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Our planet is in crisis,
and lawyers want to help.

Free legal support for planet-positive ventures across the UK
from the world's leading law firms.

What we do

Our services

We enable leading law firms to offer free legal support to early greentech startups, spinouts and planet-positive social enterprises and charities ("Eco Ventures"), helping them to grow, thrive and save our planet.
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Eco Ventures Counsel (“EVC”) is a legal pro bono programme providing essential free full-service legal support to Eco Ventures across the UK in annual cohorts.

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We support early (pre-Series A) greentech ventures and planet-positive social enterprises and charities in the UK. We are expanding internationally and will launch a Europe cohort later this year/at the start of 2027.​​​

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EVC Cohorts 1 and 2 launched in 2025 and include 28 ventures.​

EVC Cohort 3 launched in March 2026 and includes 18 ventures.

Meet our Cohorts 1 and 2 ventures here (Cohort 3 ventures will be added soon!).

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Eco Ventures receive comprehensive free legal support, covering corporate governance/structuring, fundraising, IP, contracts, data protection, privacy, employment, tax, regulatory compliance and more.

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Eco Ventures can also elect to receive:

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- optional bespoke IP support from a leading law firm
- free access to the leading DealCentre AI virtual data room, provided by SS&C Intralinks

 

We also offer legal training, expert talks and networking opportunities.

About us

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Meet our founder

Mitesh Jagatia is the Founder of Eco Ventures Counsel. Before founding EVC, Mitesh was a senior in-house lawyer for 16 years at Sky, Bloomberg and Moody’s, and also worked in-house at a dynamic tech startup.
 

Prior to EVC, Mitesh co-created and formerly co-led the award-winning Green Tech Legal Collaborative, supporting early greentech ventures from Imperial College London and Undaunted, and he was also a Steering Committee member of the In House Pro Bono Group.

David Leviseur, Founder & CEO, Fornax Energy

"We are immensely grateful to you for your support - we couldn't have done this without you. Our experience so far is a real validation of your mission and what you're building at Eco Ventures Counsel. You really have changed lives with this."

EVC Cohort 4 - Applications Opening Soon

To register your interest for EVC Cohort 4, please complete the contact form below. 
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Get in touch

We'd love to hear from you if you're:
 
  • an Eco Venture looking for top-quality free legal support in the UK, Republic of Ireland or mainland Europe
     
  • a university, incubator, accelerator or venture builder seeking trusted legal support for your Eco Ventures
     
  • a law/IP firm wanting to utilise your expertise to help Eco Ventures thrive and save our planet
     
  • ​a (non-legal) expert keen to share your knowledge and network with Eco Ventures
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  • interested in learning more about EVC or want to join our mailing list

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