Alison Paines
Partner | London, Cambridge
Alison is a partner in the charities team.
She has over 25 years of experience in advising charities and other non-profit bodies, and those who contract with or donate to them.
Her clients include an eclectic mix of service providers, grant-makers, educational bodies, aid agencies and research institutes, as well as individual and corporate philanthropists.
She advises on all aspects of charities’ activities but specialises in strategic and governance advice. She is particularly well known for her expertise on medical charities (especially those linked with the National Health Service), educational charities, charities associated with government and international charity issues.
Alison is well used to negotiating for clients with the Charity Commission and other regulators.
She is the past Chairman of the Charity Law Association and the current Chair of Governors at a leading school.
Track record
Admissions
Publications
Memberships
Talks
Governance reviews for Cancer Research UK, Girls’ Day School Trust and Orders of St John Care Trust.
Undertaking the role of interim General Counsel for the International Baccalaureate Organization.
On behalf of Sutton Trust, establishment of Education Endowment Fund, and related negotiation with Department for Education relating to £120 million funding.
England and Wales, 1981
Charities chapter to Chambers & Partners publication ‘Legal Brexit’ - August 2016
Edits and contributes to Oxford University Press’ ‘International Charitable Giving’ - published - November 2012
She writes the Department of Health’s Guidance on ‘NHS charities’ conversion to independence’ - December 2012, updated March 2015
Charity Law Association
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Law Society of England and Wales
Lectured with the Department of Health and the Charity Commission at roadshows in Manchester and London on the Department’s deregulation proposals affecting NHS charities
Spoke at a variety of events in Hong Kong and Singapore on fundraising and governance structures for international charities - November 2013
Me in a minute
I count myself very lucky to do the job I do
Education
Languages
- English