Growing the global community of lawyers working in the field of social entrepreneurship and impact investing
Geczy, Christopher; Jeffers, Jessica S.; Musto, David K. & Tucker, Anne M., In Pursuit of Good & Gold: Data Observations on Employee Ownership & Impact Investment, 40 Seattle U. L. Rev. 555 (2017) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2929686
Andrews, Sara & Dewey, Lisa, Pro Bono Goes Global, Stanford Social Innovate Review (Winter 2016) Available at: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/pro_bono_goes_global
Tokarz, Karen & Sant, Geetha Rao, New Directions in Community Lawyering, Social Entrepreneurship, and Dispute Resolution: Introduction, 48 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol'y 1 (2015) Available at: http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/wajlp48&collection=journals&id=7&startid=&endid=16
Dangel, Stephanie & Madison, Michael, Innovators, Esq.: Training the Next Generation of Lawyer Social Entrepreneurs, 83 UMKC L. Rev. 967 (Summer 2015) Available at: http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/umkc83&collection=journals&id=987&startid=&endid=1010
Felstiner, Susan T., Business Law Forum - Educating the Transactional Lawyer: Introduction, 19 Lewis & Clark L. Rev. 263 (2015) Available at: http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/lewclr19&collection=journals&id=279&startid=&endid=282
Plerhoples, Alicia E. & Spratley, Amanda M., Engaging Outside Counsel in Transactional Law Clinics, 20 Clinical L. Rev. 379 (2014) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2378350
Burand, Deborah; Jones, Susan R.; Ng, Jonathan; & Plerhoples, Alicia E., Clinical Collaborations: Going Global to Advance Social Entrepreneurship, 20 Int’l J. Clinical Legal Educ. 499 (2014) Available at: http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/clled20&collection=journals&id=81&startid=&endid=100
Jones, Susan R. and Lainez, Jacqueline, Enriching the Law School Curriculum: The Rise of Transactional Legal Clinics in U.S. Law Schools, 43 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 85 (2013) Available at: http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?handle=hein.journals/wajlp43&collection=journals&id=93&startid=&endid=136
Plerhoples, Alicia E., Representing Social Enterprise, 20 Clinical L. Rev. 215 (2013) Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2214954
Kaufman, Zach, Making Social and Environmental Impact through Legal Careers: The Top 10 Roles for Attorneys in Social Entrepreneurship, LawForChange: The Legal Forum for Social Innovators (2013) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2320728
Planning for market uncertainty when investing in social enterprises or managing social enterprises
Abdelhady, Hdeel, Nonfinancial Risk for Banks: Incorporating Environmental, Social and Governance to Identify and Manage Banks’s Legal, Commercial, and Reputation Risk Management (MassPoint PLLC: Occasional Note, April 11, 2017). Available at: http://masspointpllc.com/esg-business-banking/
Wagner, Daniel, The Importance of Political Risk Insurance in the Era of Disruption, Blog posted in The Huffington Post (January 12, 2017). Available at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-wagner/the-importance-of-politic_b_14130686.html
Rabindrakumar, Geetha, What Could Brexit Mean for Social Investment? The Social Enterprise Magazine – Pioneers Post (July 29, 2016). Available at: https://www.pioneerspost.com/news-views/20160729/what-could-brexit-mean-social-investment
Thomson Reuters Foundation and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, et al., Balancing Purpose and Profit: Legal Mechanisms to Lock In Social Missions for “Profit with Purpose” Businesses Across the G8 - Addendum: Review of Legal and Policy Developments since 2014 (June 2016) Available at: http://www.trust.org/contentAsset/raw-data/2435372d-3e6d-42d7-a726-a1fe21cba400/file
Hernandez, Monica & Bang, Claire, Cross-Border Impact Investments: A Legal Primer for Families (The Impact, April 2016) Available at: http://theimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/TheImPact_CrossBorderInvestments_2016.pdf
Savor, Conor M. et al, Development Finance Institutions Come of Age: Policy Engagement, impact, and New Directions (CSIS and ODI: October 2016). Available at: https://csis-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/publication/161021_Savoy_DFI_Web_Rev.pdf
