Pankaj Jain

Pankaj Jain is the Founder - Principal of Impact Law Ventures. A corporate lawyer by profession, Pankaj specializes in venture capital and private equity matters, especially in the impact investing and venture philanthropy sector. He is also an ardent advocate of building bridges between law, development and social entrepreneurship. He currently advises a number of start-up entrepreneurs, small and growing businesses, social business enterprises, non-profit organizations, impact investors and donor organizations- both Indian and foreign - on a range of legal, regulatory and corporate governance issues in India by providing affordable access to a trusted and competent legal counsel.

Prior to founding his independent law practice (i.e. Impact Law Ventures) in early 2011, Pankaj worked in-house as the India counsel for Acumen Fund, a non-profit social venture capital fund and was involved in working across agriculture, healthcare, water, housing and energy portfolios as well as structuring transactions in the social development space. Prior to joining Acumen Fund, he worked as an associate with the Indian law firm AZB & Partners in New Delhi on corporate advisory and private equity transactional matters. He received an integrated B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) degree in arts and law from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India where he graduated as the university first rank holder and was a recipient of 11 gold medals, including for the best student for overall excellence, for procuring first rank in the university as well as maximum grades in the subjects of corporate laws, contracts and taxation.

Pankaj is a mentor to a number of start-ups, social entrepreneurs as well as non-profit organizations in India. He currently serves on a number of advisory boards in an honorary capacity, including Samhita Social Ventures and UnLtd India. He is a regular speaker at a number of conferences and also delivers guest lectures and training workshops at a number of law, management and engineering schools in India. Pankaj was admitted to the Bar Council of Delhi in 2006, and is qualified to practice law in India.