With a cross-disciplinary team, Brachers (Part of Lawfront) is well equipped to deliver comprehensive support to charities and not-for-profit organisations across governance, compliance, employment, as well as property and funding matters. The practice is led by a trio of lawyers: Sarah Gaines, who takes the lead on property-related matters; Christopher Eriksson-Lee, who advises on a broad range of issues, including governance, structural reorganisations and setting up and converting charities; and Catherine Daw, whose specialisms lie in employment mandates, particularly advising healthcare providers and charities on trade union matters, collective issues and employment tribunal litigation.
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Testimonials
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'Brachers provide accurate advice in a straightforward way that the charity trustees can understand and rely on. Their terms of engagement are very clear and fair.'
‘Senior associate Helen Stonham is conscientious, well-informed, clear, friendly and trustworthy. She has noticed a specific and important detail in the legal documents pertaining to the property we are purchasing, which I think previous solicitors must have overlooked. I feel fully involved in the process, and Helen really understands the needs and concerns of the charity.’
'Brachers has strong roots in the community and a well-earned reputation for trust, making it one of the first names that comes to mind when people think about legal advice.'
'Katherine Dew is an exceptional employment lawyer, and Christopher Eriksson-Lee has a well-deserved reputation for excellence in his private client field.'
Key clients
- William Barrows Charity
- Charities Aid Foundation Bank
- Blackthorn Trust
- Kent County Agricultural Society
- Brachers Charitable Trust
- Tunstall Village Hall
- The Sir Percival Griffiths’ Tea Planter Trust
- Kent Farmers Benevolent Fund
Work highlights
Advised CAF Bank Limited on multi-million-pound combined loans to various charities.
Advising Margate Creative Land Trust on the acquisition for a mixed-use redevelopment in support of the objectives of the Thanet Local Plan.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Sarah Gaines; Christopher Eriksson-Lee; Catherine Daw
Other key lawyers
Helen Stonham; Mary Rimmer