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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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The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) new legal opinion: Nature-related risks and directors’ duties under the law of England and Wales
The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative (CCLI) and Pollination publish a landmark new legal opinion: Nature-related risks and directors’ duties under the law of England and Wales.
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UN Race to Zero consultation on draft guidance on “Serviced Emissions” of professional service providers
Webinar and discussion to explore what the guidance means for the legal profession hosted by the LSA and Legal Charter 1.5. Panel speakers include members of the UN Race to Zero Climate Champions David Hunter (Senior Counsel Bates Wells, and member of the Race to Zero working group) and Rob Clarke (lawyer Client Earth and…
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Annual Summit 2024
Join leading impact lawyers from around the world in London at the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers’ Annual Summit on 22 – 23 April 2024. Register: https://gailnet.org/events/annual-summit-2024/
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Job Opportunity with Bates Wells: Impact Finance Solicitor
Bates Wells are looking for an experienced debt finance UK qualified solicitor with at least two, and no more than three, years post qualification experience to join their market leading impact finance team to work with banking, finance, and impact investing clients (including ethical lenders, traditional bank lenders, impact investors, investment intermediaries, DFIs, social enterprises…
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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.
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
Christina Bartholomew
Board Member, UK
Lawyer, co-Founder of Stories Evolved, a UK-based ESG Consultancy, Sustainability Teaching Fellow (FHEA)
United Kingdom
David Hunter
Consultant, Bates Wells
Dominica Cole
Associate, Norton Rose Fulbright
Fenella Chambers
Board Member, UK
Counsel Responsible Business (Pro Bono) Lawyer, Hogan Lovells
United Kingdom
Frances Holliday
General Counsel, LeapFrog Investments
Jonathan Gilmour
Partner, Head of Derivatives & Structured Products, Travers Smith
Mark Kenderdine-Davies
Chief Legal Officer, CDC Group
Matthew Hobbs
Board Member, UK
Senior Associate, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
United Kingdom
Melissa Manzo
General Counsel, AgDevCo
Naomi Sander
Senior Consultant Lawyer, Bank of America
Rhian Thomas-Turner
Board Member, UK
R&D Lead, Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital for Wales
United Kingdom
Richard Gerrard
Senior Legal Counsel, AgDevCo
Sarah Ellington
Legal Director, DLA Piper