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Ben Thomas

Ben is a Senior Associate in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells. He advises all manner of organisations within this sector, ranging from large international grant-giving organisations to small sports clubs. Ben’s particular focus is on sports-related clients, including clubs, corporate foundations, national governing bodies, grant-giving organisations and many more. His areas of expertise are diverse and range from governance, corporate partnerships and funding through to intellectual property issues. Ben frequently advises on IP issues in contracts and grants, and he is also passionate about commercial business with a purpose beyond profit. · Bates Wells

EnglandCharity & Social Enterprise, Sports

About

Senior Associate in the Charity & Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells advising a broad range of organisations from large international grant-giving bodies to small sports clubs, with a particular focus on sports-related clients. His work covers governance, corporate partnerships and funding, and intellectual property issues (including IP in contracts and grants), and he is interested in commercial business with a purpose beyond profit.

Practice areas

Charity & Social EnterpriseSportsIntellectual PropertyCorporate / M&AGovernanceGrants & Funding

Office

Expertise

Sports OrganisationsGrant-making OrganisationsCorporate FoundationsNational Governing BodiesGovernanceCorporate PartnershipsGrants & FundingIntellectual Property

Education

  • First in Law with Law Studies in Europe, Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford (2010–2014)