Emma Millar and Kieran John, social venture lawyers from Taylor Vinters, will deliver an hour long online session on ‘setting up and establishing a social venture’ covering:

• What’s a social venture, and why do people set them up?
• Legal structures and starting a company
• Key questions and social venture models
• Legal shopping list
• How to EMBED your purpose

Emma and Kieran will also leave time at the end for questions, which you are welcome to submit before Friday 17th February to Rosie at rosie@osep.org.uk, or raise on the day.

Who is it for?

Social enterprises, trading charities and purposeful businesses in Oxfordshire, UK.

Facilitators

Kieran John

Kieran is a proactive and dedicated lawyer passionate about impact and innovation. He supports impact driven clients with embedding purpose, funding their impact, digital transformation, governance as well as regulatory and risk management.

Kieran leads Taylor Vinters Virtual Pop Ups, speaking to impact driven entrepreneurs to explore their ideas and bring them to life.

Kieran was an expert contributor to the Taylor Vinters report titled ‘Impact Investment, Intentionality and Innovation’. He is also the host of the accompanying podcast series and has explored why he’s driven to enable the impact of positive disruptors on the ‘The Exploratory Journey‘ podcast.

Emma Millar

Emma is a dynamic and enthusiastic lawyer with a calm, problem-solving attitude. Emma works exclusively with charity and social venture clients helping them with a range of commercial and strategic projects including governance, managing risk and contract management processes.

Emma is especially interested in developing purpose-led legal structures for social ventures and helping clients manage the complex implications of such models for internal governance and funding relationships.

Taylor Vinters

Taylor Vinters is a global legal and advisory practice, supporting innovation ecosystems and the businesses that drive them across the UK, US and Asia.

Clients range from Fortune 500 technology multinationals through fast growth, venture-backed and owner-managed businesses, to individuals driven by great ideas and defined by a passion and resilience. The team find real meaning in what they do by working with clients to create positive impact, today and tomorrow.

On the 1 January 2023 Taylor Vinters merged with Mishcon De Reya LLP, a leading law firm operating in the UK, Hong Kong and Singapore and together are committed to shaping a better world through innovation.

Their unique portfolio structure allows the practice to support clients with integrated legal, consulting and technology solutions, helping them identify fresh opportunities, manage risk, make better decisions and leverage valuable networks.

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About the eScalate Programme

eScalate, is a three-year project, part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) which runs until April 2023 to support Social Enterprises, social entrepreneurs, enterprising charities and purposeful businesses in Oxfordshire.

Support includes:

• one to ones
• workshops
• peer support sessions

For more information about the eScalate programme , visit www.oxfordshirelep.com/escalate

Please note that this event is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and is delivered as part of the eScalate programme to help SMEs. By engaging in this programme you are being offered assistance under the De Minimis regulation which allows a company to receive up to but not exceeding €200,000 of public funding (at the applicable exchange rate) of De Minimis aid over a rolling three-tax year fiscal period. This De Minimis declaration does not cover undertakings engaged in: the primary production of agricultural goods and fisheries/aquaculture, road freight, services of general economic interest and export related activities and activities favouring domestic over imported goods. Please note, support cannot be given to undertakings (businesses) in difficulty. In order to receive support from this programme, you will be required to complete an application form and other relevant documentation. If you need to check your current position for state aid please contact us. If you would like any further information on De Minimis aid and Special Drawing Rights (SDR) subsidies, please see the state aid page on the OxLEP Business website:

https://oxlepbusiness.co.uk/state-aid