Aaron Bourke Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, New York, United States

I am a Partner, and Head of Fund Formation, at RPCK Rastegar Panchal LLP, an international law firm focused on providing highly-tailored and innovative solutions to leading impact investors, entrepreneurs and growth enterprises around the world, and am leading the firm's Fund Formation practice.

New York, New York, United States

I am a Senior Counsel at RPCK Rastegar Panchal, an international law firm focused on providing highly-tailored and innovative solutions to leading impact investors, entrepreneurs and growth enterprises around the world, and am leading the firm's Fund Formation practice.

Greater New York City Area

Co-founded and co-manage the Impact Investing Legal Working Group, a group of lawyers who work in the field of impact investing and represent a diverse array of organizations, including impact investors, social enterprises, law firms, nonprofit organizations, foundations, and academic institutions. The Impact Investing Legal Working Group promotes.

Greater New York City Area

I advise fund sponsors on the formation of funds and limited partners on investments into funds. My practice also covers other areas of transactional practice, including direct equity investments, formation of pooled investment vehicles other than traditional private funds, and setting up employee equity participation arrangements. I'm a co-founder of Reed.

Greater New York City Area

Co-lead effort in the US to develop a portfolio of clients at Reed Smith focused on social impact investing and social enterprise. Work with colleagues in London to develop firmwide strategy.

Greater New York City Area

I have been an associate on Reed Smith's Private Funds team in the Corporate and Transactional Advisory Group since December 2013. I was also previously in Reed Smith's Financial Industry Group working for three years on the Litigation team and one year on the Lending / Corporate Finance team.

Greater New York City Area

Coordinate and manage New York-based activities and events for innovative social enterprise that partners with women artisans in Rwanda on a fair trade basis to drive forward a sustainable, long-term solution to systemic poverty in Africa.

Greater New York City Area

I had a six-month secondment from Reed Smith LLP as a legal consultant at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, working within the private bank. My primary project was preparing the various business units for implementation of remittance transfer rules under Regulation E. I also worked in the areas of vendor/affiliate management, lending and deposit products.

I worked with faculty and student colleagues to develop a plan for implementation of a formal "social enterprise" program at NYU School of Law. I developed and wrote a business plan for the program, utilizing interviews with numerous professionals in the social enterprise space.

I helped research and write sections of I-DEV's business plan for submission in the NYU Stern School's Social Venture Competition. I researched and wrote about the competitive landscape in the areas of international development consulting, international development implementation, and corporate social responsibility consulting. I also participated in.

I was involved in many elements of founding the organization, from conceptualizing the organization itself to organizing events. I was a member of a small team that wrote a formal strategic plan, conceptualized the organizational structure, and eventually made a pitch for support to the Dean.

Worked on a number of cases, including a major bankruptcy/reorganization, a private placement of securities, an employment discrimination suit, a book licensing agreement, and a non-profit incorporation.

I was an NYU Center for Human Rights and Global Justice Fellow working at People's Watch, a human rights organization in Madurai (Tamil Nadu), India. My main task was helping to compile/write a report documenting the extent of police abuses in India in 13 different states. This included, for example, organizing all reports of abuses compiled from secondary.

I was a teacher in the Global Young Leaders Conference, which brings high-achieving high-school students from all over the world to Washington, DC, and New York City for a 12-day leadership conference. I taught classes of roughly 20 students in two 12-day sessions. This involved implementing a full curriculum, including facilitating discussions, managing.

I was a ten-month volunteer in FSD's India program, living in Udaipur (Rajasthan). In my first position, with ALERT Sansthan, I wrote a report summarizing and critiquing the organization's PRISMO Programme, which was designed to work with Panchayats (local village governance groups) to improve citizen awareness, voting turnouts, etc. In my second position.

J.D, Law

Honors: Leadership Program in Law and Business, Scholar Provides access to law and business faculty and events Substantial writing.

Semester Abroad

Semester abroad

B.A, Public Policy

Activities: Flat Hat, School Newspaper, Op-ed Writer