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Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers Insights include resources, news and thought leadership created by and for the community. Insights are intended tap into the knowledge of lawyers working across the spectrum of impact disciplines. Search for content by region, country or topic. If you are a GAIL member or partner and want to share news with the community, contact us.
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Post GAIL Summit 2025 London Gathering – What did we learn?
This in-person event provided insights from those present at the GAIL Summit 2025 to our local members and explored some of the main themes that arose from the Summit sessions, which covered cutting-edge issues in impact investing, blended finance, climate law, ESG, corporate governance, philanthropy, purposeful business, and emerging legal models.
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I Am an Impact Lawyer: Getting to Know Rick Davis, Managing Partner at LOHAS
This new series by GAIL North America will spotlight our members across the United States and the diverse ways they are practising impact law. For this article, we hear from Rick Davis from LOHAS.
Benefit Corporations and B Corps, Blended Finance, Business and Human Rights, Business for Good, Climate and Environment, Corporate Governance, Development Finance, ESG, Impact Finance, Innovative Legal Structures, Legislation and Regulation, Mission driven businesses, Philanthropy, Public Interest Litigation, Steward Ownership, Systems Change -
Charting a Path in Impact Law: Insights & Opportunities for the Next Generation
This in-person event will provide an update on the state of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) and Impact law in the current climate and introduce law students, early- and mid-career attorneys to the growing and dynamic field of impact law, ESG, and sustainability-focused legal practice.
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Over 3,000 climate litigation cases are reshaping global climate policy today
The article reports on a UNEP–Sabin Center study showing that climate litigation is rapidly expanding worldwide, shaping global climate accountability while also facing growing anti-climate legal challenges.
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GAIL Impact Showcase 2025: Initiatives and Gallery
GAIL’s 2025 Impact Showcase explores pioneering initiatives advancing the practice of Impact Law worldwide.
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Climate risk is professional risk – new tools for commercial lawyers
The article describes how The Chancery Lane Project created practical climate risk toolkits to help lawyers integrate physical and transition risks into routine legal advice, reflecting the growing view that climate literacy is now a core professional obligation.