Elizabeth is the Chairperson of Jackson McDonald as well as a commercial lawyer with a particular focus on governance, regulatory compliance, privacy, data protection, and the charities and not-for-profit sector.
She is experienced in drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial arrangements, including bespoke contractual arrangements, managing transactions, conducting due diligence exercises, and advising on IT contracting and software solutions. She has considerable experience advising both government and non-government organisations on matters of statutory interpretation.
Elizabeth has acted on numerous public and private transactions, and is extensively experienced in advising on mergers and acquisitions, business sales, joint ventures, partnerships, and corporate matters, including constitutions, shareholders’ agreements, directors’ duties and corporate governance. She often advises boards and undertakes board governance training.
Elizabeth advises charities and not-for-profit organisations on their corporate structure, charitable status, governing documentation and has successfully implemented NFP mergers.
She is also experienced in the areas of competition and consumer law.