Empowering civil society and social enterprise

Advising the most effective organisations to enhance their influence and impact

Civil society organisations play a vital role in democracy by bringing communities of rightsholders or those with shared interests together, to campaign for progress and to provide essential services for those most in need.

Across many sectors, social entrepreneurs are those businesspeople uniquely placed to contribute to social change with lasting impact. They create business models that align with their values and have as their purpose the goals to better society and the environment.

Organisations in these sectors are seeing increased regulatory and governance requirements placed on their operations. While a robust and accountable framework is to be welcomed, without the necessary legal expertise it can be difficult to navigate. We recognise that using our legal skills to support civil society and social enterprise organisations can minimise their risk, freeing them up to concentrate on furthering their goals of positive social and environmental change. Our expertise means our lawyers are perfectly placed to assess risk and work with our clients to put in place the frameworks that will best achieve their goals.

Our work with civil society and social enterprises takes many forms, from convening legal seminars on identifying the appropriate corporate structures or dealing with complex HR or reputation issues, to acting for parties in large transactions, development projects and advising on commercial agreements, governance and regulatory compliance.

ALG has long been recognised as a trusted advisor for the civil society sector. As well as supporting the work of our partner NGOs and Law Centres, our people use their commercial expertise and legal training to promote the work of a wide array number of organisations and safeguard their position. We are proud to support organisations which are vital to social and environmental justice in Ireland.

Our pro bono practice has developed a sustained partnerships with Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI), a key organisation in this sector which supports business owners with new ideas to bring them to market and help them to accelerate. Our long-standing partnership means that talented, socially minded people are uplifted to ensure their ideas take root and have strong foundations.

Providing legal advice and guidance to these sectors is a privilege and we strive to ensure that each of them receives exceptional advice from our partners and expert teams.