James is a consultant in the charity and social business team. He works with a wide variety of charities, not for profits, local authorities and government departments. He focuses on governance and structure issues including reviews of governance, company, group and collaborative structures, Royal Charters, International Federations and other bodies. He has done substantial amounts of work for membership organisations which face particular challenges. Much of his work is involved with mergers including assisting clients find appropriate merger partners and negotiating the merger or collaborative working. Increasingly he has supported clients facing issues with regulators and in particular the Charity Commission. He advises on strategies to manage a range of risk, solvency and growth issues.
