A New Perspective:
Impact Investing and Transactional Law
An Inside Look on the Positive Potential of Transactional Law and the Impact Investing Industry
Penn Law Journal of Business Law Symposium, Vol. 19
TRANSACTIONAL PRO BONO
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Praveen Kosuri (Moderator) Practice Professor of Law, Director of the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
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Mary Rose Brusewitz (L'84) Partner, Strasburger
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Mary Gay Scanlon Pro Bono Counsel, Ballard Spahr
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Kevin Curnin Partner, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
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Chintan Panchal Founder, RPCK Rastegar Panchal
Saturday, February 4, 2017
9:45 AM – 5:45 PM
Levy Conference Center
University of Pennsylvania Law School
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
SILVER SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
TRANSACTIONAL
PRO BONO
Attorneys will discuss opportunities in pro bono that leverage their unique transactional skill set, focusing on projects they have worked on and the impact their work has.
COUNSEL FOR
IMPACT INVESTING
Practicing attorneys will discuss the structure of the impact investing organizations that they offer legal services to and explain the unique challenges that the industry faces from a legal standpoint.
INVESTOR RELATIONS IN
IMPACT INVESTING
Impact investing industry insiders will discuss their relationship with investors, including how to pitch ideas to investors and present investment return metrics.
FUND COMPETITION
AND PROJECT SELECTION
Impact investing industry insiders will discuss the structure of their organizations and how their business models positively impact the community.
PANELS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
INVITED SPEAKERS
9:45-10:30 Light Breakfast
10:45-11:45 Panel 1: Transactional Pro Bono
11:55-12:55 Panel 2: Counsel for Impact Investing
1:00-2:15 Keynote: Cheryl Solomon L’95
2:20-3:20 Panel 3: Investor Relations in Impact Investing
3:30-4:45 Panel 4: Fund Composition and Project Selection
4:45-5:45 Cocktail Reception
Cheryl Solomon L’95
Founder of Row House Yarn, Former Chief Legal Officer of Tom’s Shoes
CONTACT
Lacey Nemergut
Symposium Editor
laceyn@law.upenn.edu
Christina Gunzenhauser
Editor-in-Chief
cgunz@law.upenn.edu
Brendan Galloway
Managing Editor
gbr@law.upenn.edu
COUNSEL FOR IMPACT INVESTING
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Nancy Santiago Negrón (Moderator) Chief External Affairs Officer, Opportunity Finance Network
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Kevin Saunders General Counsel, Accion International
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David Carlson Associate, Stroock & Stroock & Lavan
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Alexandria Harris Director of Programs and Legal Counsel, The Community Development Venture Capital Alliance
INVESTOR RELATIONS IN IMPACT INVESTING
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Nicholas Ashburn (Moderator) Senior DIrector, Wharton Social Impact Initiative
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Anne Tucker Associate Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law
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Jacob Gray Managing Director of Impact Investing, Threshold Group
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Garret Melby Founder & Executive Director, Good Company Ventures
FUND COMPOSITION AND PROJECT SELECTION
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Harry V. Douglas (Moderator) Director, Impact Investing Research
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Brian Nagendra Senior Investment Associate, Living Cities
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Anna Kanze Chief Operating Officer, Grassroots Capital Management
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Andrew Rachlin Managing Director for Lending and Investment Reinvestment Fund
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Melissa Bradley Founding and Managing Director, New Capitalist
Executive in Resident, Department of Management at Kogod School of Business