Rebecca is an associate in the charity and social business team, specialising in governance matters. Rebecca assists charities, other not-for-profit organisations and individuals with issues such as:
- setting up new charities
- drafting and amending governing documents
- support with charity registration applications
- charity incorporations and mergers
- setting up trading subsidiaries
- trade mark registrations
- reviewing and drafting contracts, including for grant funding, sponsorship, fundraising, licensing, partnerships and other types of collaboration
- general governance issues, such as governance policies, serious incidents and board management
Rebecca trained at Russell-Cooke and joined the team on qualification.
Prior to becoming a solicitor, Rebecca worked for several years in legal research, publishing and knowledge management. She has experience working within the charity sector, including an information/publications role in a human rights charity and voluntary experience in the areas of criminal justice, prisons and homelessness.
- Supporting clients with charity registration applications, including achieving charity registration for clients whose applications have previously been rejected or who have received complex questions from the Charity Commission.
- Drafting charity governing documents and advising on their amendment, for charitable companies, CIOs, unincorporated associations and trusts.
- Applying for Charity Commission Schemes to enable vesting of property.
- Assisting unincorporated charities with becoming charitable companies or CIOs.
- Registering charity trade marks with the UK Intellectual Property Office.
- Setting up charity trading subsidiaries and advising on their management.
- Supporting clients when things go wrong, including in relation to serious incident reporting, trustee disqualification and internal board disputes.
- Acting for supported living service providers in respect of their relationships with local authorities, registered providers of social housing and property owners.
- Advising in relation to legacy issues.
- LPC, London Metropolitan University, Distinction
- BVC, University of Law, Outstanding
- LLB Law, Cardiff University, First Class
