Morgan & Morgan nominated for the Powered by Pro Bono Award

Panama, June 19, 2023. Thomson Reuters Foundation held the TrustLaw Awards 2023 – an event celebrating some of the most remarkable pro bono projects undertaken by legal teams with NGOs and social enterprises worldwide.

This year Morgan & Morgan was nominated for its advice to Calvert Impact Capital Inc, a U.S. non-profit organization, for the pro bono project involving assistance to expand the provision of green finance to small and medium-sized enterprises in Latin America. Between 2021 and 2022, Calvert Impact received legal support from Morgan & Morgan through the participation of our partner Ricardo Arias.

“Morgan & Morgan provided legal advice to Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., a non-profit US company, which was considering lending to financial or non-financial institutions that on-lend to small and medium enterprises in Panama and other countries in Latin America, including a partnership with Finance in Motion. We advised this company on the regulatory requirements and overall legal landscape that would apply to them if it decided to perform lending activities in Panama.”, says Mr. Arias.

Calvert Impact also received advice from Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas; Ritch, Mueller & Nicolau, SC; Central Law; Fiorio, Cardozo & Alvarado; Robalino; Consortium Legal; Navarro, Amador & Asociados; Dentons LLP, Oficina OMG, and Simmons & Simmons LLP.

More details at https://www.trust.org/trustlaw/awards/2023