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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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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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A Values-Driven Business Model: How to Build (and Grow) an “Impact Law” Practice
A session organised by The International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA) AIJA is a global association devoted to lawyers and in-house counsel aged 45 and under. AIJA’s Half-Year November Conference focuses on issues pertaining to Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance – or “ESG” – goals. The conference in Edinburgh will be concentrating on the various environmental…
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Mid-Year Event: Gender Finance – How Lawyers Can Help Break Barriers
Join us for this webinar discussing gender lens investing, considering why is it important and how broadly can we apply a gender-lens to investing? 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 find out more information 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 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…

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.

Chris Garner
Associate General Counsel, SunFunder

David Dowling
Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP

David Hunter
Consultant, Bates Wells

Frances Holliday
General Counsel, LeapFrog Investments

Hazel Peck
Legal Counsel and Company Secretary, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation

Mark Kenderdine-Davies
Chief Legal Officer, CDC Group

Melissa Manzo
General Counsel, AgDevCo

Naomi Sander
Legal Counsel, Bboxx

Richard Gerrard
Senior Legal Counsel, AgDevCo

Sarah Ellington
Legal Director, DLA Piper

Simon Witney
Senior Consultant, Travers Smith

Sukhvir Basran
Senior Legal Director and Co-Head of Impact Financing, Hogan Lovells