Poppy Short has over 20 years’ experience advising universities on corporate matters, including partnerships, academic arrangements, governance and mergers and other forms of radical collaboration. Poppy has led the legal work on the two recent complex mergers in the higher education sector, navigating numerous regulatory, governance and contractual challenges along the way. Her strategic and commercial insight makes her a valued and highly respected advisor. Poppy (a ‘New Generation Partner’ in the most recent Legal 500 directory) has recently co-authored the UUK commissioned playbook on Radical Collaboration, with KPMG and is very active in the discussion on the future structures of universities. One client said: “Her attention to detail, expertise in higher education law and solution-focused advice were invaluable without which our merger would not have been possible.”