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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

 

  • 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

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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

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