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United Kingdom
Here you will find all the latest information for the United Kingdom. This includes upcoming events, news and insights.
United Kingdom Insights and Events
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Business Integrity for Impact Lawyers: The Role of Anti-Corruption Obligations in Impact Investing
This GAIL regional event, hosted by GAIL North America, presents the American Bar Association’s Model Contract Clauses for Human Rights (MCCs), to guide companies and their counsel on achieving responsible sourcing throughout the global supply chains.
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GAIL Blended Finance Project
A global project undertaken by the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers that aims to identify and map the legal and regulatory barriers to combining philanthropic, government and commercial funding to achieve positive impact; and share legal case studies to support and enable the scaling of blended finance instruments and structures.
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Tony’s Chocolonely’s Golden Share Model
A common question we hear from founders is: how can they ensure the longevity of their business’ mission? Dutch B Corp confectionary company Tony’s Chocolonely recently announced its use of a ‘golden share’ model to protect its mission. Bates Wells consider the benefits of a golden share model for purpose-driven businesses.
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Beneficiary Voice and Experience in Impact Investing
The regional event, hosted by GAIL UK, will explore the implications of the Equalising Deal Terms (EDT) project for the legal community, and its drive to embed beneficiary voice within deal terms and documentation
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Beneficiary Voice and Experience in Impact Investing – Session Summary and Resources – Members Content
The regional event, hosted by GAIL UK, will explore the implications of the Equalising Deal Terms (EDT) project for the legal community, and its drive to embed beneficiary voice within deal terms and documentation
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Impact Approaches in Private Equity and Venture Capital
In this GAIL regional event, hosted by GAIL North America, GAIL members and partners explore critical developments in impact & ESG in the PE and VC ecosystem in the US and globally.

Ranajoy Basu
Chair, GAIL UK
Partner, McDermott, Will & Emery LLP
Ranajoy Basu Heads McDermott, Will & Emery’s impact finance practice having extensive experience in debt capital markets and impact finance transactions. Ranajoy is recognised as one of the world’s leading lawyers in cross-border climate change and impact finance structures, including social and development impact bonds, renewable energy and “green” structured finance transactions as well as being a legal expert in adaptive and sustainable finance. He advised on the very first impact bond and has since, advised on some of the most innovative financial inclusion structures around the world targeting both environmental and social sustainability. Ranajoy’s key clients include supranationals, multilateral development banks, NGOs, not-for profit entities, impact funds, industry bodies, regional authorities, banks and corporates on structuring social impact finance solutions. He is a regular speaker on climate change, social sustainability and innovative finance.

Alberta Longanesi Cattani
Senior Associate, Ince

Chris Garner
Associate General Counsel, SunFunder

David Hunter
Consultant, Bates Wells

Dominica Cole
Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright

Frances Holliday
General Counsel, LeapFrog Investments

Jonathan Gilmour
Partner, Head of Derivatives & Structured Products, Travers Smith

Mark Kenderdine-Davies
Chief Legal Officer, CDC Group

Melissa Manzo
General Counsel, AgDevCo

Naomi Sander
Senior Consultant Lawyer, Bank of America

Richard Gerrard
Senior Legal Counsel, AgDevCo

Sarah Ellington
Legal Director, DLA Piper