Simon Steeden

Simon is a Partner in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells, and helps charities, social businesses, mutuals and not-for-profits achieve their aims. He works closely with clients and colleagues in providing a wide range of advisory and transactional support, with common areas of advice including structuring and governance, financing and investment, collaboration and mergers, campaigning and advocacy. Simon also leads our specialist elections, public affairs and campaigning law team, which helps political parties, candidates, donors, charities, advocacy organisations and campaigners navigate the complex regulatory environment that can be relevant to their electoral and policy goals, including election law, lobbying law and content regulation. · Bates Wells

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Partner in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells, advising charities, social businesses, mutuals and not-for-profits on structuring and governance, financing and investment, collaboration and mergers, and campaigning. He also leads the firm's elections, public affairs and campaigning law team, advising political parties, candidates, donors, charities and campaigners on election law, lobbying law and content regulation.

Practice areas

Charity & Social EnterpriseElection LawPublic AffairsRegulatory ComplianceCorporate / M&AFinance & Investment

Office

England

Bates Wells · Simon is a Partner in the Charity and Social Enterprise team at Bates Wells, and helps charities, social businesses, mutuals and not-for-profits achieve their aims. He works closely with clients and colleagues in providing a wide range of advisory and transactional support, with common areas of advice including structuring and governance, financing and investment, collaboration and mergers, campaigning and advocacy. Simon also leads our specialist elections, public affairs and campaigning law team, which helps political parties, candidates, donors, charities, advocacy organisations and campaigners navigate the complex regulatory environment that can be relevant to their electoral and policy goals, including election law, lobbying law and content regulation.

England

Expertise

Charities and non-profitsSocial enterprisesMutualsPolitical parties and campaignersPublic affairs and lobbying

Education

Oxford University, BA Philosophy, Politics and Economics, 2001

Admissions

Admitted as a solicitor at Slaughter and May, 2007