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Collaboration and Disruption: Impact Law in a Changing World
14 – 15 March 2023, London
Connect – Learn – Lead
| DAY 1 Tuesday 14 March 2023 | DAY 2 Wednesday 15 March 2023 |
| Practical Seminar Open to GAIL members only | Legal Conference |
| McDermott Will & Emery 22 Bishopsgate London EC2N 4BQ | Kings Place 90 York Way London N1 9AG |
OVERVIEW
Join leading impact lawyers from around the world in London at the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’ Annual Summit on 14 – 15 March 2023, which brings our international community of impact lawyers together in person for the first time.
The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL) is a community of legal leaders who are using the practice of law to have a positive impact on people and the planet, and to accelerate the just transition. We believe lawyers are uniquely positioned to facilitate change and support the movement towards a more equitable system. We’re leveraging the expertise of lawyers to accelerate the shift of corporate models and capital to make sure business is truly a sustainable force for good, while drawing learning from across the spectrum of impact disciplines.
ANNUAL SUMMIT 2023
Lawyers are powerful advocates, champions and gatekeepers. We believe in the ability of lawyers to collaborate – to support the movement towards a more equitable systems – to disrupt entrenched orthodoxies and to rethink legal practice and the role of the lawyer.
GAIL’s Annual Summit 2023 will showcase examples of some of the most impactful work lawyers across the world are engaged in. It will bring us together to debate, innovate, and share the most cutting-edge ideas and resources to facilitate change and to make sure business can truly be a sustainable force for good. It will highlight work that is capable of replication and multiplication and, by distributing insights and practical learnings, enable lawyers in any part of the world to act on this knowledge.
The Annual Summit 2023 will bring together, in person, GAIL’s international community of legal leaders and changemakers, including private practice lawyers, in-house counsel, investors, founders, CEOs and business leaders, entrepreneurs, advisors, policy-makers, trainees and law students, to share learnings about using the law can have a positive impact on people and the planet.
ANNUAL SUMMIT FORMAT
14 March 2023: Day 1 of the GAIL Annual Summit is a Practical Seminar graciously hosted by McDermott Will & Emery, open to GAIL members-only. The Practical Seminar will enable members of the GAIL community from around the world to gather in-person for the first time, to share knowledge, collaborate and build their impact networks. The Practical Seminar will include a multi-format series of events including workshops, round tables, training sessions, case studies, transactional deep dives and academic discussions designed to provide legal practitioners – both private practice and in-house – with the knowledge, tools and materials they need to maximise their impact.
15 March 2023: Day 2 of the GAIL Annual Summit will be a Legal Conference located at the vibrant Kings Place in London, a hub for dialogue, creativity and events in London’s Kings Cross. The Conference will include multiple tracks covering topics including impact investing, climate change and the law, sustainable finance, ESG, benefit corporations & B Corps, philanthropy, legislative developments, and innovation and the law. The Legal Conference will enable attendees to explore a range of impact law disciplines through panels, case studies, discussions and networking. Participants will select the sessions they’d like to attend from a full agenda, and will convene for keynote and plenary sessions.
AGENDA & KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Download the agenda using the links below.
The final agenda will be shared with attendees near the time of the event.
