El Financial Times considera como innovador a los abogados que respetan la tradición, saben adaptarla a las nuevas circunstancias y están muy atentos a las necesidades del cliente. Pero a la hora de seleccionar un ganador, eligieron a uno que encaja, a nuestro juicio, en lo que debe aprenderse en los cursos de Derecho de Sociedades: cómo funcionan las organizaciones y cómo afecta su diseño a su gobierno y financiación y, en consecuencia, aprender a diseñar organizaciones consideradas como reglas para tomar decisiones. Para no ser demasiado pelota, no indicaré aquí el nombre de algunos abogados españoles que han sido capaces de inventar organizaciones gracias a que disfrutan de esas cualidades a las que se refiere FT en abundancia pero, sobre todo, a que conocen profundamente el Derecho de sociedades y de contratos.
… our winner was Kevin Jaquiss, a partner at Cobbetts, who has helped fashion a new form of ownership for mutual organisations, allowing them to be funded through shares rather than, as has traditionally been the case, through debt. Innovative aspects include shareholders not being able to buy control and being locked in for a set period of time. There is potential for investors to earn a return, but only after the community has benefited.
The model has been applied to FC United, an organisation formed by disgruntled Manchester United fans who want to take over a disused stadium and run it for the benefit of a deprived part of the city.
Mr Jaquiss has also helped establish a co-operative trust model that is being used for more than 100 schools, and developed a model for football supporters’ trusts. During a period of austerity that demands fresh thinking, Mr Jaquiss’s innovations captured the mood of the times.
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