Jonathan Brinsden Email and Phone Number

SECTOR FOCUS: CHARITIES AND SOCIAL ENTERPRISEJonathan advises on a wide variety of commercial and constitutional issues affecting charities. Jonathan is the first point of contact for many charity chief executives and offers a wide range of advice on day to day issues such as grant-making, fundraising and sponsorship opportunities. Jonathan has also assisted a number of charities with Charity Commission schemes and other regulatory issues relating to their activities. He has worked with charities of all shapes and sizes in improving their governance systems and developing their legal frameworks. He has developed particular expertise in advising charities operating internationally, in particular in helping overseas charities develop their franchise within the UK, often by a subsidiary or by a dual qualified charity. Jonathan is a trustee of a number of charities and is a frequent contributor to charities media debates.ENDORSEMENTSJonathan is individually ranked as a Band 1 charities lawyer in Chambers and Partners 2018 ("professional expertise, and extensive knowledge of charity law" as well as his "ability, when required, to zoom from a focus on the high level basic objectives being sought, to smaller, but relevant detail.") He is also recommended in the Legal 500 directory as someone who ‘fully understands the most complex matters yet can explain them with great simplicity and clarity’.