The BCLP Nonprofits Team delivers the service and legal experience you need to make a difference as a nonprofit organization. We draw upon specialized experience throughout the firm to provide you with legal services customized to serve your mission.

Our Experience

• The combined experience of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner lawyers includes:
• Federal, state and local tax exemptions and planning, including unrelated business income and debt-financed income issues
• Corporate formations, governance and reorganizations, including formation and operation of for-profit subsidiaries
• Employment law and employee benefits
• Volunteer liability
• Partnerships, joint ventures, commercial co-ventures and strategic alliances
• Sponsorship and licensing agreements
• Trademarks, copyrights and patents
• Finance transactions, including tax-exempt bond and tax credit transactions
• Data protection, transfer and privacy strategies
• Real estate acquisitions and environmental compliance
• International operations, transactions and registrations
• Publishing activities
• Charitable solicitation compliance
• Planned giving
• First Amendment and religious accommodations
• Restructuring and bankruptcy
• Litigation/dispute resolution
• Insurance and risk management
• Antitrust counseling
• Title IX and athlete eligibility matters
• Anti-doping policies and litigation matters

Our Clients

Our clients include social service organizations, cultural institutions, educational institutions, churches and religious organizations, corporate and family foundations, sports organizations, healthcare providers, medical research organizations, and trade and industry associations.

• American Soybean Association
• Anheuser Busch Foundation
• Columbia University
• Howard University
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• Missouri Historical Society
• New York University
• Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
• Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Inc.
• Stowers Institute for Medical Research
• United States Anti-Doping Agency
• United States Swimming, Inc.
• University of Colorado
• USA Volleyball
• Washington University
• Webster University
• Wheaton College
• World Vision
• X Prize Foundation

Our Involvement

Attorneys on our Nonprofits Team are also active as board members, speakers, writers, members and advisory board members of organizations that promote the tax exempt community. These include:

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Tax Section
• Christian Legal Society
• State and local bar associations
• Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
• National Business Institute
• United Way