Dentons, the world’s largest law firm and the only global law firm operating in most of the countries where there is a significant outbreak of COVID-19, including the United States, shares specific examples of donations, charitable contributions and pro bono work during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Dentons sent 15,000 surgical masks to six US health systems in some of the hardest-hit regions of the country. These efforts supplement earlier medical supply and mask donations to hospitals and health centers in China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia and Europe.

Dentons established a Help at Hand Fund to provide short-term financial assistance to employees experiencing financial hardship directly resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Dentons partners are sponsoring the Fund, which will provide tax-free payments to employees to cover a variety of expenses, including medical, health-related and wellness expenses, childcare and tutoring, eldercare, transportation and living expenses.

As part of Dentons’ pro bono efforts, lawyers are advocating for the protection of vulnerable populations, including securing an order from a state government to close a state’s prison system to nearly all new entrants, in an effort to slow the spread of the virus in such a highly susceptible environment. Lawyers also partnered with a leading investment firm to provide advice to women- and minority-owned small businesses that are seeking assistance from government programs.

Dentons, which has been a leader in advising and collaborating with the global legal and business communities, pledges to continue to share insights and best practices with clients and contacts around the world, and to proactively support the business community as it navigates the business challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dentons continues to grow the many informational resources developed throughout Q1 2020, which are available to the global business community and the public at large through its Global COVID-19 Hub.

Editor's note: This is an addition to a series of ongoing media alerts sharing Dentons’ COVID-19 offerings as they continue to evolve. The Firm’s tools are updated and augmented regularly to integrate the latest data points and industry trends. To date more than 41,000 visitors have sought information from the Dentons hub.

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