Social Enterprise

We support social enterprises – both as advisors and as advocates for the movement.

We’re a rare mix of social enterprise lawyers and sector-leading financing, investment and impact advisers. Together, we give social enterprises the best start from day one. We help them set up governing documents in line with their values, arrange loans and approach investors. As a full service law firm we can produce people-friendly employment contracts and supplier agreements that drive sustainability, alongside providing day to day help with IP, disputes, real estate and more.

How we help

We’re here for every business with a social purpose. Over the decades, we’ve helped countless social enterprises get started, including Charity Bank and Big Society Capital.

We’ve also championed policies that make doing business easier for social enterprises everywhere. We worked with government to introduce the CIC (Community Interest Company) model and made the case for social investment tax relief.

We also helped to create Purposely, a free government-backed digital tool that helps businesses to simply embed purpose.

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Purpose & Impact: your roundup

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Realise your purpose: Increasing social mobility and diversity in the workplace

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Strategic litigation: driving change and positive impact – July 2024 roundup

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Speaking up, speaking out! – Developing corporate advocacy strategy for purpose-driven businesses

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Ethics washing – 5 tips to help protect your business

Ethics washing, a term not too dissimilar from greenwashing, is used to describe the practice of when organisations share false …
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