Reed Smith

Address: Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose Street, London, EC2A 2RS

Telephone: 020 3116 3000

Fax: 020 3116 3999

Given the diverse range of activities undertaken by charities, Reed Smith's UK Charity Law Group comprises charity law specialists supported by lawyers whose areas of expertise include tax, property, company and commercial, employment, pensions, intellectual property and litigation matters.

We provide a full range of services to charities, including:

• registration with the Charity Commission and HMRC Charities and advice on charitable status
• tax planning, financing and VAT
• governance, constitutional reviews and re-organisations
• mergers and takeovers
• political activities and campaigning
• pensions and employment advice

We differentiate ourselves from niche charity law firms, which have expertise solely in charity law, but lack our breadth as a full-service international law firm with specialist expertise across the entire spectrum of legal areas.

We work closely with our charity law colleagues across Reed Smith's network of international offices, and advise international charities seeking to establish a presence in the UK (or EU), either as a branch or separate charitable entity.

Our charity clients range from household names to innovative start-ups. Clients enjoy close working relationships with our lawyers and are impressed at the extent to which we seek to understand their charities, including through secondments and volunteering opportunities.

We balance an awareness of the particular needs of our charity clients with a profound appreciation of the ever-increasing resourse constraints under which they operate. We are willing to offer our charity clients reasonable discounts to our budget rates whilst continuing to deliver a high quality service.

Many of our lawyers have an extensive personal commitment to the third sector, acting as trustees of charities, chairing the London Endowed Charities Forum and in various other voluntary capacities.

Our lawyers are also involved in a diverse range of pro bono and CSR initiatives, often with a focus on charity law. In relation to this, Reed Smith is a signatory to the UK's Joint Protocol for Pro Bono Work and a founding member of Advocates for International Development. Reed Smith is also a member of the UK Charity Law Association.

For more information please contact:

Marc Bergen, Associate
020 3116 2658, mbergen@reedsmith.com

Fionnuala Lynch, Counsel
020 3116 3445, flynch@reedsmith.com