April 16, 2020 – 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 how it has supported its clients and their communities during the COVID-19 outbreak.

A few examples of how Dentons is supporting the national community during this unprecedented crisis include:

• Navigating complex bankruptcy regulations, negotiated and secured court approval to lease three bankrupt West Coast hospitals back to local governments so they may serve as medical facilities treating COVID-19 patients
• Increased the size of a trade receivables securitization for a client in the medical device industry, allowing it to increase production of urgently needed ventilators to treat seriously ill COVID-19 patients
• Advised distillery companies to repurpose their alcohol inventory and distilling capacity to produce hand sanitizer
• Aided a life sciences company in receiving government funding and lender financing to continue its work on a COVID-19 diagnostic kit
• Provided necessary intellectual property support to life sciences companies in the development of COVID-19 treatments and coronavirus vaccines
• Advised government and private sector organizations on repurposing hotels, convention centers and university buildings for quarantining purposes
• Offered regulatory advice to a cloud service provider to facilitate supply chain management, keeping critical goods moving across 75 counties
• Secured a joint venture between an app-based home care provider and a ride-sharing company to facilitate coronavirus testing for homebound seniors

Dentons also created a Global COVID-19 Hub on the Firm website, Dentons.com. This suite of client resources is made publicly available to help businesses and individuals navigate legal issues arising from the novel coronavirus. Since its launch in March, more than 30,000 users have visited the hub.

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 business challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Dentons has developed multiple resources throughout Q1 2020, which are available to the public and global business community 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.
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