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Samantha Pritchard
Partner | Sport, Education and Charities
Carole Hogg is Samantha's PA
About Samantha
With many years’ of experience advising on all aspects of charity law and governance, Samantha is an expert on the regulations and challenges faced by charities, not-for-profit organisations, social enterprises and educational establishments.
Samantha advises on a range of legal issues relating to strategic change, governance, operational matters, trust law, and regulatory compliance. This includes mergers, collaborations and joint ventures, new formations, incorporations, group structures, governance and constitutional reviews, delegation of authority, trustees’ duties, trading, fundraising, contracts, charity property, charity investments, permanent endowment, Charity Commission compliance and the impact of charity law in other areas.
Her clients include large national and regional charities, membership organisations, community organisations, social enterprises, education providers and other service providers.
Samantha also supports individual philanthropists as well as public bodies and commercial businesses and institutions when they interact with the sector.
She has acted as a trustee of a number of charities and undertaken a secondment within a national charity; and is a member of the Charity Law Association, regularly providing training to trustees and senior management.
5 top tips to be a charity trustee
Samantha Pritchard, partner in our charities team, has a wealth of experience working with charities. In this video, she gives her top 5 tips on what you need to get started as a trustee.
Watch VideoAll VideosWorked closely with Samantha Pritchard who's attention to detail and assessment skills are excellent. Sam has a personal approach based on an empathetic character enabling her to deal with tricky issues and subjects sympathetically but in detail.
Samantha Pritchard demonstrated emotional intelligence as well as high levels of legal knowledge. Samantha showed a firm grasp of the organisation's position and security as we moved into signing the merger agreement.
Education
As a charities and governance specialist, Samantha works with Boards and Executive teams within Universities, FE Colleges, Academy Trusts and independent schools and acts as clerk to a Further Education establishment, advising them on governance and regulatory compliance.
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Social Housing
As a charities and governance specialist, Samantha works with Boards and Executive teams within Universities, FE Colleges, Academy Trusts and independent schools and acts as clerk to a Further Education establishment, advising them on governance and regulatory compliance.
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