Matteo Yoon
UK Guide 2025
Associates to watch : Charities
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About
Provided by Matteo Yoon
Practice Areas
ESG, Sustainability and Responsible Business, Impact Investment, Corporate, Joint Ventures and Investments, Private Wealth and Charities
Professional Memberships
Charity Law Association
Personal
Matteo is a corporate and charities lawyer in our pro bono team, with a focus on impact finance and charity law advisory.
Matteo works in our Pro Bono Practice across matters for our global impact investment and social finance practice, HSF Impact, and the firm’s Charities Practice.
Matteo won "Young Practitioner of the Year" at the STEP Awards in 2022, with judges noting that Matteo "has all the qualities of an outstanding advisor, equipped not just technically but also demonstrating empathy for the charities and causes he is assisting, and at the forefront of trends that affect his clients. Over and above, he has a big heart and enormous social consciousness, with a genuine commitment to championing social justice, diversity and inclusion."
Chambers Review
UK
Matteo Yoon is a senior associate at Herbert Smith Freehills who regularly advises national and international charities, social enterprises, and not-for-profit organisations. He handles a wide variety of charity, corporate and commercial law matters, including grant funding, governance issues, regulatory compliance and charity registration.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Matteo has provided consistently excellent support to our organisation."
"Matteo has been excellent to work with. His responsiveness and professionalism have been superb, and he's been very willing to provide advice and support."
"Matteo provides excellent communication and has a highly professional approach."
"Matteo has provided consistently excellent support to our organisation."
"Matteo has been excellent to work with. His responsiveness and professionalism have been superb, and he's been very willing to provide advice and support."
"Matteo provides excellent communication and has a highly professional approach."