Impact Investing
Impact investing uses investment capital to drive social and environmental change—prioritizing mission alongside financial return. Impact investments often support mission-driven organizations operating with limited resources and modest financial margins, distinguishing them from traditional corporate deals and making them especially well suited for pro bono legal support.
In 2025, Lowenstein Sandler's Investment Management group deepened its pro bono commitment by helping impact-focused clients structure and deploy capital in ways that advance meaningful long-term change. Please click below to learn more about some of our impact investing clients.
- De-Carceration Fund
- Emerging Markets
Investors Alliance (EMIA) - Refugee Investment
Network (RIN)
The De-Carceration Fund is a venture capital fund dedicated to criminal justice reform. It invests in businesses that create opportunity and restore power to communities long harmed by the criminal legal system. Notably, half of its investment committee is composed of formerly incarcerated individuals, ensuring that lived experience guides investment decisions. We represented the organization in launching its second investment vehicle, which seeks to raise funds to support innovative companies developing technology-driven solutions to improve fairness and outcomes across the U.S. criminal justice system.
EMIA is a New York-based nonprofit that helps institutional investors promote good governance and sustainable development in emerging markets. Through collaboration with investors, companies, governments, and policy experts, EMIA works to improve both social outcomes and long-term investment performance. We assisted EMIA in formalizing its membership structure and drafting key governance policies—foundational work that strengthens the organization's ability to advance its mission and grow its impact.
The client had this to say about its primary volunteer lawyer:
Based in Washington, D.C., RIN is the first impact investing and blended finance collaborative dedicated to creating long-term solutions for people displaced by conflict and crisis. RIN connects refugee-led and refugee-serving businesses with capital and works with investors to demonstrate how investment can help address challenges faced by displaced people worldwide. We helped RIN launch its new Anti-Trafficking Investment Network (ATIN). ATIN is the first investment collaborative dedicated to eradicating human trafficking, responding to growing investor demand for innovative financial approaches to combat exploitation worldwide.