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Summary
GAIL B Lab Advocates are a group of lawyers across the globe that have committed to acting as a legal resource in their jurisdiction for B Lab Global. To bring the B Corp certification to more countries and states, GAIL And B Lab are together convening lawyers to analyse local laws, help adapt the B Lab legal requirement to the new local legal contexts and, where the B Corp certification is available, to build skills to aid businesses through the certification process.
The GAIL B Lab Advocates Programme is open to GAIL members only.
Stakeholder Governance to Help Keep Purpose at the Core
“The creation of the legal language often begins with a partnership between B Lab and a law firm in the relevant jurisdiction. Working together, B Lab and the law firm create legal language that works within the context of the business law of that jurisdiction…In this way, lawyers have always played an important role in partnership with B Lab, to promote structural change towards a stakeholder economy.”
GAIL’s inaugural president, William H. Clark Jr.
Credentials
Applicants to become a GAIL B Lab Advocate will be in legal practice, and have knowledge and experience of business law in their jurisdiction. Experience of how social enterprises or other purposeful businesses operate in the context of your local legal framework is an advantage.
Role
Advocates agree to be contacted by B Lab Global on an ad hoc basis, to provide ad-hoc advice to representatives of B Lab who review unprecedented
decisions and develop new legal requirements for companies seeking B Corp Certification on topics including, but not limited to:
● Assessing the applicability of legal requirements to new legal forms
● Interpreting legal terminology and translation of key terms in your jurisdiction
● Suggesting changes to our legal frameworks in response to new legal developments
● Offering guidance on which legal entities ought to adopt the B Corp Legal Framework
● Supporting with certifying companies with unique or unprecedented organizational structures
● developing resources to sit alongside the existing B Lab legal requirement.
By agreeing to participate in the GAIL B Lab Advocates Programme, GAIL members agree that GAIL may share their contact details with B Lab, providing B Lab with the option to work with them on an ad-hoc basis. B Lab will only contact the member if they have a query that is relevant to that member’s jurisdiction and reviewing the expertise that the member offers. GAIL and B Lab can’t guarantee the opportunity to work together. Agreeing to be contacted on an ad-hoc basis also does not obligate the member to provide advice, such as if you the member is conflicted or unable at the time.
If you are a GAIL member and would like to register your interest in joining the programme, please log in to your GAIL account and complete the GAIL B Lab Advocates Programme Application Form in your Account Dashboard.
GAIL and B Lab Global together evaluate applicants to the GAIL B Lab Advocates Programme periodically. If you have already expressed your interest in joining you may already have been contacted. If not, GAIL will be in touch following the next evaluation cycle.
