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Portrait of Saffa Mir
Areas of expertise: Charities, Education

Profile

Saffa is an associate in the charities team, specialising in acting for charities, not for profit, and social enterprise clients. She has expertise in a variety of matters including setting up, merging, and incorporating charities, and often provides advice on governance matters, Charity Commission applications, trustee training, and permanent endowment. 

She is named on the Charity Commission’s Interim Manager panel and has previously assisted on matters where an Interim Manager has been appointed, regularly liaising with the Charity Commission and trustees. Saffa has experience in acting for clients of all sizes, from local village halls and museums to faith charities and Oxbridge colleges. 

Given her keen interest in the sector, Saffa is a trustee of two charities, including the Muslim Charities Forum. She also sits on the executive committee of the Charity Law Association as the junior representative director.  

Recent work highlights

  • Reviewing and amending all the governance arrangements of the entities of a leading UK-based global chemical company including carrying out a review of their structure, governing documents, and policies and procedures.
  • Advising an international sports entity on the successful registration of the charity, after working through a statutory appeal process against an initial rejection by the Charity Commission.
  • Assisting on investigations launched by the Charity Commission, working closely alongside the appointed Interim Manager, following on from inquiries/complaints made by third party bodies such as Ofcom and the Trading Standards Authority.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC311575 and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority under number 419867.

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