Qualification
• Partner at BWB from 1999
• Assistant Solicitor at BWB 1991-1999
• Trained at BWB 1989-1991
• Guildford Law College 1987-88
• St Benet’s Hall, Oxford University 1986
Experience
Julian has always applied commercial disciplines to his predominantly non-profit distributing client base. He is particularly involved with the application of corporate/commercial law to charities, social enterprises, educational institutions and socially focused business and the engagement between such organisations and the public sector. He leads BWB's cross-departmental Commercial Services and Education Groups
Type of Work
• Company/commercial and charity law advice to charities, social enterprises and commercial organisations
• Formations and constitutional reorganizations
• Charity Commission and sectoral regulation
• Joint ventures/mergers/business transfers
• Private, public and third sector contracts and funding arrangements
• Public Procurement and State Aid
• Education Law
• Financial services
• Competition law
Examples of Recent Work
• Public investment offerings structuring advice and commercial contracts for community wind-farm, hydro and other environmentally focused projects
• Successful tender bid team, contracts and sub-contracts for delivery of Ofsted inspection services
• International licensing contracts for the use of software providing ethical investment data
• State Aid and public procurement advice to national funding bodies and social enterprise projects
• Commercial and Competition law advice to social enterprise projects engaged in fair-trade
• Strategic implementation of public policy programmes in childrens' and youth services; early years; extended schools; the 14-19 agenda and leadership in schools
• Restructuring and advice in relation to promotional and support service projects for umbrella body serving London Higher Education Institutions
• Review of status, structure and organisation of a national network of thirteen charities operating learning disability services across the UK
Publications/Seminars
• Author of the chapter on UK charities in "Investment Management Law and Practice" published by Oxford University Press
• Contributor to "Unlocking Socially Responsible Investment" published by the Charity Finance Directors' Group
• Guidance on public procurement for the Compact Commission and for ACEVO
• "Charitable Status: A Practical Handbook" 6th Edition (original author Andrew Phillips - Lord Phillips of Sudbury) - 2008. Publisher: Directory of Social Change
• "Getting it Right Legally: (2005)” and “Getting it Right Legally (2) (2010) for Playwork Partnerships with associated national programme of seminars in England and Wales (2006-2010)
• Contributions to: "Keeping it Legal - Legal Forms for Social Enterprises" for Social Enterprise London
• Contributions to "Charities Administration Service" and "Charity Trading and the Law" for Jordans
• Seminars for BWB/Directory of Social Change Annual Charity Law Conference; Jordan's Charity Conference; Charity Fair; Independent Schools' Council (ISC); Independent Schools' Bursar's Association (ISBA); Institute of Fundraising; other client and public events
Committee and Pro Bono Work
• Rapporteur to a sub-Group of the Commission for the Future of the Voluntary Sector (the Deakin Report 1996)
• Adviser to The Campaign for Fair Contracts and author of the Campaign's Statement of Case (2000)
• Management committee and member of Charity Law Association
• Member of Charity Law Association working parties on Local Authority Contracts (2000/2001). Cabinet Office Strategy Unit Review of the Voluntary Sector (2002). The Charities Bill and 2006 Act (2004-6) Industrial and Provident Society Reform (2004-8) Public benefit and fee-charging (2008).
• Chair of Institute of Fundraising working group on contracts between charities and fundraising agencies (2004-5)
• Member of Futurebuilders Purchasers' Working Group (2004-5)
• Trustee of Media Diversity Institute
