Blandy & Blandy is increasingly seen as the firm of choice for commercially effective, high quality legal advice for charities and other third sector and not-for-profit organisations across the Thames Valley and surrounding area. Our clients include social enterprises, NGOs, local authority related bodies, educational establishments, church related bodies and healthcare trusts.
Our lawyers are experienced in the Third Sector and understand the pressures our clients face. They are able to offer realistic and practical advice allowing them to make the best use of the resources at their disposal whilst keeping on top of the important issues such as funding relationships and compliance requirements - including the Charities Act, Companies Act and employment legislation.
Charities and other organisations in the voluntary and social enterprise sector need to be able to call on a wide range of legal advice. Drawing on expertise from across the firm we are able to offer timely and cost effective advice on everyday issues as well as more complex matters including:
- Getting started
- Constitutions and governance
- Trading activities
- Trustee obligations
- Operational issues
- Exploiting intellectual property
- Commercial agreements and funding agreements
- Outsourcing, restructuring, mergers and amalgamations
- Joint ventures
- Employment
- Dispute resolution
- Commercial Property, acquisitions and disposal
- Planning
- Legacies and wills
- Licensing
- Financial services
- Trustee training
Our approach
At Blandy & Blandy we take a personal approach to working with all our clients. With charities and other Third Sector clients this requires tailoring our approach to the skills and resources already available to them. In addition we can offer training, guidance and knowledge sharing to help our clients keep up to date with key legal developments.
Contact us
To contact our Third Sector lawyers phone 0118 951 6800