International Charities and Not-for-Profit

Our team of dedicated charity experts offers a full range of services to charities and not-for-profit clients operating both in the UK and internationally.

We understand the complexities of operating in a highly regulated sector and the need to be sensitive to local legal and cultural issues in other countries. We advise household name charities, as well as national and international organisations including professional bodies, membership associations and charitable foundations.

Our expertise includes:

• collaborations between US- and UK-based clients and the structuring of philanthropic projects
• supporting US- and UK-based clients to navigate the US processes of equivalency determination and recognition as a s.501(c)(3) organisation
• advising UK-based or US-based entities on structuring arrangements, including relocation of property and other assets
• advising global membership charities on governance, commercial agreements, funding agreements and relocation of staff
• advising UK-based education charities (including independent schools) on their overseas strategy and setting up overseas entities
• sending employees overseas (including into hostile environments)
• transferring employees to the UK
• working with overseas volunteers
• white collar crime (particularly fraud) relating to overseas work and employees.

Our approach is solutions-focused, and we invest time and effort to get to know our clients on a deep level, to understand their activities and operations, and to build long-term relationships as trusted advisers. We are here for our clients every step of the way, in every situation, and wherever their operations take them across the globe.