Vera heads up the Sydney Not-for-Profit team at Mills Oakley. She practises not-for-profit and charity law.
Acting for numerous charities, religious, community groups, professional associations and not-for-profit organisations, Vera has over 30 years’ experience in the legal profession.
In the not-for-profit sector, Vera focuses on governance and fundraising issues, mergers and divisions, establishment of charitable trusts and funds, tax concessions and exemptions, social enterprises, and regularly advises on constitutions, structural advice and ATO endorsements.
Further, she is an author in “Charity Law”, European Lawyer Reference.
Vera sits on a number of boards and committees, including
- NSW Cemeteries & Crematoria NSW, Community and Consumer Consultative Group
- ACNC Professional User Group
- Law Council of Australia – Charities & Not for Profits Committee
- CatholicCare, Diocese of Parramatta
- Everyday Justice, Mills Oakley’s charitable firm which seeks to assist the “missing middle” through free legal advice and representation
Vera has also been in publications including:
- Charity Global Guide: Australia