LAWYER PROFILE

Catherine Rustomji

UK 2026

Shakespeare Martineau

Ranked in 1 practice area

Charities

UK-wide

12 years ranked

About

Provided by Shakespeare Martineau

Practice Areas

Charities

Career

Catherine Rustomji is a partner and head of charities at Shakespeare Martineau. She has been advising charities, social enterprises and not-for-profit organisations exclusively for over 20 years.

Catherine is a specialist charities solicitor who advises charities, not-for-profit organisations, social enterprises, charity trustees and individuals wishing to establish charities. Her particular focus is on constitutional and governance matters including different legal structures and the duties and responsibilities of charity trustees.

She regularly advises on charity registrations, incorporations of existing charities, mergers, the use of commercial subsidiaries including community interest companies and advising on the legal duties and responsibilities of charity trustees.

https://www.shma.co.uk/people/catherine-rustomji/

Key sectors

Not for Profit / Charity

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Charities - UK-wide

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Catherine Rustomji advises a range of regional and national clients, including trusts and household-name charities. Her practice covers governance and financial matters, contractual issues and property transactions.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

She is a go-to person for us, first point of contact. We had a complex matter a while back and the advice and approach were really fantastic.
CharitiesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Catherine Rustomji is excellent and I really rate her.
CharitiesChambers Guide to the Legal Profession