Our firm has teams dedicated to supporting all the players in the social and solidarity economy who seek to reconcile economic activity and social utility.
We assist the bearers of solidarity projects with a societal impact at all stages of their development:
- Choosing the corporate form and control of the entity (ESUS commercial company, NPO – association, foundation, endowment fund, professional federations – cooperatives, etc.), drafting the relevant articles of association and shareholder charters
- Organizing the shareholding and members’ rights/obligations: relations between partners, information for shareholders or members, remuneration of project leaders and teams, definition of profit-sharing rules, etc.
- Contractualizing the relationships between various structures such as NPO or SSE: pooling of resources, cash management, financing, intra-structure agreements, prevention and management of conflicts of interest – joint management and direction
- Elaborating or developing democratic governance (choice of bodies, definition of their powers, formulas for democratic, participatory governance, etc.).
- Assisting in obtaining SSE/ESUS approvals, service of general economic interest (SGEI) mandate, adoption of a raison d’être, recognition of public utility
- Aiding in regard to solidarity financing, advising on state aid regulations, collecting grants, drafting sponsorship agreements, the tax aspects of donations/successions, etc.
- Implementing fund raising through public offerings eligible for the Document d’Information Synthétique (summary information document) or under AMF visa (prospectus) and advice on personal data management (GDPR)
- Assisting public procurement bodies as contracting authorities (awarding, execution, negotiation and litigation)
- Expertise in specific sectoral skills: knowledge of the specificities of social housing, solidarity-based land ownership, etc.
Some references
- Assisting Foncière Habitat et Humanisme and Foncière Terre de Liens for many years in their fundraising efforts.
- Advising in the constitution and governance of philanthropic associations and endowment funds
- Assisting social landlords in their cluster strategy under the ELAN law
- Advising Action Logement group for the implementation of mechanisms to facilitate social homeownership
