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Role All Advocate Associate Barrister Company Secretary Consultant Director European Financial Controller Hong Kong Office Managing Director Hong Kong Regional Head of Corporate Legal Executive Of Counsel Other Legal Paralegal Partner Professional Support Professional Support Lawyer Senior Counsel Solicitor Trainee Trust Manager
Practice area All Business - Banking Business - Brands Business - Charities and not-for-profit Business - Commercial litigation & arbitration Business - Corporate Business - Corporate finance Business - Cultural assets & art Business - Employment Business - Financial services regulatory Business - Funds, investments, tax & trusts Business - Hotels Business - Insolvency Business - IP, media & reputation management Business - Italy Business - Legal risk management Business - Real estate Business - Tax Personal - Cultural assets & art Personal - Divorce & family law Personal - Elder law Personal - Employment Personal - Family office & family business Personal - Financial services regulatory Personal - Italy Personal - Landed estates Personal - Legal risk management Personal - Litigation Personal - Philanthropy & charitable giving Personal - Probate & trust management Personal - Residential real estate Personal - Tax Personal - Trust & succession disputes Personal - Wealth structuring Personal - Wills & succession planning
Location All BVI Geneva Greenwich CT Hong Kong London Milan New Haven New York
Partner
Chris has a wealth of experience advising charities and social enterprises on their commercial projects – whether domestic or international. He also advises businesses working with charities or on their CSR or philanthropic initiatives.
He is particularly well known for his work on public private partnerships, including Academies and other schools projects as well as advising charities on pubic service contracts.
Chris advises National Lottery distributors and Department for Culture Media and Sport sponsored non-departmental public bodies including the UK Film Council.
He is currently advising on several Academies projects and is standing legal adviser to the College of Optometrists and CIPD. He regularly advises CRUK, Macmillan Cancer Support, the TATE and British Red Cross.
Publications
Chris is responsible for the fundraising chapter of Tolley’s Charities Manual.
He writes a regular legal column in ‘Third Sector’ and the English legal notes section of ‘Whitakers’s Almanack.
Press Commentary
Charity Law Association.
Chris enjoys a good film when he is not cycling, swimming or learning to dive. He is a trustee of the St Giles Trust and recently stood as a candidate for Islington Council.
Chris Priestley
Tel: +44 (0)20 7597 6135
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