Impact Capital & Social Innovation

Innovative, Market-Driven, Business-Minded Strategies to Generate Social Impact

If you are an entrepreneur, executive, or investor pursuing both profits and purpose, you’ll need a partner with a passion for, and deep experience in, the rapidly-growing social innovation sector. Relying on our collaborative approach, we help our diverse range of social innovation clients broker catalytic financial and strategic partnerships, manage risk, overcome cultural and socioeconomic divides, and prepare for and deliver long-term impact and impressive financial returns.

Awards

Big Path Capital

Annual sponsor of the Impact Capitalism Summit Nantucket since its inception. The Impact Capitalism Summit is the largest convening of investors focused on maximizing impact and maximizing return.

Areas of Focus

Education & Nonprofits

Energy & Sustainability

Financial Services

Life Sciences

Technology

Our Approach

We have learned — through 15+ years of serving our clients and our own entrepreneurial experiences — that starting and scaling, or successfully investing in, a profitable mission-driven business is a challenging endeavor. Social entrepreneurs and impact investors must navigate a gauntlet of business, legal, and cultural hurdles while also simultaneously attempting to generate positive financial, social, and environmental returns. In the context of this exciting, multifaceted sector, we are uniquely positioned to serve as invaluable advocates, translators, protectors, and connectors.

Known for our collaborative approach, we deliver legal and consulting solutions that break new ground, providing advice and support specifically tailored to organizations acting in and contributing to the impact economy.

Industries

EdTech
Energy & Sustainability
Environmental
FinTech
Health Care
Life Sciences
Sanitation

Clients

Social enterprises
Investors
Governments
NGOs

Team

Our attorneys bring over a decade of legal discipline in this space. And our colleagues from ML Strategies, LLC, the firm's government consulting affiliate, bring a deep understanding of the regulatory landscape. Together, we provide clients with the combined knowledge of industry-leading attorneys and professionals.

Dedication

While social innovation is thriving, it will succeed in the long run only through widespread collaboration and transparency. That is why we contribute our time and resources to the social innovation ecosystem through sponsorships and sharing our lessons learned at a variety of venues, including: