Our team has significant experience in advising impact investment funds, development finance institutions, foundations and other development organisations on complex cross-border impact transactions (both equity and debt) throughout the Global South.
Our dedicated team have a plethora of knowledge and expertise to share. Sung-Hyui Park worked with Advising Energise Africa - a joint initiative between two of Europe’s largest social investment crowdfunding platforms, Lendahand and Ethex on a number of its secured and unsecured sustainable energy loan investments in Africa. Louise Harman supported Near East Foundation on its first refugee development impact bond in Jordan, funded by IKEA Foundation, Novo Nordisk and the Norweigan Agency for Development Cooperation, with upfront capital investment from the US International Development Finance Corporation and Ferd. This is just a snippet of the type of work we do with development finance institutes.
We can support you in structuring and documenting the whole spectrum of social finance and impact investing transactions and activities. This includes investments in the form of equity, quasi-equity (including revenue participation and royalties), loans (secured and unsecured, senior or subordinated), investment funds, crowdfunding and others. We can also assist with navigation through the complex legal and regulatory issues that often arise, including related constitutional and governance issues.
We can also guide you through the legal and regulatory issues that may arise from your investment, including charity law and charity tax issues, FCA regulatory considerations and related constitutional and governance issues.