MinterEllison Wins Law Firm of the Year in 2020 IMPACT Awards

The IMPACT awards recognise the work of impact investors and highlight emerging pockets of best practice, across all asset classes across the world. MinterEllison was recognised for its integrated, holistic and 'whole of firm' approach in line with its purpose to create lasting impacts for its people, clients and communities.

Over the past year, MinterEllison have provided a range of advisory expertise on impact-driven transactions, bringing together offerings across the firm's Pro Bono & Community Investment team's extensive work with social enterprises and the Responsible Business Group – with its ESG advisory, climate risk governance, sustainable finance and impact investment practices.

The submission was led by Financial Solutions partner and head of Sustainable Finance, Keith Rovers and Head of Climate Risk Governance, Sarah Barker with support from their Responsible Business partners, Geraldine Johns-Putra and Donna Worthington, and recognised the work of many people across the firm, including the work of the Pro Bono & Community Investments team and its work with the social enterprise sector.

MinterEllison works to support, promote and mainstream impact investing where intentionality is at the core of a project, initiative or investment. The firm’s work includes thematic investments that seek to integrate ESG to generate market-based returns, socially themed instruments attracting concessionary rates, blended finance techniques, mechanisms that develop and mature market approaches and, impact measurement and reporting.

MinterEllison is an international firm headquartered in Australia, please contact our International Managing Partner, Jeremy Blackshaw for further information.