Ashleigh Allione counsels tax-exempt organizations, including charities, private foundations, arts and cultural institutions, advocacy groups, trade associations, and political organizations. Ashleigh provides strategic, practical legal advice to clients throughout their organization’s life cycle, from formation to ongoing operations, with a focus on corporate governance and transactional matters. She also advises on unrelated business income, lobbying and campaign intervention, affiliate and subsidiary relationships, contracts, grants, corporate sponsorships, charitable solicitation, and fundraising. Ashleigh additionally counsels for-profit companies on corporate philanthropy and cause marketing efforts, such as commercial co-ventures, customer donation programs, sweepstakes, the use of influencers, social media campaigns, and fundraising platforms.
Ashleigh provides guidance to corporations and their political action committees (PACs) as well as nonprofits, political committees, and politically active individuals, so they remain compliant with all political laws. These include federal, state, and local campaign finance and election laws, lobbying compliance regulations, government ethics obligations, and gift rules. She also regularly advises political candidates, presidential appointees, and congressional and executive branch members and staff on personal financial and background disclosures.