Stone King LLP

Charity & Social Enterprise Team.

Nicole advises charities, social enterprises and businesses including on
collaborations, mergers, asset transfers, incorporations, inter-group structuring and governance issues and is particularly interested in enabling charities to work with non-charities.
Nicole is actively involved in E3M, an initiative to reform public service delivery, and is a member of Stone King’s Health and Social Care group, working together with colleagues from our Corporate and Commercial Team.

She is particularly interested in facilitating collaborative partnerships in health and social care and building relationships between the voluntary sector, social enterprise, social funders and local authorities.

Work highlights include:

• Advising on the change of control and future collaboration of two charities supporting those with learning disabilities.

• Co-ordinating a complex tripartite transfer of assets and liabilities between two charities and a community interest company.

• Establishing a number of corporate foundations and advising on structure and governance inter-relationships between group entities.

• Supporting an entrepreneur and philanthropist in the creation of a charity and the structuring of a significant gift to the charity.

• Co-ordinating the merger of two north London charities involving a large property portfolio and varied complexities.

• Guiding a number of asset transfers and project hive-offs involving charities and non-charities.

• Carrying out governance reviews, supporting external investigations and providing advice and next step recommendations for a number of charities working internationally.

• Supporting several livery companies in relation to charity governance and compliance.

Nicole read history at Downing College, University of Cambridge and completed her postgraduate degree in Law at BPP and Kaplan Law School, London. She trained at Farrer & Co and joined Stone King on qualification.

Nicole is Chair of the Stone King Foundation. She is also a lead representative for corporate social responsibility within the firm and is a trustee outside of work.

She is a Portuguese speaker and is currently learning Spanish.

Nicole is involved in a number of organisations related to Brazilian culture and enjoys music, dance and climbing mountains, whenever possible.