leading individuals)BTO Solicitors LLP‘s charities team acts for a diverse range of public sector clients, registered social landlords, charities and other third sector entities. Acting for registered social landlords is a speciality for the team led by senior associate Marion Davis, a seasoned charity law expert, who ‘goes above and beyond‘ when assisting clients across the sector. On the commercial side, David Gibson advises major Scottish and UK-wide organisations on commercial property matters, while Laura Salmond and Caroline Carr specialise in sector-specific employment law.
Scotland > Real estate > Social housing
With the employment-focused Caroline Carr, BTO Solicitors LLP is geared to advise clients, most of whom are housing associations such as RSLs, on sensitive management, staffing and governance issues. Commercial litigator Grant Hunter also handles disputes arising out of major development projects and tenement refurbishment programmes, among other contentious issues. Carr and Hunter co-head the practice with Karen Brodie, who takes the lead on commercial conveyancing matters. Other recommended individuals include senior associates Marion Davis and Douglas Strang.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Scotland > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Charities and not-for-profit Scotland > Private client
- Social housing Scotland > Real estate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: fraud
- Private client > Family
- Insurance > Medical negligence: defender
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Employment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media and entertainment
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy (excluding oil and gas)
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Construction