# Charity law expert joins Michelmores

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/17/charity-law-expert-joins-michelmores/
- Published: 2008-01-17T09:00:40+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Specialist charity lawyer Shivaji Shiva has joined Exeter-based Michelmores LLP
as Head of Charity Law. He joins from Russell-Cooke solicitors in London, where 
he was a partner.**

Shivaji advises charities and other not-for-profit organisations on a variety of
issues encompassing constitutional and governance advice, restructures and mergers,
and a range of commercial work including service level agreements, fundraising agreements;
grant agreements and intellectual property including copyright, trade mark and copyright.

Malcolm Dickinson, head of Michelmore Business Team said: “Shivaji’s all-round commercial
expertise will be of immense use to the charity sector which is a fast-growing practice
area for the firm.”

## Advertisement

Shivaji said: “My aim is to combine that expertise with my own experience and my
long-standing personal and professional commitment to the sector to develop an acknowledged
centre of excellence for legal advice to charities and other voluntary organisations
both in the South West and nationally.”

www.michelmores.com

 * **[Former ITN journalist appointed Director of Communications at CAF](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/21/former-itn-journalist-appointed-director-communications-caf/)**(
   21 January 2008)
 * **[New account director at Personal Telephone Fundraising](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/01/21/new-account-director-personal-telephone-fundraising/)**(
   21 January 2008)
 * **[Google Foundation's Doctor Brilliant interviewed in The Guardian](https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/02/02/google-foundation039s-doctor-brilliant-interviewed-guardian/)**(
   2 February 2008)