Luke Fletcher

I co-lead the firm’s multi-disciplinary Impact Economy practice, which advises clients seeking to have a positive social impact through their business and other activities.

Within the Impact Economy practice, I lead a team of lawyers whose collective practice spans charity, social enterprise, responsible business and impact investing.

I regularly advise on the boundaries and interplay between the worlds of charity and business. My work often involves structuring relationships appropriately where charities are interacting with businesses or operating in market contexts.

Clients vary from international NGOs, household name charities, Governments, major corporates and investment banks, to purpose driven businesses, impact investors, impact entrepreneurs and philanthropists.

Areas of focus include

• Advising boards and senior executives in relation to governance matters
• Providing strategic legal advice for clients engaged in complex negotiations
• Designing new and innovative legal and constitutional structures
• Advising on difficult, complex or unusual charity registrations

I have worked on many of the most significant developments in the growing Impact Economy, including:

• The structuring of key institutions such as Big Society Capital and Social Finance
• Advising the European Commission on the law and regulation of social enterprise across Europe
• Working in Government on the design of social investment tax relief
• Creating governance principles for community interest companies which are endorsed by the CIC Regulator
• Making the argument for the new statutory social investment power for charities
• Creating the official model documents and guidance on social impact bonds
• Developing the legal and governance requirements for B Corps
• Designing Purposely to help businesses to embed purpose in different ways