Welcome
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Welcome to LinC
Lawyers in Charities (also known as LinC) was originally founded over 20 years ago by a small group of in-house lawyers working at UK charities, as a shared space for deliberating legal issues, networking, and the sharing of ideas. It has now become the go-to forum for in-house charity lawyers, with over 350 members from over 150 UK charities. LinC aims to provide support for charities by providing knowledge and support for in-house lawyers or those individuals who are performing a legal function within their charity in the sector. We look to share knowledge and networking opportunities and become more influential and more of a recognised voice in the work that we do.
The LinC Committee
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Ricardo Gomes Da Silva
Ricardo is a practicing solicitor who worked in private practice for 6 years, before going in-house at an international property development company. Read More
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Jamie Evans
Jamie is the Assistant General Counsel of Room to Read, an education non-profit based in 20 countries worldwide. Read More
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Lucy Morgan
Lucy is Associate Director of Legal, Compliance and Governance at Breast Cancer Now. Lucy is currently a trustee of Gingerbread, vice-chair of trustees at Upswing Read More
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Jess Neville
Jess joined Macmillan Cancer Support’s legal team in July 2022 and has really enjoyed the move in-house and the massive support that LinC provides. Read More
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Rob Carter
Rob is a solicitor with several years’ experience working in the education and charity sectors, at first in private practice Read More
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Louisa Reay
Louisa originally qualified as a corporate lawyer before moving to in-house commercial roles. Read More
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Asif Shakoor
Asif is a highly effective, proactive and driven lawyer with extensive legal and public policy experience gained within charity Read More
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Zoe Ballantyne
Zoe originally qualified as an IP lawyer in the Life Sciences practice at Ashursts, before moving in house to the Wellcome Trust Read More
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Susan Gent
Susan is currently General Counsel and Company Secretary at the Royal Albert Hall. Susan qualified as a solicitor at Masons solicitors (now Pinsent Masons). Read More
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Abra Edwards
Abra is a US qualified lawyer and is the Head of Legal Compliance and DPO for Save the Children Fund (UK). Read More
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Marianne Liebmann
Marianne is Head of Legal (job-share) at Teach First and is a keen advocate of job-sharing to help bring balance to busy lawyers’ lives. Read More
We help lawyers communicate and share knowledge
Lawyers in Charities (or LinC) is a membership organisation run by and for legal professionals working for registered UK charities.
We help in-house lawyers working in the charity sector to communicate, network and share knowledge by offering a range of support and tools.
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