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Specialist social investment pro bono legal support from the world’s best law firms, since 2016.

 
 
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The Social Finance Hot Desk is a specialist pro bono legal platform for social enterprises, accelerators, impact investors and intermediaries working on social and environmental outcomes.

Run by not-for-profit law firm and expert impact consultancy Prime Advocates

We focus on corporate, finance, impact investment and transactional legal support: the areas where legal cost and complexity can prevent impactful organisations from accessing capital, scaling responsibly or delivering systems-level change

 
 

Our support leverages expertise from top-tier global law firms and impact finance specialism from Prime Advocates.

Over the past decade, we have supported 350+ legal matters, delivering over £20 million worth of pro bono support.

SFHD acts as a dedicated partner tailoring support to your needs: from long term legal partnership to one-off transactional support, we can help.

 

 
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I can’t speak highly enough of the team - from their subject matter expertise to their professional approach. The Hot Desk has supported us during our recent investment round, and the continued relationship has resulted in both first-class support and big cost savings.
— Dan Ebanks, Social Value Exchange

 
 
 
 
 

The Social Finance Hot Desk saved our business a substantial amount of money, as a socially focused startup that was extremely valuable to us.
— OnHand, Social Enterprise

 

 

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