“Hearing the expanse of work and reach each of the speakers had in their areas of work was inspiring“
14 March: Practical Seminar
15 March: Legal Conference
| Alberto Alemanno | Professor of Law & Founder | The Good Lobby |
| Alexander Vielwerth | Attorney At Law | Winheller |
| Allen Bromberger | Founding Partner | Bromberger Law |
| Ammara Farooq Malik | Founding Principal Attorney | AFMalik Law – Attorneys & International Development Consultants |
| Andrés Felipe Sánchez | Colombia Country Manager | Climate Bonds Initiative |
| Andrew Davies | CEO | B Lab Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand |
| Becky Clissmann | Chief Legal Officer | The Chancery Lane Project |
| Bernadette Maheandiran | Director, Asia Climate and Energy | Market Forces |
| Bill Strathmann | CEO | Network for Good |
| Brittany Ruiz | Partner | Latham & Watkins LLP |
| Carolina Henriquez-Schmitz | Director | TrustLaw |
| Chintan Panchal | Founding Partner | RPCK |
| Christopher Garner | Associate General Counsel | SunFunder Inc. |
| Cliff Prior | CEO | GSG |
| Constanza Connolly | Co-Founder | Keidos Impacto Legal |
| Cynthia Wells | Counsel | Goodwin Proctor |
| David Rouch | Partner | Freshfields |
| Dr Ellen Quigley | Advisor to the Chief Financial Officer (Responsible Investment) and Senior Research Associate | University of Cambridge |
| Dr Natasha Matic | Executive Director | Global Commons Alliance |
| Dr Gillian M Marcelle | CEO | Resilience Capital Ventures LLC |
| Elise Groulx Diggs | Human Rights Lawyer | 9 Bedford Row Chambers |
| Elizabeth Diffley | Partner & Co-Lead | Faegre Drinker |
| Elizabeth Lange | Partner | Faegre Drinker |
| Emiliano Giovine | Senior Associate | RP Legal & Tax |
| Emma Kostas | Solicitor | Prolegis Lawyers |
| Frances Holliday | General Counsel | LeapFrog Investments |
| Frederick Alexander | CEO | The Shareholder Commons |
| Gabriel Berger | Professor | School of Business and Director Center of Social Innovation, Universidad de San Andrés |
| Guillermo Tejeiro | Partner | Brigard Urrutia |
| Ida Levine | Board Director and Lead Expert on Policy | Impact Investing Institute |
| Ivana Calcagno | Founding Partner | YouHub & Fideicomisos B |
| Janiek Meppelink | Co-Founder | Legal Innovation for Sustainable Investments (LISI) |
| Josh Hopkins | Legal Secondee | The Chancery Lane Project |
| Josh van den Dries | Project Associate | The Chancery Lane Project |
| Juan Pablo Larenas | Chief Impact Officer and Co-Founder | Betterfly and Sistema B |
| Julia Black | Professor of Law | London School of Economics and Political Science |
| Julie Wynne | Partner | Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep Ltd |
| Kees Klomp | Founding Partner & Professor of Applied Science | Thrive Institute & Rotterdam University |
| Keya Advani | Executive Director (Maternity Cover) | Global Alliance of Impact Laywers |
| Lila Alejandra Gasca Enríquez | Director of Pro bono and Responsible Business | Hogan Lovells México |
| Louise Harman | Partner and Purpose and Impact Co-Lead | Bates Wells |
| Louise Ollier | Senior Counsel | British International Investment |
| Luke Fletcher | Partner | Bates Wells |
| Manon Wolfkamp | Project Lead | MVO Platform |
| Marcel Fukayama | Head of Global Policy | B Lab Global |
| Marcelo Behar | Vice President Sustainability & Group Affairs | Natura &Co |
| Marleen Denef | Professor of Law | impact advocaten |
| Matthew Gingell | Founder | The Chancery Lane Project |
| Maud Savary-Mornet | Senior Advisor, South East Asia. | Global Impact Investing Network (GIIN) |
| Megan Clay | Climate Programme Lawyer | ClientEarth |
| Melissa James | Vice Chairman | Morgan Stanley |
| Michael Ryland | Director | Centre for Social Finance Law |
| Naomi Sander | Legal Counsel | Bboxx |
| Nate Saint-Victor | General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer | Engine No. 1 |
| Neil Hodges | Head of Legal | Big Society Capital |
| Nina Yousefpour | Head of Certification & Impact | Social Traders |
| Noah Plewa | CEO & Co-Founder | Village |
| Noah Plewa | CEO | VILLAGE |
| Olivia Windham Stewart | Independent BHR Specialist, Senior Fellow and Deputy Director of BHR Law Program | Rutgers Center for Corporate Law and Governance |
| Paddy Carter | Director, Development Impact (Research and Policy) | CDC Group |
| Paola Fonseca | Legal Director | VIVA Idea |
| Paúl Noboa-Velasco | Professor | San Francisco de Quito University |
| Peter Hinton | Associate Fellow | Said Business School, University of Oxford |
| Phil Spyropoulos | Partner | Eversheds Sutherland |
| Phillippa Holland | Purpose & Impact Knowledge Lawyer | Bates Wells |
| Professor Rosemary Addis | Founding Managing Partner | Sweef Capital |
| Rachel Avellar Sotomaior Karam | Foundig Partner | Tesk Sociedade de Advogados |
| Rachna Nag Chowdhuri | Managing Director | Global Innovation Fund |
| Raluca Radu | Co-Founder | Legal Innovation for Sustainable Investments (LISI) Foundation |
| Ranajoy Basu | Partner | McDermott Will & Emery |
| Randall Krantz | Director | Global Commons Alliance |
| Richard A. Newman | Partner | Arent Fox LLP |
| Roberto Randazzo | Head of ESG and Impact | Legance |
| Samheeta Rao | Senior Partner | GameChanger Law |
| Sara E. Murphy | Chief Strategy Officer | The Shareholder Commons |
| Sarah Ellington | Dispute Resolution, ESG and Impact Partner & Co-Creator | Watson Farley & Williams and Legal Innovation for Sustainable Investments |
| Sukhvir Basran | Senior Legal Director & Co-head of Impact Financing | Hogan Lovells |
| Simon Meldrum | Innovative Finance | Red Cross |
| Simon Mundy | Moral Money Editor | Financial Times |
| Simon Witney | Senior Consultant | Travers Smith |
| Sir Ronald Cohen | Chair | Global Steering Group for Impact Investment (GSG) |
| Soledad Noel | Co-Founder | Keidos Impacto Legal |
| Steven Moe | Partner | Parry Field Lawyers |
| Tom Scriven | Senior Counsel | RPCK |
| Tze-Wei Ng | Associate | Stephenson Harwood LLP, Hong Kong |
| Vanessa Bedoya Becerra | Legal Counsel | Alcaldía de Palmira and Interamerican Development Bank (IDB) |
| Will Martindale | Group Head of Sustainability | Cardano |
| William H. Clark, Jr. | President | The Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers |
| Yolanda Fadul | Associate | Global PMI Partners |
| Yomayra Matinó | Founder and Lead Consultant | GreEnergy Dominicana |
“I loved loved loved the GAIL Webinar...It was so practical and relatable. I came out of it feeling fired up. Now I am sure I want to join the GAIL network and become an impact voice within my jurisdiction.“
| Advocates for International Development (A4ID) |
| AFMalik Law – Attorneys & International Development Consultant |
| AgDevCo Limited |
| Agencia Nacional de Desarrollo |
| Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP |
| Akin Sanda & Co. Legal Practitioners |
| Allen & Overy LLP |
| Anderson Strathern |
| Apollo Global Management, Inc. |
| Apple |
| Ashurst |
| Auditoria Interna de la Nación |
| Australian Impact Investments |
| B Lab |
| B Lab Australia & New Zealand |
| B Lab Europe |
| B Lab Global |
| B Lab Singapore |
| B Lab Switzerland |
| B Lab UK |
| Baker McKenzie LLP |
| Banca Etica |
| Basham, Ringe y Correa |
| Bates Wells |
| Big Society Capital |
| Bird & Bird |
| BlueMark |
| Boethius, Inc. |
| Bomchil |
| BonelliErede |
| BPP Law School |
| Brigard Urrutia |
| British International Investment (BII) |
| BRP Bizzozero & Partners |
| Bruchou, Fernández Madero & Lombardi |
| Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP |
| Caixa Económica Montepio Geral |
| CC Gabriel & Co Legal Practitioners |
| Centre for Social Finance Law |
| Centro Mexicano Pro Bono |
| Chapman Tripp |
| Charles Russell Speechlys LLP |
| Chatsworth Consulting |
| Clearhub |
| Climataa |
| Climate & Company |
| Climate Bonds Initiative |
| Clyde & Co |
| CMS Grau |
| Columbia University |
| Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas |
| Danone |
| Davis Environmental Law |
| De Roos Advocaten |
| Debevoise & Plimpton |
| Dentons |
| Department for Work and Social Economy |
| Devonshires |
| DLA Piper |
| DMK Abogados |
| Dublin City University |
| DWF Law LLP |
| Edmond de Rothschild |
| Education For Good |
| Ega Abogados |
| ENSafrica |
| Epperly, Elam & Fuochi |
| Erik Homenick Prof. Corp. |
| Estrenar Vivienda |
| Estudio Muñiz, Ramirez, Perez -Taiman & Olaya Abogados |
| Eve Tessera Law Firm |
| Eversheds Sutherland |
| Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP |
| Federación Argentina de Consejos Profesionales de Ciencias Económicas |
| Ferrere Abogados |
| Forest Peoples’ Programme |
| Forsters LLP |
| Four Fourteen Climate Solutions |
| Game Changer Law Advisors |
| Clyde & Co |
| GenderSmart |
| Georgetown Univesity School of Law |
| Gibson Dunn & Crutcher |
| Global Innovation Fund |
| Global Social Impact Fund |
| Greater London Authority |
| Green Arch Consulting |
| Green Bond Transparency Platform |
| Green Capital |
| Greenberg Traurig LLP |
| Greenwoods Legal LLP |
| Grupo Vial Abogados |
| GuarantCo |
| Harbottle & Lewis LLP |
| Herbert Smith Freehills LLP |
| Herzog, Fox & Neeman |
| Hogan Lovells |
| HSBC Asset Management |
| Human Level |
| Id Est Avocats Sàrl |
| Impact Advocates APC |
| Impact Investment Partners |
| Ince |
| Innovest Advisory |
| Insitor Partners |
| Institutional Shareholder Services |
| Inter-American Development Bank Group Lab |
| INTERHES.org |
| International Chamber of Commerce |
| International Islamic University Islamabad |
| International Lawyers Project |
| iProbono |
| Irish Water |
| Jamiah Naleemiah Islamic Institute |
| Jara Del Favero Abogados |
| JMW Solicitors LLP |
| JP Morgan |
| K&M Consultoria em Direitos Humanos |
| Keidos Impacto Legal |
| Keystonelaw UK |
| Kirkland & Ellis |
| Kiva |
| Lawbox |
| Lawyers Against Poverty (LAP) |
| Lawyers on Demand (LoD) |
| LeapFrog Investments |
| Legal Innovation for Sustainable Investments |
| Legance – Avvocati Associati |
| Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP |
| Lightway Partners |
| Lisann Law PC |
| LITE Lab at University of Hong Kong |
| Lloreda Camacho & Co |
| Loan Market Association |
| London Law Collective |
| Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados |
| Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal |
| Mason Hayes & Curran |
| McDermott Will & Emery |
| MDY Legal |
| Metrix Finanzas |
| Michelmores LLP |
| Middlesex University |
| Mills & Reeve LLP |
| Mims Motors Corporation |
| MinterEllison |
| Mirada & Associados |
| Mirova SunFunder |
| Mission Driven Finance |
| MJ Hudson |
| MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep LLP |
| Moira Mukuka Legal Practitioners |
| Mondelez Europe GmbH |
| Nader, Hayaux & Goebel |
| Nestle |
| New Zealand Green Investment Finance Limited |
| Next Chapter Ventures Ltd |
| Nishimura & Asahi |
| Nithio |
| Norton Rose Fulbright |
| Open Society Foundation |
| Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe |
| Palladium |
| Parry Field Lawyers |
| Patagonia Legal |
| Pathfinder International |
| Payet Rey Cauvi Perez Abogados |
| Pei Asset Management |
| Philip Morris International |
| Pinsent Masons LLP |
| Pogust Goodhead |
| Porticus |
| Posadas & Vecino |
| Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI) |
| Principles Law |
| Pro Lawyers ESG |
| Profesional Independiente |
| Prolegis Lawyers |
| Queen Mary University |
| Rabobank |
| Reed Smith |
| Resonance |
| Rethink Ireland |
| RPCK Rastegar Panchal |
| Sancroft |
| Santamarina y Steta, S.C. |
| Santroni Parsons |
| SAP |
| Save the Children |
| Scottish Environment Protection Agency |
| Scottish Widows |
| Secretaria-Geral da Economia |
| Seplaa Group |
| Shell |
| Shook Lin & Bok LLP |
| Sistema B |
| Sistema B América Central y Caribe |
| Sistema B Internacional |
| Slaughter and May |
| Social Finance, Inc. |
| SPE Capital |
| Stephenson Harwood |
| Stories Evolved |
| Sweco |
| Symbiotics Asset Management |
| Tavarone, Rovelli, Salim & Miani Lawyers |
| Taylor Vinters |
| TD Securities |
| TESK Sociedade de Advogados |
| The Centre for Legal Leadership |
| The Chancery Lane Project |
| The Law Society of England & Wales |
| Themis Research |
| Thomson Reuters Foundation |
| Transparency International New Zealand |
| Travers Smith LLP |
| Trinity International Aarpi |
| Triple Jump |
| Trowers & Hamlins LLP |
| TrustLaw, Thomson Reuters Foundation |
| U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
| United Nations |
| United States Agency for International Development (USAID) |
| Universal Peace Federation (UPF) |
| Universidad de Chile |
| Universidad de la Costa |
| Universidad de Milàn |
| Universidad Nacional de Rosario |
| Universidad Tecnológica Privada de Santa Cruz |
| University of Central London |
| University of Central Punjab |
| University of Chicago |
| University of Milan |
| University of Oxford |
| UNWomen |
| Venture Capital Trust Fund |
| Vicuña y Asociados |
| Wallbrook |
| Watson Farley & Williams |
| White and Case |
| WINHELLER |
| Wyng43 Social Investment Co. Ltd |
| Youhub |
“[I enjoyed] the good momentum created by GAIL to invite like-minded lawyers across countries to join efforts by collaboration and engage deeper in impact-law matters…the friendly approach and the engagement in building a real sense of community“
Tuesday, 14 March 2023 – Practical Seminar Tickets
Tickets for the Practical Seminar are available for GAIL members only. Please login to your GAIL account to access tickets to this event here.
