Louise co-leads the firm’s Purpose & Impact Strategy Group and advise clients seeking to have a positive social impact through their business, investments and other activities. Her area of focus is on impact investing, social investment and social finance and she have advised on a number of high profile, innovative and complex social finance matters.

Louise is also particularly interested in businesses operating in the purpose & impact space and has been involved in a number of key policy developments in this area, including advising the Government Inclusive Economy Unit on the Mission Led Business Review.

Louise joined Bates Well’s Charity and Social Enterprise Team having trained and worked for seven years in the general finance team of a magic circle law firm where I advised on high value, cross border emerging market financial transactions, investment grade and leveraged finance transactions and restructurings.

Founding Partner at YOUHUB (Uruguay B Corp), with extensive experience in the design of legal structures that seek positive social and environmental impact, with specialization in impact investments and sustainable finance.

PhD in Law and Social Sciences (UDELAR), Diploma in Mediation from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Diploma in Sustainable Finance from the Universidad Finis Terrae, Chile.

Legal advisor at BSE. Associate lawyer in prestigious law firms in the country.

Mentor and teacher in new economies and companies with purpose. UN Women Consultant.

Co-founds Legal Group B in Uruguay that drafted and promoted Law 19,969 dated July 23, 2021 that gives legal identity and protection and promotes the development of Benefit and Collective Interest Companies (BIC).

Member of the “”Latin American Network of Impact Lawyers””.

Integrates Impact Investment Group ARGENTINA – URUGUAY. GSG.

As GAIL North America’s chapter President, Allen Bromberger looks forward to supporting impact lawmakers in this new paradigm.

As Founding Partner, Bromberger Law, Allen is nationally recognized for his groundbreaking work on the development of non-profit and for-profit legal structures that support the simultaneous pursuit of financial and social goals. Through his legal practice, as author of The Art of Social Enterprise, and as a speaker about the intersection of business and philanthropy, Allen has been at the forefront of the fourth sector and social enterprise movements that have risen to prominence in recent years. Allen’s expertise in corporate matters and business transactions includes social venture formation, finance, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, strategic philanthropy, cause marketing, IP licensing, and regulatory compliance.

From foundations and family offices to funds and entrepreneurs, Allen offers counsel and serves as a trusted advisor and connector for his clients. Allen’s ambition is to build legal systems for social benefit that will thrive for years to come.

Michael Ryland is the principal and founding director of the Centre for Social Finance Law.

Michael has over 35 years of broad ranging experience in corporate finance, investment funds and commercial law, including 20 years as a partner at global law firms Ashurst and Herbert Smith Freehills. He has worked in Australia, Japan and Indonesia, and has spent two years as a full time Commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC).

Michael has particular experience in the law relating to social investment, working with a range of for-purpose and for-profit clients on social impact projects, both domestic and cross-border. This has included work on social investment fund structures, social impact bonds and other financial instruments, social infrastructure projects, social and affordable housing, disability services and accommodation, and community initiatives and projects.

Ammara Farooq Malik is a Pakistani corporate and impact lawyer, international social entrepreneur, development and policy expert with over 22 years of professional experience across various multidisciplinary sectors such as academia, Law, social entrepreneurship, development, gender and green infrastructure development. She is Founder & CEO of

the Seplaa Group which is a conglomerate of different entities working in various sectors including sustainable empowerment opportunities for economic growth, green urban development, business incubations and responsible information dissemination. 

As Founder Principal Attorney of AFMalik Law- Attorneys & International Development Consultants, she is also the first social enterprise and impact lawyer of Pakistan focusing on ESG, Business &; Human Rights. She has spoken as a legal and social enterprise expert at international conferences at New York, Singapore, Turkey, UK, Maldives, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Iraq and Nepal at institutions and organizations such as New York University, ICIMOD, Asian Development Bank Urban Development Resilience Accelerator, Asia Pacific Adaptation Network’s Climate Change Adaptation Forum, UNEP, USAID and the Hollings Centre for International Development. She is author of ‘Building Bridges through Social Enterprises’ and is presently completing her Executive Doctorate in Business Administration from BSN Netherlands, focusing on ‘Sustainable Business Models for Social Enterprises in Developing Countries’.

I am a Partner at GLA, with over 16 years PQE. Prior to joining GLA, I co-headed the legal department of Goldman Sachs’ Bengaluru office and was Goldman’s sole employment counsel covering all their India offices during her stint there. My focus areas are social enterprises, assisting NPOs and for-profits alike, on a range of issues, including corporate, commercial, regulatory and employment and helping our clients navigate a complex legal and regulatory environment. I am well versed in enterprise risk assessment issues, handling sensitive investigations and regulatory inquiries. I graduated from the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru in 2006.