I’m fortunate to be able to work with companies solving some of the toughest problems of our time. I love using corporate law as a tool to help them achieve their missions.
About Jennifer
Jen Barnette’s practice focuses on the representation of companies and investors in the social impact and sustainability space. She counsels startups to late-stage private companies, venture capital investors and family offices on a broad range of general corporate and transactional matters. She has particular expertise working with new corporate forms like Delaware’s public benefit corporation (PBC) and counseling around B Corp certification and environmental, social and governance (ESG) and impact reporting. Jen is a member of Cooley's San Francisco pro bono committee and teaches Social Enterprise Law at UC Berkeley School of Law.
Jen has published several articles and is a frequent speaker on social enterprise and impact investing. She is member of the Impact Investing Legal Working Group and Echoing Green’s Legal Advisory Group. She is as an advisor to Carbon180 and One World Training and serves as a mentor the Berkeley Women in Business Law program and Stanford GSB Social Venture Review. Prior to law school, she worked in international affairs and was on the founding faculty of a school in Bhutan. In 2016, Jen received Cooley’s Pro Bono Achievement Award.
Education
University of California, Berkeley School of Law
JD, CEB Award for Excellence in Legal Research and Writing
University of California, Santa Barbara
MA, Global and International Studies
University of Miami
BA, International Studies, cum laude