Mr Gareth Roy > Russell-Cooke LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Gareth Roy
Work Department
Charities and social business
Position
Gareth is a senior associate in the charity and social business team and advises a wide range of clients including national and international charities, religious charities and sports clubs.
He provides governance and commercial advice across a wide range of issues including structural reviews, mergers, fundraising, lotteries and regulatory matters involving the Charity Commission.
Gareth combines expert legal and technical knowledge with a pragmatic and user-friendly approach.
Career
Gareth trained at Russell-Cooke and qualified into the charity and social business team in 2015. Prior to that, he managed a team within the operations department of a global toxicology company.
Memberships
- Trustee of the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute
- Member of the Charity Law Association
Education
Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford, BA (Hons) Jurisprudence
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
(Leading associates)The team at Russell-Cooke LLP is praised as ‘approachable, highly intelligent, efficient, and coordinated‘ and ‘work is done quickly and is well, informed by deep industry insight with a knack for finding resolution on even the most nuanced legal issue’. Led by Andrew Studd, the group is adept at advising on the establishment of new charities and on philanthropy issues, and continues to see an increase in work on regulatory interventions by the Charity Commission; it is also skilled at advising charities that have been created by Acts of Parliament and by Royal Charter. James Sinclair Taylor is a long-standing adviser to charities, social businesses and other not-for profits, while Chris Rowse continues to work with various high-profile clients. Pippa Garland advises charities from a wide range of sectors, and Carla Whalen was recently promoted to the partnership. At senior associate level, Gareth Roy is another name to note.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading associates London > Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Charities and not-for-profit London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Social housing: tenant
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport