Mark specialises in advising charities and not-for-profit clients. His expertise includes advising on setting up and incorporating charities, as well as mergers and restructuring, governance issues and drafting commercial agreements. In addition to numerous breed society clients, Mark acts for a wide variety of commercial and not-for-profit organisations, including rural businesses, ecclesiastical clients, educational charities, and family businesses. He is the consultant editor of the Law Society’s Book on the 2006 Companies Act and for many years was a contributing editor of Butterworths Corporate Law Service.He is a member of the Charity Law Association.Mark has maintained his elite national lawyer’s status in the two leading legal directories, Chambers and Partners UK 2023/2024 and the Legal 500 2024 In Chambers in relation to the UK as a whole the Chambers Legal directory for 2023 /2024 states:-“Mark’s all-round knowledge and experience gives us the confidence to ensure we act correctly and appropriately.”In the Legal 500 2023 it is stated as follows:-‘Clear advice and always readily available. We have needed specialist advice for our charity and the information we received was clear and useful’.‘The individual I rely on for sound and tailored advice is Mark Lewis. He has a wealth of charity law experience and is readily available to offer advice and his opinion. He gives a clear response based on many years of working in the charity sector’.‘We were treated promptly and very professionally. Our issue was resolved speedily and satisfactorily. The problem was speedily identified, the options explained and we were at all times kept informed of progress. The cost involved was not unreasonable’.