Bates Wells & Braithwaite London LLP on behalf of the European Social Enterprise Law Association (ESELA): Social Enterprise in Europe: Developing Legal Systems which Support Social Enterprise Growth (October 2015) Available at: http://providus.lv/article_files/3058/original/ESELA_Legal_Mapping_Publication_250915_(3)-1.pdf?1444030170
Abdelhady, Hdeel, Money is Not Enough: Emerging Market Enterprises Need Entrepreneurial Governance to Achieve Strategic Objectives in a Changing Environment (MassPoint PLLC: Occasional Note, October 2015). Available at: http://masspointpllc.com/legal-risk-strategy-insights/emerging-markets-enterprises-need-entrepreneurial-governance
What Companies Do Right (and Wrong) in Emerging Markets, FTI Consulting Risk Research Project (July 2015). Available at: http://ftijournal.com/uploads/pdf/LONG_RiskResearch_070615b.pdf
Reiser, Dana Brakman, Regulating Social Enterprise, 14 UC Davis Bus. L. J. 231 (2014) Available at: http://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1906&context=jil
Esposito, Robert T., The Social Enterprise Revolution in Corporate Law: A Primer on Emerging Corporate Entities in Europe and the United States and the Case for the Benefit Corporation, 4 William & Mary Bus. L. Rev.639 (2013) Available at: http://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1060&context=wmblr
Abdelhady, Hdeel, Islamic Finance as a Mechanism for Bolstering Food Security in the Middle East: Food Security WAQF, 13 Am. U. Sustainable Dev. L. & Pol’y 29 (2012). Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2273965
O’Driscoll, Peter, De-Risking Emerging Market PE Investments: A Checklist for Investors, EMPEA Legal & Regulatory Bulletin (Autumn 2011). Available at: https://www.orrick.com/Insights/2011/11/De-Risking-Emerging-Market-PE-Investments-A-Checklist-for-Investors
Aggregating capital for impact investing
Annual Impact Investor Survey 2017 (GIIN - May 2017) Available at: https://thegiin.org/assets/GIIN_AnnualImpactInvestorSurvey_2017_Web_Final.pdf
Mudaliar, Abhilash; Pineiro, Aliana; Bass, Rachel, Impact Investing Trends: Evidence of a Growing Industry (GIIN - December 2016) Available at: https://thegiin.org/knowledge/publication/impact-investing-trends
CGAP and Symbiotics, Microfinance Funds: 10 Years of Research and Practice – A Review of CGAP and Symbiotics’ Microfinance Investment Vehicle Surveys (December 2016) Available at: http://symbioticsgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Symbiotics_10yMIV_whitepaper2.pdf?utm_source=Newsletter+Members&utm_campaign=50167bc1b5-SymbioticsCorporateNewsletterQ1_2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_66251ad10a-50167bc1b5-330596153
TONIIC Launch Report – T100: Insights from the Frontier of Impact Investing (2016) Available at: http://www.toniic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Toniic-T100_2016_Launch-Report2.pdf
Basu, Ranajoy & Bourke, Aaron, Social Impact Investing: The Growing Trend of Financing for Good, 8 Butterworths J. Int’l Banking & Fin. L. 483A (online edition, September 2016)
Heminway, Joan MacLeod, Securities Crowdfunding and Investor Protection (May 2, 2016). CESifo DICE Report 2/2016; University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 292 Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2810757
FINRA, Letter of Acceptance, Waiver and Consent No. 2016051563901 (UFunding Portal) (2016) Available at: http://www.israelsneuman.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/uFundingPortal-FINRA-AWC-1.pdf
Mudaliar, Abhilash & Barra, Lauren, Impact Base Snapshot: An Analysis of 300+ Impact Investing Funds, Global Impact Investing Network (April 2015) Available at: https://thegiin.org/assets/documents/pub/ImpactBaseSnapshot.pdf
Clifford Chance and International Senior Lawyers Project in partnership with the GIIN, Impact Investing Private Equity Fund Industry: Legal Considerations (2015) Available at: http://www.thegiin.org/assets/documents/pub/impact-investing-legal-brief-2015.pdf
Thomson Reuters Foundation, Instiglio, et al, A Legal Roadmap for Social Impact Bonds in Developing Countries (November 2014) Available at: http://www.trust.org/contentAsset/raw-data/7f8f6879-b7b7-4c64-bda2-fef636f24bcc/file
Reiser, Dana Brakman & Dean, Steven A., SE(c)(3): A Catalyst for Social Enterprise Crowdfunding, 90 Ind. L. J. (2015). Available at: http://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=11159&context=ilj
