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Benefit and B Corporations: What They Are and How They Work (Mar. 26, 2025)

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As businesses more frequently prioritize social and environmental impact alongside profit, Benefit Corporations (or B Corps) have emerged as legal structures that formalize their commitment to purpose-driven business practices. Join this program to dig into the essential legal insights of B Corps. Explore their formation, their compliance requirements, and the potential benefits for businesses seeking to balance profit with purpose.

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03/26/2025 at 12:00 PM (EDT)  |  60 minutes
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Katharina Bottenberg

General Counsel

Tony's Chocolonely

Elizabeth Lange

Partner

Faegre Drinker

Lizzie Lange is a partner in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group at Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP. Experienced in complex transactions, Lizzie works with public and private companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies and other clients in a variety of industries and focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate restructurings, private securities offerings, divestitures and general corporate matters. Lizzie also leads the firm’s full-service ESG practice and regularly advises clients on ESG, B Corp and social impact matters


Patrick Miller (Moderator)

Founding Attorney

Impact Advocates APC

Patrick Miller is an international lawyer concentrating on cross-border commercial issues, with an emphasis on arbitration, mediation and litigation. He concentrates on working with Social Impact companies that incorporate a social mission into their business models, particularly smaller, more entrepreneurial companies.

He has worked in the US, Europe and Asia — spending nearly a decade in South-East Asia focusing on commercial disputes with a large international law firm.

He is a strong advocate for social businesses and passionate about assisting these companies when they encounter commercial disputes. He has also advised several social impact startups doing business internationally, providing advice on both legal and business issues.

He is involved in the business & human rights legal community primarily through his work with the ABA Business Law Section Working Group that has a developed a comprehensive set of contractual provisions to address potential human rights violations in international supply chains. He can advise companies on establishing responsible supply chain frameworks in compliance with emerging regulatory challenges.

He’s also active in the Environmental, Social and Governance space, particularly through his work hosting a YouTube show called ESG-in-Law for the California Lawyers Association ESG Committee where he interviews professionals who work on issues involving the convergence of ESG and law.

Given his experience abroad, his involvement in the social business movement and his commercial background, he is able to provide strategic guidance that addresses his clients’ legal and business objectives—while also focusing on their responsible business commitments.