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Augustus Della-Porta

Augustus Della-Porta

Bates Wells, London

Work Department

Charity and social enterprise.

Position

Partner.  Advises acharities and not-for profits on a range of commercial and charity law matters, including advising on constitutional and governance issues, structures and restructures, mergers, operating overseas and spinning out from local and central government. Works across a range of sectors and in particular faith-based organisations, public sector services, trade associations and membership organisations, and international not-for-profit organisations.

Career

A volunteer with Missionaries of Charity, Kolkata, 1993 - 1994 University of Kent, Theology, (including a year in Israel and Palestine), 1998 English teacher, Damascus, Syria, 1998 - 2002 Volunteer advisor at a Citizens’ Advice Bureau, 2002 Advisor and director of charity providing advice and support to refugees in North London, 2002 Post Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course, 2007 Joined Bates Wells in 2007 Become a partner in 2018

Education

Member of the Charity Law Association and Solicitor’s International Human Rights Group Trustee of Educate A Child – International, Teach for Lebanon (UK)

Mentions

Public sector • London

Local government