Julian Blake
UK Guide 2024
Band 2 : Charities
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About
Provided by Julian Blake
Practice Areas
Partner Julian Blake has specialised for over 30 years in public benefit legal work, in the past 15 focusing especially on: i) social enterprise, combining core charity law aspects, business law disciplines and best practice stakeholder and employee engagement; ii) socially-focused business; iii) public services commissioning; and iv) charity law and public policy innovation. He is dedicated to the development of: Social Enterprise; Social Finance; Social Value; and Social Impact. He works particularly in relation to: Community Transport; Education; Health and Social Care; Rehabilitation; Renewable Energy; and Youth Services. Julian works closely with E3M, a group of pioneering chief executives running mature social enterprises and associated groups of progressive commissioners and social investors (see www.e3m.org.uk). This has led to innovative quasi-in house partnership arrangements, including with social enterprises, Catch22 and Energy4All.
Career
Joined Stone King LLP in 2018.
Bates Wells (Braithwaite) LLP from 1989 to 2018, where Julian was a Partner and co-Head of Charity and Social Enterprise and led the development of the education team and other sector groups.
Professional Memberships
Law Society; Charity law Association; Procurement Law Association
Publications
The Art of the Possible in Public Procurement
Charitable Status: A practical handbook”
Editor of: The Charities Acts Handbook: A Practical Guide
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Stone King LLP
Stone King launches election hub
The next six weeks will be a whirl of activity as political parties and candidates announce their manifesto pledges, key policies and take their campaigns to constituencies up and down the country.
What does responsible investment mean for charities? asks lawyer Julian Blake.
As public benefit organisations, charities naturally have two principal investment concerns: how to optimise the value of their assets; and how to ensure their financial decisions align with their purposes.
Stone King launches election hub
The next six weeks will be a whirl of activity as political parties and candidates announce their manifesto pledges, key policies and take their campaigns to constituencies up and down the country.
What does responsible investment mean for charities? asks lawyer Julian Blake.
As public benefit organisations, charities naturally have two principal investment concerns: how to optimise the value of their assets; and how to ensure their financial decisions align with their purposes.