Anne-Marie Piper

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Anne-Marie Piper is one of the UK’s foremost experts in charity law. She has built a formidable reputation for her work on complex mergers and regulatory cases, as well as playing a defining role in establishing charity law as a specialist legal discipline. She combines her client practice with the role of Senior Partner at Farrer & Co.

Over a 30-year career, Anne-Marie has advised charities of all types, on legal issues touching every aspect of their activities.

Anne-Marie advises well-known national and international charities, as well as a diverse client base including religious groups and not-for-profit organisations of all sizes. She also works with philanthropists seeking to structure and execute new initiatives.

Anne-Marie is renowned for her expertise in resolving complex issues for large organisations: particularly fundraising; major mergers, re-organisations and group structures; administrations; and in managing tricky regulatory cases. She has advised on some of the UK’s largest ever charity mergers. Her clients value her straight-talking approach, as well as her ability to simplify technical issues, setting them in the context of their broader organisational aims.