Our team

Role:

I am part of the BaSE Training Faculty and the BaSE Training Sponsoring Partner for Continental Europe. I'm an infrastructure and energy lawyer, based in Frankfurt, working mostly on large-scale projects which deliver a social impact in developing countries too.

Why I am part of HL BaSE:

BaSE is about social impact, disruption and change. We need to ensure that we prepare our young lawyers for a changing marketplace and give them the skillset they need to understand and support our most sophisticated clients in this changing world, including by delivering innovative, disruptive solutions that support our clients to make the world a better place. Being part of a team helping to deliver BaSE to our junior lawyers is an absolute honor and an enriching experience for myself too.

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I am a Counsel in the Hogan Lovells Responsible Business team and lead our pro bono efforts in Continental Europe. This includes working with my team members in CE as well as in the UK to deliver the HL BaSE programmes and make sure they are aligned across the different jurisdictions.

Why I am part of HL BaSE:

HL BaSE is a powerful tool, both for the social entrepreneurs and our lawyers who get to think outside the box and work with inspiring social business, thereby creating an impact. It is truly a win-win situation and I feel proud to be able to play a small part in that.

Role:

I am a partner in the Banking practice in Milan I have helped arrange the first HL BaSE Catalyst in our Milan office, and have established a cross-practice focus group on Social Enterprise in the Italian offices.

Why I am part of HL BaSE:

I truly believe in HL BaSE’s message that business can be a force for good, and it is vital that we embed this message throughout our global network. Being involved in HL BaSE gives me the opportunity to widen the participation of our junior lawyers globally and increase the number of social enterprises we can support.    

Role:

I am a senior associate in the Hogan Lovells Infrastructure, Energy, Resources and Projects team, based in London, and a member of HL BaSE. 

Why I am part of HL BaSE:

Role:

I am the International Pro Bono Director at Hogan Lovells and responsible for the pro bono, social enterprise and social finance practices at the firm. My other work includes Board Membership of Mosaic, HRH Prince of Wales led initiative to support young Muslims and peers growing up in deprived areas and I sit on the Advisory Board of the Social Innovation Group at the British Council.

Why I am part of HL BaSE:

I have long believed that the ingenuity of enterprise could be harnessed to promote a better future for all. Whilst in the business world, entrepreneurs act as engines of growth, and I have always seen the potential of the movement of social entrepreneurs to use their creativity and drive to challenge fundamental inequalities in the global community. 

This was the motivation that propelled me to seek out the specialist knowledge of my remarkable colleagues at Hogan Lovells and find a way to combine their expertise with the social innovation movement to address the complex needs of the most disadvantaged in society – it started with a tea pot.. .. my inspiration came from meeting and assisting Charlotte Di Vita MBE who in 1997 travelled to China to help revive a traditional 17th-century enamelling technique used in the Chinese Imperial Court.  Charlotte traced a master craftsman who had been trained by court masters of the Forbidden City.  In 1998 Charlotte designed a range of handcrafted and hand-painted miniature enamel collectable teapots.   Demand for the product immediately exceeded supply and created secure employment and fair working conditions for over 300 Chinese artists and craftspeople. A remarkable story and a remarkable way to start my HL BaSE journey.