Rebecca specialises in governance matters. She assists charities, other not-for-profit organisations and individuals with issues such as:

• setting up new charities
• drafting and amending governing documents
• support with charity registration applications
• charity incorporations and mergers
• setting up trading subsidiaries
• trade mark registrations
• reviewing and drafting contracts, including for grant funding, sponsorship, fundraising, licensing, partnerships and other types of collaboration
• general governance issues, such as governance policies, serious incidents and board management

Rebecca trained at Russell-Cooke and joined the team on qualification.

Prior to becoming a solicitor, Rebecca worked for several years in legal research, publishing and knowledge management. She has experience working within the charity sector, including an information/publications role in a human rights charity and voluntary experience in the areas of criminal justice, prisons and homelessness.

• Setting up new charities, including those with operations overseas
• Achieving charity status for clients whose registration applications have previously been rejected or who have received complex questions from the Charity Commission
• Drafting and advising on the amendment of charity governing documents, for charitable companies, CIOs, unincorporated associations and trusts
• Assisting unincorporated charities with becoming charitable companies or CIOs or setting up corporate trustees.
• Registering charity trademarks with the UK Intellectual Property Office
• Setting up charity trading subsidiaries and advising on their management, including cost sharing agreements and deeds of covenant
• Drafting and reviewing contracts, including for commercial participator arrangements, grant funding and partnerships.
• Supporting clients when things go wrong, including in relation to serious incident reporting, trustee disqualification and internal board disputes

• Obtained an LPC, London Metropolitan University, Distinction
• Obtained a BVC, University of Law, Outstanding
• Obtained an LLB Law, Cardiff University, First Class