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What the Team is Known For

Mishcon de Reya has a notable practice known for its representation of national charities, university colleges, NGOs and trading subsidiaries. The firm assists with strategic governance and regulatory issues and the setting up of charitable organisations, as well as commercial matters such as collaborations and fundraising events. The team is additionally focused on social enterprise mandates.

Work Highlights

  • Mishcon de Reya have continued to support Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and its trading subsidiary on the legal implementation of their first research spin-out.

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Notable Practitioners

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Chris Willis Pickup
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Chris Willis Pickup advises an array of charity and social venture clients on commercial and constitutional issues. He is particularly adept at liaising with the Charity Commission on issues such as governance applications and regulatory issues.

Chris is excellent. Great commercial awareness, tactful and effective also. He understands our business well.

Chris is excellent. Very responsive and clearly an expert.

I think of Chris as a thought leader in the field, he is very innovative and he is very good at telling clients how to best manage their relationship with the Charity Commission.

We’ve really enjoyed working with Chris. He stands out for his clarity, responsiveness, and ability to engage with the complexity of our work without making things more difficult than they need to be.

Chris is technically very good and he has great experience working in the charities sector and in particular with the charities regulator in UK. He gives solid and concise advice.

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Chris Willis Pickup
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