Our Partners

We are a proud partner of The Investment Association’s Engine Programme. In 2018 we helped to set up the Engine Programme which saw the first cohort of Engine Innovators join the programme back in October 2018. The Engine Programme provides firms in the FinTech/RegTech space with access to the Engine Advisory Panel and mentors, networking opportunities and ultimately exposure to potential investors.

Cleveland & Co is proud to support the Just Finance Foundation, the UK’s national financial literacy charity. Our CEO and Global General Counsel, Emma Cleveland, sits on the Foundation’s board, reflecting a partnership rooted in shared values. Emma is a committed advocate for financial education, and the Foundation’s mission to ensure every child has the opportunity to build lifelong financial wellbeing aligns closely with her personal convictions and with our own belief in widening access and opportunity across the financial sector.

The Just Finance Foundation is a national charity dedicated to improving financial education so that every child and family has an equal opportunity to thrive. Across the UK, many young people leave school without the financial skills and confidence they need for future study, work and life. The Foundation is on a mission to change that.

Through its flagship LifeSavers programme, the Foundation puts age-appropriate learning materials into the hands of teachers and children in primary schools, reaching 551 schools nationwide in 2025. Its whole-school approach provides resources and training for teachers, support for school savings clubs, and a wider community model that involves parents, credit unions and others in helping children develop a healthy relationship with money. The Foundation is a subsidiary of the Church Urban Fund and is a registered charity in England and Wales (1172050) and Scotland (SC053095).

Cleveland & Co has partnered with The Investment Association for many years and serves as Secretariat to Invest for the Future, a national campaign backed by HM Treasury, the Money and Pensions Service, the FCA, and 20 leading financial institutions. Launched at the London Stock Exchange, the initiative brings together companies from across the investment industry with a shared aim of helping people take a first step into investing.

Cleveland & Co is a member of the Legal Sustainability Alliance (LSA), the non-profit sustainability network run by law firms for law firms.The LSA brings together more than 100 law firms and legal organisations, from high street practices to global firms, to take effective action on the climate and nature crises.

ESG is a core part of how we run our business. We advise clients on their own ESG obligations, and we hold our own operations to the same standard. Our LSA membership helps us put this into practice.

Through the LSA, members share best practice in cross-firm working groups and can use the LSA Carbon Calculator to measure their emissions and set reduction targets.