Charities
UK Guide 2025 : UK-wide
Band 2
Email address
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(020) 7227 7000About
Provided by BDB Pitmans LLP
Recognised as one of the leading practices in the UK, BDB’s large charities team advises on significant and often difficult issues, including commercial contracts, constitutional and government issues, dispute resolution, employment, immigration, information law and data protection, incorporation, public affairs and regulatory issues.
Chambers Review
BDB Pitmans possesses substantial expertise in the area of charity regulation, particularly safeguarding, serious incident reporting and questions regarding political campaigning. The team is strong on mandates concerning funding and grant-making, with additional capabilities in providing commercial support on mergers and structuring issues. It is equipped to assist with matters relating to data protection and legacy disputes. BDB Pitmans acts for a core client base of arts and heritage charities as well as health organisations.
Work Highlights
- BDB Pitmans advised Nuffield Health before the Supreme Court in a test case brought by Merton Council on the question of the proper test for 80% mandatory charity relief from business rates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"BDB has proved very helpful in complex and protracted matters."
"BDB Pitmans provides clients with personalised attention, prompt responses and reasonable rates."
"BDB has proved very helpful in complex and protracted matters."
"BDB Pitmans provides clients with personalised attention, prompt responses and reasonable rates."
Notable Practitioners
Jonathan Brinsden has experience assisting well-known charities clients with a plethora of issues. His focus areas include complex commercial and regulatory matters concerning funding and partnerships, mergers and asset transfers. Brinsden is also well versed in matters involving the Charity Commission, such as whistle-blowing and serious incident reporting.
"Jonathan is a wonderful lawyer. He is pragmatic and user-friendly, and is able to explain complex legal theories in a straight-forward manner."
Ben Brice regularly advises charities and not-for-profits on governance and financing matters, including mergers.
"Ben is very responsive and supportive."
"Ben was excellent at getting up to speed quickly with the issue at hand, assimilating the information, and providing expert advice that was easy for us as a charity to understand and act on."
"Ben's approach and advice drew on his sector knowledge and experience. He enabled us to navigate sensitive and complex interweaving issues."