If you’re not sure how to log in, please follow the instructions on our Member Guidance page, or contact us for help.
If you are not currently a GAIL member, you can find out more about joining GAIL as a member, or sign up for membership here.
Wednesday, 15 March 2023 – Legal Conference Tickets
Tickets for the Legal Conference are open for purchase to all participants who wish to attend (non-members and GAIL members). Non-members can purchase tickets below.
GAIL members, please login to your GAIL account and then access the membership discounted tickets for the Legal Conference here.
TICKET PRICES
| Member Price Per day* | Non-Member Price Per day** | |
| Early bird ticket (closed) | £90 | £265 |
| Early bird ticket – student (closed) | £25 | £85 |
| Standard ticket | £150 | £295 |
| Standard ticket – student | £50 | £95 |
*In recognition of the proportionately greater travel costs incurred by GAIL members travelling from Latin America, Asia Pacific, Africa and the Middle East for the Annual Summit, discount codes are available for GAIL members travelling from these regions. Please log in to your GAIL account to access the discount codes, or contact us to request a discount code that can be applied to your ticket purchase.
**Note: Non-members can purchase tickets to Day 2 of the Annual Summit. The Practical Seminar on Day 1 is restricted to GAIL members only.
BUY TICKETS
You must purchase tickets to each of Day 1 (14 March 2023) and Day 2 (15 March 2023) of the Annual Summit separately.
Ticket prices
| Member Price Per day* | Non-Member Price Per day** | |
| Early bird ticket (closed) | £90 | £265 |
| Early bird ticket – student (closed) | £25 | £85 |
| Standard ticket | £150 | £295 |
| Standard ticket – student | £50 | £95 |
Become a GAIL member to access member prices and member-only events. Find out more our membership fees HERE. Sign up for membership HERE.
GAIL member tickets (Day 1 & Day 2)
Please login to your GAIL account to:
- purchase discounted tickets for GAIL members
- get member-only access to livestreamed content from the Annual Summit!
Tickets for the Practical Seminar on Day 1 (14 March) have now sold out. GAIL Members can get member-only access to the livestreamed content.
Non-member tickets (Day 2 only)
Non-members are invited to purchase tickets to the Legal Conference (15 March 2023) below. Please note, tickets to the Practical Seminar (14 March 2023) are available to GAIL members only. You can find out more about becoming a GAIL member and sign up for membership here.
Tickets for the Legal Conference on Day 2 (15 March) have now sold out.
| Due to the impact of the London tube strikes that have been declared for 15 March 2023, we have had to take the difficult decision to cancel the Networking Drinks previously scheduled for the evening of 15 March 2023. All registered attendees are instead invited to a Networking Drinks Reception on the evening of 14 March 2023. Details will be circulated to registered attendees. We apologise for any inconvenience this causes. |
VENUES & TRAVEL
Practical Seminar
14 March 2023
McDermott Will & Emery
22 Bishopsgate
London EC2N 4BQ
Legal Conference
15 March 2023
Kings Place
90 York Way
London N1 9GE
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