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Transactional legal skills can create lasting social impact but remain under-utilised across Ireland. Join us for a panel discussion.
Transactional Pro Bono: Turning Corporate Skills into Social Impact
In partnership with The Wheel and Irish Legal News, this panel will explore how preventive, transactional legal support including governance, structuring, contracts, and compliance can strengthen charities, NGOs, and social enterprises, and how corporate and transactional lawyers can engage in a practical and sustainable way.
What you’ll gain
✓ Insight into the real legal and governance pressures facing the social sector
✓ How transactional pro bono supports organisational resilience and scale
✓ Practical and realistic routes for lawyers to get involved
✓ Perspectives from across the ecosystem including organisations, intermediaries, and legal professionals
1 CPD Point Awarded
📅 25 February 2026
📍 In person @ The Factory, Boland Mills Barrow St, Dublin 4, D04 X7X0
🎥 Hybrid attendance: Link sent via email
Schedule
- Doors open 6:15pm
- Panel discussion 6:30–7:30pm
- Q&A and networking 7:30–8:00pm
We look forward to contributions from Chris MM Gordon, CEO, Irish Social Enterprise Network and Teaching Fellow at Trinity College Dublin, Gemma McLoughlin-Burke, Barrister and Coordinator of the Voluntary Assistance Scheme at The Bar of Ireland, Jon McBride, Governance and Compliance Manager at The Wheel, Marcus Keane Head of Compliance and Legal Affairs at the Irish Red Cross, Eleni Stavrou a Corporate Associate at Arthur Cox LLP, Tony O’Sullivan former President of the DSBA (Dublin Solicitors Bar Association, and more!
Sponsored by: Dentons
