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Here you will find all the latest information for North America Region. This includes upcoming events, news and insights.
North America Insights and Events
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I Am an Impact Lawyer: Getting to Know Leslie Cornell, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer at Social Finance, Inc.
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 Leslie Cornell.
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I Am an Impact Lawyer: Getting to Know Julian Harrell, Partner at Faegre Drinker
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 Julian Harrell.
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I Am an Impact Lawyer: Getting to Know Patrick Miller, Founding Attorney at Impact Advocates APC
This series by GAIL North America will spotlight our members across the United States and the diverse ways they are practising impact law. For this first article, we hear from Patrick Miller, Founding Attorney at Impact Advocates APC
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MEDIA BACKGROUNDER: Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Climate Risk Case
Young Canadians Challenge CPP Investments Over Climate Risk. Find out more.
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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.
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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.
Navine Karim
Chair, GAIL North America
Founder and President, Global Impact Law, P.C
United States
Navine Karim is an attorney and international development executive with over 20 years of experience leading cross-cultural teams and strategically advising C-Suites and boards on complex legal, business and regulatory topics in dynamically evolving industries including consumer products, media, technology and sustainability.
Navine has worked in senior executive roles as General Counsel, Head of Impact and Corporate Secretary for Guayaki Yerba Mate, S.P.C.; Vice-President and Head of Business & Legal Affairs at Red Bull and Vice-President of Business & Legal Affairs at BET Networks/Paramount. Navine also spent several years with the International Law Institute in Kampala, Uganda where he advised national and multilateral organizations and oversaw projects related to promoting the rule of law and governance in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Presently, Navine is the founder of Global Impact Law, P.C., a professional services firm that provides fractional general counsel, legal support as well as strategic and compliance services for companies navigating the increasingly complex legal/regulatory and commercial frameworks shaping the future of sustainable business. Navine is also an Advisory Board Member at Impakt IQ, an investor-grade sustainability analytics platform, and a Board Member of 32° East, a non-profit organization that raises awareness about arts and culture in Uganda.
Navine earned his J.D. and M.A. in International Development from the American University in Washington, D.C. and a B.S. Degree in Business Administration with a focus in Finance and Economics at the University of Florida. Navine is licensed to practice law in California, New York and the District of Columbia; a member of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers, Tech GC, CSO Forum for Naturals, and a pro bono legal advisor to the Aga Khan Shia Ismaili Muslim Council in the US.
Amaris White
Impact Investing Principal, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
United States
Dr. Ammara Farooq Malik
Founder & CEO, Seplaa Consultants Canada Inc. & Seplaa Group Inc.
Canada
Elizabeth Lange
Attorney, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
United States
Gina Pereira
Founder, Dāna Stewardship Advisory
Bermuda
Julian Harrell
Partner, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
United States
Julie Ryan
Co-Founder and Managing Partner, ImpactGC
United States
Lesley-Anne Long
Chief Strategist, wonderfuture CIC
United States
Leslie Cornell
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Social Finance
United States
Natasha Smith
Partner and Lead Charities and Not-for-profit Team, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Canada
Patrick Miller
Founding Attorney, Impact Advocates
United States
Scott DeWald
Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
United States
Sonia Forcada
Associate Lawyer, Trinity International
United States