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Registration of a charity by an overseas charity
Acted for the European Association for the Study of Diabetes on the establishment of an English charity. The European Association for the Study of Diabetes is the pre-eminent European body for specialists working in diabetes.
View Case studyCharity merger: National Childbirth Trust
We advised the National Childbirth Trust on its merger with the Midwives Information and Resource Service (MIDIRS). We advised the National Childbirth Trust on this merger including negotiating and concluding a framework merger agreement.
View Case studyAcquisition of charity headquarters
Acted for Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health on the acquisition of its new headquarters in Theobald’s Road, London and on its related sale of its headquarters building near London Regent Street.
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We advised a very large national charity which undertook a review of its 177 branches in the UK in order to establish their property ownership.
View Case studyNational rebranding of a charity
We advised Arthritis Research UK on its national rebranding. We provided a legal project plan and then handled all stages of implementation, including obtaining consents from the Charity Commission and OSCR, passing the resolutions of the charity and its subsidiaries and licensing of the new name to its trading company.
View Case studyGovernance review of a Royal Charter body
Advised the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists on the introduction of an entirely new governance structure. The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is the medical Royal College for its speciality established by Royal Charter. Ian Hempseed was appointed as the legal advisor to the College’s Governance Working Party, whose recommendations were approved by the College’s Council.
View Case studyProperty management and development of permanent endowment estate
Advising an endowed charity, the Dame Alice Owen Foundation, on the grant of a 10-year lease at a market rent. The charity Dame Alice Owen Foundation dates back to 1613 and continues to manage the permanent endowment comprising land in London EC1.
View Case studyCross border charity merger
Advised Outward Bound on the transfer of the Omani operations of a subsidiary charity to an NGO registered in Oman. Outward Bound operated a subsidiary charity in Oman to use its wild deserts and mountain landscape to develop life skills through challenging outdoor journeys.
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View Case studyConversion of a housing association to a charity
Converted Franklands Village Housing Association to an exempt charity and subsequently complete its merger with a local charity. Franklands Village Housing Association is a community benefit society and therefore could not register with the Charity Commission.
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