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Linklaters supports the Sustainable Development Goals Pro bono Solving challenges, addressing injustice Challenging injustice and innovating solutions to social problems is part of being a lawyer at Linklaters. We improve the lives of Best International thousands of people through free legal advice and representation Firm for Pro Bono 2017 every year. We contribute our skills to eradicating poverty and European Women in Business Law Awards protecting the planet through the United Nations’ Sustainable 2017 Development Goals. Asian CSR Initiative Recent highlights of our programme include: We have a strong focus on minority rights of the Year 2017 and gender equality, and on fostering > Impact – informing Acid Survivors Trust the rule of law. We support a range of Asia Legal Awards 2017 International’s campaign for crucial causes from access to justice and human changes to the law to tackle acid rights to social finance and international violence. development. But more important than Distinguished Pro Bono > Innovation – innovating and the themes of our work is our focus on Law Firm Award documenting a charity bond that is impact – selecting projects that will make The Law Society of Hong Kong 2016 financing over 900 new affordable the most effective difference to a social, homes and the development of social humanitarian or environmental cause. housing. See over for impact examples. CSR Initiative of the Year > Scale – furthering the rule of law by The firm’s pro bono practice also has a creating ongoing digests of the entire positive impact on our lawyers. A recent British Legal Awards 2015 case law of Liberia, so that judges survey revealed a 94% satisfaction rate can apply precedent. with our programme, with 88% reporting that their pro bono activity increased their Standout in Social motivation and pride in the firm. Responsibility FT Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards 2015 Standout in Social Pro bono is free legal advice and assistance for a social, community or humanitarian Responsibility cause. For further information about pro bono and all other aspects of responsible business at Linklaters, visit www.linklaters.com/responsibility Finance, American Lawyer Awards 2015 www.linklaters.com/responsibility “Linklaters has made an “I just want to express my essential difference in £100m heartfelt gratitude to you our mission to grow the all there for your time and raised to date social investment market…. through social concern. I hope and pray The direct consequence finance structures everything will turn out for of this activity is that we have acted on the best and that we all may these funds are used to pro bono come away from this experience improve the lives of many with a blessing as I am really of the most disadvantaged optimistic about all the in our society.” “I can say with some support I have received.” confidence that Linklaters Geoff Burnand, Chief Executive, Bobby Moore, Investing for Good work has very much had Death row inmate with intellectual difficulties an impact in influencing policy within government but also contributed enormously in the awareness raising work 158 we have conducted.” 23% Jaf Shah, Chief Executive, of our lawyers Acid Survivors Trust International of our global pro bono volunteered on rule of activity last year was law projects last year devoted to gender equality and human rights Goal What we did Impact Key Contacts We acted for a small children’s charity on “This merger secured the future for Action Owen Clay a critical merger required to sustain their for Brazil’s Children Trust and the 3,000 at Partner, London operations after a significant decline in risk children and over 10,000 family and Tel: (+44) 20 7456 3230 funding. community members we support in Brazil.” [email protected] Tiffany Garside, CEO, Action for Brazil We pioneered the legal structure of a Two years in, the project has achieved 50% bond that triggers financial returns when of its target learning gains for thousands Elsha Butler enrolment of girls in school in Rajasthan of children in Rajasthan and exceeded its Global Pro Bono Manager increases and improved educational enrolment targets of girls – even making Tel: (+44) 20 7456 4973 outcomes are achieved. We acted on a significant progress on enrolling the [email protected] discounted rates basis. hardest to reach girls. The investors remain on track to recoup their initial funding. We documented how a range of criminal The report is used in advocacy efforts justice systems globally are failing many by Penal Reform International to call for Sophie Brambley women who have fatally killed their abusive reform globally in cases where domestic Global Pro Bono Associate partners after years of violence. In law and violence victims have killed their abusive Tel: (+44) 20 7456 3494 in practice, many systems fail to take into partners. The report was presented at the [email protected] account the dynamics of domestic violence. UN Crime Commission to member states, and the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women has also been briefed. We are monitoring ongoing impact. Olivia Loxley We provided global research aiming to Stronger legislation introduced in the Pro Bono Legal Advisor strengthen protections for fishing industry Philippines to tackle labour exploitation. Tel: (+44) 20 7456 2790 workers against slavery and labour Fishers in the Philippines have since [email protected] exploitation. reported having access to medical protection and earning more than double their usual pay. We devised the legal structure of the Retail This has since enabled 5 charities in Charity Bond platform. the UK raise £147 million in loans from individual investors. Great change is here. In a changing world, a trusted partner for your greatest challenges. Linklaters LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales with registered number OC326345. It is a law firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The term partner in relation to Linklaters LLP is used to refer to a member of Linklaters LLP or an employee or consultant of Linklaters LLP or any of its affiliated firms or entities with equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the names of the members of Linklaters LLP and of the non-members who are designated as partners and their professional qualifications is open to inspection at its registered office, 8026_FINAL_11.17 One Silk Street, London EC2Y 8HQ, England or on www.linklaters.com and such persons are either solicitors, registered foreign lawyers or European lawyers. Please refer to www.linklaters.com/regulation for important information on our regulatory position..
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