In this episode, Connie Connolly, impact lawyer, co-founder of Keidos Impacto Legal, and former president of the Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL), shares how lawyers are key actors for change across Latin America and beyond.
From pioneering social impact bonds in Buenos Aires to helping NGOs and SMEs tap into capital markets, Connie brings concrete examples of what’s possible even in challenging political and economic environments. She unpacks the role of legal innovation in shaping purpose-driven enterprises, and why strong, values-based governance is core to driving change.
More than a lawyer, Connie is a movement-builder. Her passion shines through as she talks about teaching the next generation of impact lawyers and the systemic legal reforms needed to enable inclusive, sustainable economies. This episode shows how law is an essential part of driving finance as a force for good and how lawyers, when guided by impact, can help unlock transformational change.
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To go further, here are some of the references mentioned during the episode:
- Keidos Impacto Legal: https://www.somoskeidos.com
- Global Alliance of Impact Lawyers (GAIL): https://gailnet.org
- Sumatoria: https://www.fondo.sumatoria.org
- Pro Mujer: https://promujer.org
- UN Global Compact: https://www.unglobalcompact.org
- IDB (Inter-American Development Bank): https://www.iadb.org
- IFC (International Finance Corporation): https://www.ifc.org
- World Bank: https://www.worldbank.org
- Sistema B: https://www.sistemab.org/en
- Grunin Center for Law and Social Entrepreneurship: https://www.law.nyu.edu/centers/grunin-social-entrepreneurship
- Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, by Greg McKeown https://gregmckeown.com/books/essentialism/