Tora Pickup

Solicitor - Principal Associate

SRA ID: 434377

I joined Higgs in 2023, having qualified in 2010 in a large London law firm, and I specialise in charity law. My practice involves transactional and advisory matters across all stages of a charity's operation, from the establishment and registration of new charities and providing advice on governance and trustee duties, to ongoing matters such as trading, commercial arrangements, communication with the Charity Commission, and structuring. As well as acting for charities of all types and donors, I advise commercial organisations on their charitable activities and initiatives, and advise on not-for-profit structures and governance. I moved away from private practice at the end of 2014 to see the operation of a complex charity from within, and I worked on governance and strategy in the University sector. My work in large educational charities has given me particular experience of the day-to-day priorities and challenges within the wider charitable sector, and I’m pleased to be able to use this experience in my advice to clients.