• THE BUSINESS SHORE 

  • THE BUSINESS SHORE

  • THE BUSINESS SHORE

  • THE BUSINESS SHORE

  • THE BUSINESS SHORE

In today’s world, a company is not an isolated economic unit of production.  Not only does it continue to relate to the State and the domestic law, policy, and regulatory landscape, but due to globalization, it is now affected by international standards and agendas reflecting changing world expectations.  Now, businesses are accountable not only to shareholders, but to stakeholders throughout the value chain. Moreover, they are also expected to align their values and operations with broader societal and environmental concerns, such as human rights and climate change.
In this contemporary reality, a company’s performance and sustainability highly depends on its capacity to interpret and react to law, policy, and regulation, as well as to participate in shaping the binding rules that frame its industry.   At the same time, the generation of shareholder value should not be threatened when acting as a corporate citizen.  On the contrary, social innovation strengthens businesses vis-a-vis their own marketplace, civil society, public authorities, and even the international community.  It is therefore crucial for businesses to identify those opportunities for social innovation that will reinforce their business objectives, and to mitigate those regulatory and social risks that may jeopardize their position in the market, so they may achieve success with social impact.
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY LAW

– Strategic advice and legal representation on constitutional law, administrative law, public utilities law, human rights law, and international standards

– Counseling in public tender processes and other public procurement offers

– Advocacy for policy change and strategic participation in the law and policy debate

– Research on law, policy, and regulatory environment of business, industry, and trade for strategy building and social impact endeavors

– Human Rights Due Diligence for responsible business conduct in order to respect human rights, prevent conflicts with the community, and mitigate the risk of litigation

– Advice on reporting to international treaty bodies and human rights organizations on the social impact of the business, industry, and trade and development of a Human Rights action plan

– Research and advice on non-profit legal and policy frameworks for donations, taxation, and joint ventures and alliances with Not-for-Profit Organizations.

ORGANIZATIONAL AND PRIVATE IMPACT LAW

 

– Consultancy on business model innovation for social value creation and consolidation for market competitiveness

– Strategic intelligence, insights, and analytics for social impact assessment

– Consultancy on identifying and exploiting opportunities for business expansion through social innovation for poverty reduction across the value chain and in the market

– Project identification for developing high impact social investment and developing initiatives and for enhancing existing activities

– Context specific strategies for targeting Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), aligning with public policy, or pursuing synergies with the government

– Institutional, policy, and social research and analysis for private social investors, public private partnerships and social entrepreneurial ventures

– Research and Report drafting on the social innovation process and experience of a given company, its findings and lessons learned for public dissemination, and knowledge management for the organization.

– Sustainable development assessment for betterment of corporate performance

– Customized training through RRA Workshops on Responsible Business Conduct, Human Rights as a Corporate Responsibility and Social Innovation in business

Notable Experience

  • For a major Latin American broadcasting company, developed a social innovation product to prevent the risk of negative messaging, and instead consolidate the positive social impact embedded in the program’s storyline (Colombia)
  • For US lawyers of a Fortune 500 company, researched and advised on tax law and social targeting to ensure legitimacy and high-impact in donations made to grassroots organizations in a developing country (United States)
  • For a Multinational Company, provided social innovation consultancy services for business expansion and strategic counseling in social value creation for public procurement (Colombia)
  • For a private law firm, supplied research and analysis on the normative binding framework for fiduciary relationships and obligations as applicable to insurance agents (United States)
  • For a Fortune 500 branch, developed a team workshop to contextualize its CSR decision-making strategy in the law policy and regulation of waste management and its social impact in the poverty sector of informal waste recyclers (Colombia)
  • For an industry trade group, provided research, case structuring, and legal representation in constitutional litigation for claiming the reinterpretation of adverse legal provisions (Colombia)
  • For a major Latin American broadcasting company, embedded a social innovation product inspired by international treaties and criminal law for the prevention and reporting of transnational crime in a television show, including a scroll and hotline for victims’ outreach. (Colombia)
  • For a US Company, built a cross-regional opportunity with public authorities in West Africa for environmental and security matters (United States)
  • For a private insurance law firm, research and analysis on the applicability and reach of international jurisprudence in domestic private affairs (United States)

Welcome to Foundry! We've added some awesome modal functionality, as well as these handy dismissible notifications! See More