Stephen O'Reilly has significant experience of advising clients in the charity and not for profit sector as well as advising corporates engaging with charities and not for profits.
Stephen is a partner with extensive experience in all aspects of charity law and issues affecting not-for-profits. He has a particular interest in corporates engaging with the sector. He also regularly advises education and social care charities. Stephen advises charities and not-for-profits on governance, mergers and reorganisations, charity law duties, fundraising and corporate matters.
He regularly deals with the Charity Commission and has successfully registered a number of charities with the Commission and OSCR, the Scottish Charity Regulator.
Stephen also advises third parties, including corporates and pension funds, on their interactions with the charity sector. He has significant experience of advising on the establishment of corporate foundations and putting in place multimillion pound grant agreements.
His experience includes:
- advising the Alan Turing Institute on its registration with the Charity Commission
- advising the National Oceanography Centre on its establishment and charitable registration
- establishing a number of foundations for corporates in the UK and Europe
- advising a number of US section 501(c)(3) organisations on the establishment of charities and not for profits in the UK
- advising on a number of charities mergers including a merger to create a £100 million charity group
- applying to the Charity Commission to secure the release of a permanent endowment restriction valued at £35 million for an educational charity
- advising a national park in the UK on the establishment of a charity
- securing a number of section 105 of the Charities Act 2011 Orders for charity clients
Stephen is a regular speaker on issues affecting charities.
Listed as a Rising Star in The Legal 500 for Charity and Education work
The Legal 500 EMEA Recommended Lawyer 2021
- Member, Charity Law Association