Anthony Murphy, Founder & Managing Director

Anthony is an industry leading impact and finance lawyer, ESG strategist and social entrepreneur. Anthony has advised foundations, financial organisations, hedge funds and innovative technology businesses on impact, ESG and legal matters. Formerly, Anthony was the EMEA head of Prime Services and Equity Finance for J.P. Morgan and Bear Stearns where he led the legal build-out of the EMEA Prime Brokerage business platform. 

Anthony has a wealth of experience in the alternatives and social finance space, having assisted social finance groups and organisations for over 18 years. He is also an expert in EU and UK corporate finance, financial regulatory, hedge fund regulation analysis and ESG regulation/ best practice.

Anthony qualified as a solicitor at the global US law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, specialising in Securitisation. He holds a higher LLB in Law from Bristol University.

GOHAR Lputian, SENIOR CONSULTANT

She has worked for financial institutions such as the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and Goldman Sachs, and for large law firms such as Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, most recently, as Counsel in Bryan Cave’s banking and finance department and as its European Co-leader of the firm’s Fund FinancePractice.

Gohar is recognised in The Legal 500 UK 2017 for her work in bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans. https://www.bclplaw.com/en-GB/news-events/the-legal-500-uk-2017.html

 Gohar is a Sloan Fellow and holds M.Sc. in Strategy and Leadership from the London Business School and an LL.M. from the University of Houston.  She is qualified in Ireland, England and Wales and NY.

Jonathan Lipton, Senior Consultant

Jon has 15 years of experience in financial services. Formally, he held the position of Chief Operating Officer at P-Solve Investments Ltd., and Group Head of Risk of River and Mercantile Group plc. He began his career at the Bank of New York.

He has a proven track record of problem-solving and business building in dynamic and complex multi-jurisdictional and multi-product environments.

He holds an Executive MBA from Imperial College Business School and an LL.M in International Financial and Commercial Law from King’s College London. He has studied U.S. business law at Columbia University, and corporate governance at Harvard University.

ANTON SIMANOWITZ, IMPACT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT

Anton is a well-respected expert and ESG/impact practitioner. His focus area pertains to supporting social purpose organisations to be more effective in delivering impact, and for those who support and invest in them to make better investments, capacity building and policy decisions. 

He brings a depth of experience from his work in micro-finance,  initially focusing on impact measurement, but then moving onto the processes by which impact is created, as one of the creators of the Universal Standards for Social Performance Management. 

 Anton holds a BA in Development Studies from Liverpool University and a MA in Development Economics from the University of East Anglia

Social Finance Hot Desk & Impact Associate

Harjas is a qualified lawyer with a strong background in corporate finance, having worked at international law firm White & Case. She is passionate about leveraging law firms' resources for charitable purposes and has extensive experience leading and advising on pro bono matters across jurisdictions. Harjas has previously worked in both the non-profit sector and the legal sector and has a strong track record of delivering complex pro bono and financial matters.

Harjas holds a BA in History from the University of Oxford and studied law at BPP University in London. She is qualified to practice law in England and Wales.