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North America
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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Annual Summit 2023 – Member only access
Join leading impact lawyers from around the world in London at the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’ Annual Summit on 14 – 15 March 2023. Book your tickets here. The content is only available to GAIL members. To access your account, log in here. If you would like to become a member of GAIL you can…
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Annual Summit 2023
Join leading impact lawyers from around the world in London at the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’ Annual Summit on 14 – 15 March 2023. Buy tickets here.
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Mid-Year Event: Legal Toolkits for a Just Transition
A GAIL members-only event exploring three legal toolkits to (1) embed purpose in constitutional documents (2) incorporate climate clauses into contracts and (3) embed impact in legal term sheets, providing practical tools that lawyers can use to incorporate into their legal practice, drafting and advice. The content is only available to GAIL members. To access…
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Mid-Year Event: The SEC Takes On Greenwashing – Proposed Rulemaking on Impact & ESG
While the ESG landscape has evolved rapidly, regulators in the U.S. have been slower to act. Responding to growing concerns over greenwashing and the lack of standards in ESG measurement and reporting, the SEC announced three major rule proposals in 2022 targeting these issues. This panel provides an overview of the SEC’s proposals regarding public…
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Mid-Year Event: The Regulation of Impact Funds
This panel discusses the FCA’s proposal for regulating impact funds, the proposed “Just Transition” Label, Article 9 of the EU SFDR, and the SEC’s proposals on fund labelling in the US. The content is only available to GAIL members. To access your account, log in here. If you would like to become a member of GAIL…
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Board Best Practices Project
Apply to become a GAIL B Lab Advocate. To bring the B Corp certification to more countries and states, GAIL And B Lab are together convening a group of lawyers to analyse local laws, adapt the B Lab legal requirement to the new local legal contexts and, where the B Corp certification is available, to…

Allen Bromberger
Chair, GAIL North America
Founding Partner, Bromberger Law
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. Engage with Allen on LinkedIn or Twitter @abromberger.

Elizabeth Lange
Attorney, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Erin Smith
Commercial Attorney, B Lab

Scott DeWald
Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP