Nicole is an Associate Solicitor in our Charity & Social Enterprise team. She advises on a variety of matters including the structuring and registration of new charities and social enterprises; transfers, mergers and restructures; regulatory compliance and governance and public benefit delivery.
As a member of our Business Sector and Social Finance Team, Nicole often works with purpose-driven businesses and on collaborations between charities and non-charities and is interested in widening access for charities and social enterprises to alternative funding streams.
Nicole is a Portuguese speaker and has been involved in a number of Brazilian-focused organisations over the past 15 years, including Lex Anglo-Brasil, an organisation established to facilitate links between British and Brazilian lawyers.
- Professional Experience
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- Charity & Social Enterprise
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Nicole trained at Farrer & Co and joined Stone King on qualification.
Her experience includes the establishment, incorporation and restructuring of a wide variety of charities and social enterprises; advice on ongoing regulatory compliance and good governance; involvement in a long-running interim management appointment; and advice on asset transfers, mergers and collaborations between the public and private sectors and between charities and non-charities.
- Social Finance
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Nicole is a member of our Social Finance Team and a contributor to our regular Social Finance blog. She is an active participant in E3M, an organisation fostering the development of social enterprise ‘eco-systems’ and their role in public service delivery, and has worked together with Big Society Capital on suggested reforms to Social Investment Tax Relief.
- Interests
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Nicole chairs the Stone King CSR team in London, co-ordinates the local Reading Scheme, is a trustee and volunteers for a number of charities outside of work, including Lewisham-based Urban Synergy.
