9 – 9:30 am: Registration & Networking

9:30 – 9:45 am Opening Address A Vision for GAIL

William Clark, President, Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL)

9:45 – 10:45 am Morning Keynote Doughnut Economics: Reimagining Legal Practice for a Regenerative & Distributive Economy

Kate Raworth, Author, Doughnut Economics and Co-Founder, Doughnut Economics Action Lab Senior Associate, Oxford University Environmental Change Institute and Professor of Practice at Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

11:00 am – 12:10 pm Parallel Sessions Track 1: Law Firms and ‘Advised Emissions’:
Managing the Environmental Impact of Legal Advice

Luke Fletcher, Partner, Bates Wells
Anna-Marie Slot, Global ESG Partner, Ashurst
Jonathan Wise, Co-Founder, Purpose Disruptors
Sandy Abrahams, Founding Partner, Lux Nova Partners

Track 2: Impact Law Perspectives from Africa:

GAIL Africa Convening

12:15 – 1:15 pm Parallel Sessions Track 1:Philanthropy with Purpose: Frameworks for Responsible Wealth Stewardship

Julie Wynne, Partner, MLL Legal
Gina Pereira, Managing Director, Meritus
James Maloney, Partner, Farrer & Co
Julia Davies, Angel Investor & Philanthropist, We Have The POWER
Stephanie Brobbey, Founder and CEO, Good Ancestor Movement

Track 2: Representing the Natural World in the Boardroom Building the Natural World into Legal Structures & Governance

Brontie Ansell, Founder, Lawyers for Nature
Paul Powlesand, Founder, Lawyers for Nature

Directors’ Duties and the Montreal Moment:
How to Talk to Clients about Biodiversity Risk

Jenni Ramos, Lawyer – Corporate/Finance and Biodiversity, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

1:15 – 2:15 pm Networking lunch

2:15 – 3:15 pm Afternoon Keynote Restructuring Patagonia:

Making Earth Our Only Shareholder Charles Conn, Chair of the Board of Directors, Patagonia

3:30 – 4:45 pm Parallel Sessions Track 1: Navigating ESG & Impact Regulation in the UK, EU, USA & Latin America: Comparative and In-House Perspectives

Roberto Randazzo, Partner, Head of ESG & Impact, Legance
Keyvan Rastegar, Co-Founder, RPCK | Rastegar Panchal
Marielle Reints, VP Legal & Deputy Corporate Secretary, Elastic N.V.
Paola Fonseca, General Counsel, VIVA Idea
Simon Witney, Senior Consultant, Travers Smith and London School of Economics

Track 2: Impact Finance & Healthcare David Dowling, Counsel, Ropes & Gray
Doug MacKillop, Counsel, Lightrock

Lucia Keijer-Palau, Generation Investment Management
Rhiya Pau, Investor, Laerdal Million Lives Fund

5:00 – 5:30 pm Closing reflections

5:30 – 7:30 pm Networking Drinks