Danielle Battigelli - Associate

Danielle brings to the hub specialist expertise in charity law and intellectual property, as well as substantial experience on the boards of arts organisations.
Formerly a solicitor, she has advised arts organisations and other charities from start-up, through development and restructuring, merger and dissolution. She has also advised commercial and not-for-profit organisations on contracts, branding issues and dispute resolution. She is currently Chair of the board of the Oxfordshire Touring Theatre Company and on the board of the Oxford Literary Festival, having served on the boards of various other arts and community organisations over some ten years. She has provided specialist services to arts organisations under the Arts & Business Skills Bank scheme. Hailing from Zimbabwe, a graduate of the University of Cape Town, and of Italian descent, Danielle’s cultural knowledge is diverse.
Danielle’s combination of legal expertise, understanding of the business and not-for-profit sectors, and experience, interest and enthusiasm in the arts enable her to provide strong complementary skills to the team at the hub.