Highly experienced commercial specialist with particular interest in charities sector
Margaret advises clients in the commercial and not for profit sectors on a broad range of operational and transactional issues. These include outsourcing agreements; terms and conditions of trading; collaborations and joint ventures; the protection, licensing management and exploitation of intellectual property rights; information technology agreements; supply chain management agreements and sales and distribution networks.
As head of both the Commercial team and our Charities & Education team, Margaret brings her extensive commercial experience to delivering advice to the charity sector on governance, regulation, operating structures (including trading), collaboration and partnering arrangements and the varied operational issues in this sector. She also advises on mergers and guides charities when considering strategic changes in their organisation.
Margaret is a member of the Charity Law Association, Society for Computers and Law, a founder of the South East Charity Forum and regularly attends the CASS Business School not for profit events. She is a regular speaker on both charity and commercial issues.
Areas of expertise
- Charity law and governance
- Commercial contracts
- Information technology and intellectual property
- E-commerce
- Trading agreements
- Data protection
- Partnerships and LLPs
In the real world … if there is any time left after fulfilling her obligations as taxi driver and social co-ordinator for her two daughters, Margaret enjoys property renovation, sewing and walks with the dog.
Year of qualification: 1996
What the legal directories say …
… has ‘detailed knowledge and understanding’
Legal 500 UK 2011 - Margaret Craton, Charities
Practice head Margaret Craton has ‘detailed knowledge and understanding’.
Legal 500 UK 2011 - Charities