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Charities and not-for-profit

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Birketts LLP

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The ‘superb’ team at Birketts LLP is led by Liz Brownsell and has particular strength in advising Royal Charter charities, learned societies and large membership charities. The team is also increasingly active in advising ecclesiastical charities and has added to its roster of philanthropy work. In the London office, Nicola Morriss plays a pivotal role in the practice.
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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team at Birketts are excellent. They have a great understanding of working with charities and are also proactively supporting us with updates from the sector and collaborating with us to support others in the sector.'

  • ‘In particular, Nicola Morriss is outstanding. Nicola is personable and really takes an interest, making sure we do things correctly but cost effectively. She also ensures we have the right contacts to work with on various projects.'

  • ‘The quality of the team's caseload is extremely high given the relatively small size of the team, and I think it speaks to the quality of the individuals involved.’

  • ‘Liz Brownsell is a brilliant and very hard-working charities expert who is fabulous with clients and strategically astute. Nicola Morriss is a very accomplished and knowledgeable charities lawyer who clients can have complete faith in.’

  • 'The Head of Charities, Liz Brownsell has worked hard to ensure we have developed a good working relationship with her and her team. We have worked really well with Nicola Morriss.’

  • ‘There is great strength across the whole team - work is carried out at appropriate levels and junior members of the team seem well briefed and well supported.’

Key clients

  • Addenbrookes Charitable Trust
  • Amnesty International
  • Barnardo’s
  • bp Helios Fund
  • British Psychosocial Oncology Society
  • Canonium Learning Trust
  • Cats Protection
  • Castel Froma Neuro Care
  • Chartered Trading Standards Institute
  • Church of England Central Services
  • East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices
  • East Anglian Air Ambulance

Work highlights

Advised Barnardo’s on changes to its membership structure to achieve its objective of improving engagement with stakeholders and beneficiaries.
Advising The Charterhouse on charity law, governance and a broad range of property matters.
Advised the Royal Entomological Society on an agreement with the Municipality of Vordingborg in respect of a supplementary breeding and release program for the Large Blue (a butterfly) as part of the “LIFE Orchids” project.

Practice head

Liz Brownsell

Other key lawyers

Nicola Morriss