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Laura Moss is a partner in our charities and social economy team.

Laura advises a wide range of charities, establishing new entities, merging existing ones and advising on constitutional changes, trustee duties, vires issues and charitable investment.

As well as core charity work, Laura has a particular interest in social business, working with organisations which have social values and purposes at the heart of their corporate structure.  This includes social enterprises, co-operatives, B Corps and employee-owned organisations.  Her interest in ESG extends to academia, having completed a Masters dissertation on B Corps, evaluating their effectiveness as a means for businesses to hardwire corporate responsibility into their governance and reporting structures.

Peter is a partner in our charities and social economy team

Peter advises charities, their trading subsidiaries, public bodies, other not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises. He also works closely with a number of social and impact finance institutions.

His areas of work cover advising on:

• Distributing or raising social finance, including in relation to bilateral and multi funder loan arrangements, share and bond issues and other debt and equity investments.
• Structural transactions such as mergers, reorganisations and joint ventures.
• Operational matters including commercial contracts, data protection, intellectual property, agreements for services, subcontracting and funding arrangements.

Peter is a member of the Charity Law Association.