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Bates Wells Offices
Bates Wells
10 QUEEN STREET PLACE
LONDON
EC4R 1BE
England
10 QUEEN STREET PLACE
LONDON
EC4R 1BE
England
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Tom Pratt
020 7551 7745 [email protected]
Work Department
Charity, Culture + Creative
Position
Tom provides a wide range of contractual, commercial and governance advice to charities, social enterprises, commercial organisations and creative businesses and individuals. Tom advises on a variety of commercial and charity law matters, including in relation to start ups, collaborative working and (re)structuring, funding, contractual arrangements, intellectual property (including copyright) and governance and constitutional issues.
Tom has a particular focus on working with cultural and creative clients (a former trustee of Dance United) and is a core member of BWB’s Culture + Creative team.
Career
- Joined Bates Wells Braithwaite, 2004
- Admitted as a solicitor, 2006
- Three months working as legal assistant with Tate Gallery, 2006
Memberships
- Former Trustee of Dance United
- Member of the Charity Law Association
- Works with a number of charities on a pro bono basis, including Prison Radio Association
- Regular speaker on charity law and social enterprise law, including with The School for Social Enterpreneurs and Law Works
- Contributor to a number of publications, including Third Sector and Jordans Charities Administration Service
Education
- Nottingham University, BSC (Joint Hons) Maths & Philosophy, 1995
- Worked in Tokyo, Japan as an English teacher and translator, 1996
- Manchester Metropolitan University, Post-graduate Diploma in Law, 2002
- Chester College of Law, Legal Practice Course, 2003
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Electoral
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Public sector > Education: schools
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Local government
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Trade mark attorneys
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Industry focus > TMT
- Employment > Employers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Property finance