Julia Green
Partner
Exeter
julia.green@brownejacobson.com
+44 (0)330 045 2796
Julia is a partner in the education team and heads the South West team based in Exeter. Recognised as a Leading Individual by Legal 500, Julia advises on academy conversions and works with schools, academies and Independent Colleges.
Having previously worked as a real estate lawyer, Julia moved to education law to further her career. She has been a governor of a Further Education College in Cornwall and was chair of governors for a secondary school in Devon.
Julia has experience of advising on the full range of the academy programme including standalone convertors, sponsored convertors, creating new academy groups whether through multi-academy trusts or alternative structures and acquisitions and mergers of multi academy trusts.
Working closely with CEOs, head teachers and COOs to ensure proper support and advice are provided to them and their wider staff, Julia has advised on a wide range of matters including data protection, exclusions, admissions, complaints, governance and safeguarding. Julia has delivered training to the NAHT, co-operative schools and academies, school business associations, governor associations and dioceses on a wide variety of educational matters and has also co-presented with accountants and other professional advisors to schools and academies.
Featured experience
A College
Advising on options to take forward a merger between institutions in different education sectors.
A large Academy Trust
Advising on a variety of parental complaints from the informal stage through to panel hearings.
Testimonials
"Julia Green is an excellent partner – approachable, with a broad knowledge and understanding of both the technical issues in the sector and the operating landscape for academies."
"Julia Green has been our link person for some years. She is a virtual ‘one-stop shop’ which means we can call on support that covers all of our very varied needs. She has excellent links with local authority partners which is a huge asset."
"Our principal contact has been Julia Green who is a consummate professional. She and her team have helped where other LLPs in the past have failed. Most impressive has been Julia’s ability to put us into contact with specialists across the Browne Jacobson group. This has been not only useful but a salvation on several occasions!"
"Julia Green - knowledgeable and clearly believe in the partnership between the firm and the client."
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