Burand, Deborah, Globalizing Social Finance: How Social Impact Bonds and Social Impact Performance Guarantees Can Scale Development, 9 NYU J. L. & Bus. 447 (Special Issue 2013) Available at: http://its.law.nyu.edu/faculty/profiles/representiveFiles/Burand%20-GlobalizingSocial_41C6DB05-0266-0F04-D225E7A3E992EFCC.pdf
Heminway, Joan MacLeod, To Be or Not to Be (a Security): Funding For-Profit Social Enterprises (April 1, 2013). Regent University Law Review, Vol. 25, 2013; University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 211. Available at SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2256767
Creating and documenting new impact investment products
Sanchez, Mark C. and Tarantine, Jessica P., NYU International Transactions Clinic, Using Promissory Notes in Cross-Border Debt Financing: A Survey of Industry Standards in Impact Investing (prepared for Developing World Markets, May 2017)
Investor Briefing: Renewable Energy: Managing Investors’ Risks and Responsibilities (published by Business and Human Resource Center and Sonen Capital) (April 26, 2017) Available at: http://transformfinance.org/briefings/2017/4/25/renewable-energy-managing-investors-risks-and-responsibilities
Schiff, Hannah & Dithrich, Hannah, Scaling the Use of Guarantees in U.S. Community Investing (GIIN, April 25, 2017) Available at: https://thegiin.org/assets/GIIN_Issue_Brief_Guarantees_final%20for%20web.pdf
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Rules of Arbitration (as of March 1, 2017) Available at: https://iccwbo.org/dispute-resolution-services/arbitration/rules-of-arbitration/
ICC Note to Parties and Arbitral Tribunals on the Conduct of the Arbitration Under the ICC Rules of Arbitration (March 1, 2017) Available at: https://cdn.iccwbo.org/content/uploads/sites/3/2017/03/ICC-Note-to-Parties-and-Arbitral-Tribunals-on-the-Conduct-of-Arbitration.pdf
Center for Global Development, Energy Access Targets Working Group: More Than a Lightbulb: Five Recommendations to Make Modern Energy Access Meaningful for People and Prosperity (April 12, 2016) Available at: https://www.cgdev.org/sites/default/files/energy-access-report-final_0.pdf
Lee, Kenneth et al., Appliance Ownership and Aspirations among Electric Grid and Home Solar Households in Rural Kenya (January 2016) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2725760
Burand, Deborah, Resolving Impact Investment Disputes: When Doing Good Goes Bad, 48 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 55 (2015) Available at: http://its.law.nyu.edu/faculty/profiles/representiveFiles/Burand%20-ResolvingImpact_41BF98A8-917F-1F97-576170A5E673E6C9.pdf
IAMFI & Morgan Stanley, Charting the Course: Best Practices and Tools for Voluntary Debt Restructurings in Microfinance (2011) Available at: http://www.morganstanley.com/globalcitizen/pdf/IAMFI.pdf
Governing impact investment funds and social enterprises
IFC – Interpretation Note on Financial Intermediaries (January 2012), last updated April 2017). Available at: http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/38d1a68049ddf966af3cbfda80c2ddf3/InterpretationNote_FIs_2012.pdf?MOD=AJPERES
IFC governance materials. Available at: http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/Topics_Ext_Content/IFC_External_Corporate_Site/IFC+CG/
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/topics_ext_content/ifc_external_corporate_site/ifc+cg/priorities/overview
http://www.ifc.org/wps/wcm/connect/Topics_Ext_Content/IFC_External_Corporate_Site/IFC+CG/CG+Development+Framework/
Ball, Alina, Social Enterprise Governance, 18 U. Penn. J. Bus. L. 919 (2016) Available at: https://a1papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2827913
Tyler, John, et. al, Producing Better Mileage: Advancing the Design and Usefulness of Hybrid Vehicles for Social Business Ventures, 33 Quinnipiac L. Rev. 235 (2015) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2585755
Plerhoples, Alicia E., Social Enterprise as Commitment: A Roadmap, 48 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol’y 89 (2015) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2688127
Murray, J. Haskell, Corporate Forms of Social Enterprise: Comparing the State Statutes (January 15, 2015) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1988556
Thomson Reuters Foundation and Morrison & Foerster LLP, et al., Which Legal Structure is Right for My Social Enterprise? A Guide to Establishing a Social Enterprise in the United States (May 2013) Available at: http://media.mofo.com/files/uploads/Images/Guide-to-Establishing-a-Social-Enterprise.pdf
Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, The Governance of Social Enterprises: Managing Your Organization for Success (June 2012) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2018937
Institutional Limited Partners Association (ILPA), Private Equity Principles (Version 2.0, January 2011). Available at: https://ilpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/ILPA-Private-Equity-Principles-version-2.pdf
Kerr, Janet E., Sustainability Meets Profitability: The Convenient Truth of How the Business Judgment Rule Protects A Board’s Decision to Engage in Social Entrepreneurship, 29 Cardozo L. Rev. 623 (2007) Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1296270
Lunch Table Talks and More
Murray, J. Haskell, The Social Enterprise Law Market, 75 Maryland L. Rev. 541 (2016) Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3702&context=mlr
Murray, J. Haskell , Understanding and Improving Benefit Corporation Reporting, Business Law Today (July 2016) Available at: http://www.americanbar.org/publications/blt/2016/07/04_murray.html
Model Benefit Corporation Legislation with Explanatory Comments (Version as of April 4, 2016) Available at: http://benefitcorp.net/sites/default/files/Model%20Benefit%20Corp%20Legislation_4_16.pdf
Mind the Gap: The University Student Venture Fund Report (Innovosource) Table of Contents Available at: http://gallery.mailchimp.com/34270d7e416ff213327ad03f7/files/MTG_SVF_Contents.pdf
Benefit Corporation Reporting Requirements (state-by-state comparison chart), prepared by Christopher Wirth of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP (Version as of June 10, 2015) Available at: http://benefitcorp.net/sites/default/files/Benefit%20Corporations%20Chart.pdf
Mayer, Lloyd Hitoshi & Ganahl, Joseph R., Taxing Social Enterprise, 66 Stanford L. Rev. 387 (2014)
Available at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2256539
Levitt, David A. & Chiodini, Steven R., Taking Care of Business: Use of a For-Profit Subsidiary by a Nonprofit Organization, ABA Business Law Today (June 2014) Available at: http://www.americanbar.org/publications/blt/2014/06/03_levitt.html
Blount, Justin and Nunley, Patricia, What is a “Social” Business and Why Does the Answer Matter?, 8 BROOKLYN JOURNAL OF CORPORATE, FINANCE & COMMERCIAL LAW 278 (2014) Available at: http://practicum.brooklaw.edu/sites/default/files/print/pdfs/journals/brooklyn-journal-corporate-financial-and-commercial-law/volume-8/number-2/cfcl_v8ii_0.pdf
Mittermaier, Ingrid & Neugart, Joey, Operating in Two Worlds: Tandem Structures in Social Enterprise, The Practical Tax Lawyer 5 (Fall 2011) Available at: http://www.adlercolvin.com/pdf/social_enterprise/Operating%20in%20Two%20Worlds.%20Tandem%20Structures%20in%20Social%20Enterprise%20(00403192).pdf
Bromberger, Allen R., A New Type of Hybrid, Stanford Social Innovation Review 48-53 (Spring 2011) Available at: https://ssir.org/articles/entry/a_new_type_of_hybrid
Reiser, Dana Brakman, Benefit Corporations – A Sustainable Form of Organization? 46 Wake Forest L. Rev. 591 (2011) Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2144795
FORTHCOMING RESOURCES/CURRENT WEBSITES
THE CAMBRIDGE HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LAW (Joseph Yockey & Benjamin Means, eds., Cambridge University Press, forthcoming 2018)
Dana Brakman Reiser & Steven A. Dean, Social Enterprise Law: Trust, Public Benefit, and Capital Markets (Oxford University Press, forthcoming 2017)
Alon-Beck, Anat, The Coalition Model, A Private-Public Strategic Innovation Policy Model for Encouraging Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth in the Era of New Economic Challenges, Washington University Global Studies Law Review (forthcoming 2017)
Winston, Emily, Benefit Corporations and the Separation of Benefit and Control (March 26, 2017). Cardozo Law Review (forthcoming 2017) Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2967448
Social Enterprise Tracker Available at: http://socentlawtracker.org/#/map
Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurs Available at: http://mi-community.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/CF-Entrepreneur-2015-Sep-22.pdf
General Crowdfunding Available at: http://mi-community.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/CF-Resource-Booklet.pdf
[1] The conference organizers thank John Tyler, Evan Absher, Kathleen Garman & Anthony Luppino for generously sharing their “BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS RE: HYBRID ENTITIES FOR SOCIAL VENTURES” (October 10, 2016). This conference bibliography benefited from their research.