From the firm's Reading office, Laura Sherratt now heads the practice at Blake Morgan LLP, which acts for large and household name charities, not-for-profits and social enterprise organisations in the UK. With offices in the Thames Valley, the South Coast, London and Wales, the group is well-placed to advise on various issues spanning governance, risk management, grant making and securitisation issues.
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Key clients
- Abingdon Learning Trust
- Activate Learning
- Association for Project Management
- Cranstoun
- The Gallery Trust
- Global Witness
- Hayling Health Society
- Heart of Mercia
- Langley House Trust
- London Borough of Waltham Forest
- The Methodist Church
- Pilgrim's Friend Society
Work highlights
Advising Cardiff YMCA Charity on its proposed merger with Cardiff YMCA Housing Association.
Advising The Gallery Trust on the opening of a free school site in north Oxfordshire and providing ongoing support in respect of a second free school planned in Oxfordshire by the Trust.
Advising Pilgrim’s Friend Society on the consolidation of its group structure including advice on an amendment of its objects, release of permanent endowment and transfers of assets and liabilities from several smaller group entities into others.
Practice head
Laura Sherratt