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Neasa Coen

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Work Department

Charities

Position

Counsel

Career

Neasa is Counsel in our Charities and Philanthropy team, which is part of the firm’s wider Private Wealth practice. She focuses her practice on the charitable sector and advises grant makers, operating charities, organisations in the public sector, commercial clients and philanthropists on charity law and practice.

She has particular experience in advising grant-makers and philanthropists, on charity law and governance, in social investment and venture philanthropy, and in acting for corporates and corporate foundations on their dealings with charities, including commercial participation and sponsorship. She also advises on technology (including cryptocurrencies and blockchain), and is interested in faith-based and interfaith charitable work, particularly in the Jewish and Catholic charitable sectors.

Neasa speaks regularly at conferences on charity law and practice and she has presented at events hosted by Philanthropy Impact, Prism the Gift Fund, Charity Finance Group and Gibraltar Philanthropy Forum. Recent topics include cryptocurrency donations, governance issues for the faith-based sector, cross-border giving, the Common Reporting Standard, political campaigning and the use of donor advised funds.

She joined Forsters in July 2019 having previously worked at Withers and BCLP.

Memberships

Charity Law Association

Charity Tax Group

Law Society