Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) play a wide variety of roles around the world. Balancing political, business and community drivers, they also play an increasingly important part in influencing policy that can directly affect your business operations.

You face the challenge of working in or dealing with organizations and corporations where individual opinions can carry enormous weight, and the need for results is intense. Knowledge of socioeconomic and geopolitical realities is essential to achieving your aims and building relationships on a local and international level.

Whether you operate in mature or developing markets, you need representation that can help drive your aims. You need lawyers who understand the value and importance of key influencers, and who can power your networking for the maximum positive effect on your business.

Dentons can help you push your agenda in all these environments. Offering advice from former diplomats and regional professionals, we can work with you to navigate the legal and practical realities necessary for furthering your business objectives, within or across from NGO stakeholders. Look to our lawyers and other professionals for effective solutions, including:

• Corporate governance
• Project development and funding
• Social impact assessments and market entry
• Corporate social responsibility
• Crisis communications
• Advocacy
• Regulatory counsel

Insights

Luciano Lliuya v. RWE AG
German Court dismisses landmark climate change case brought by Peruvian farmer

May 29, 2025

United Kingdom: In a case that has spanned almost a decade, the Higher Regional Court of Hamm has dismissed the landmark civil climate change claim of Lliuya v. RWE.

Bill C-41 amendments to the Criminal Code: Update and impact on organizations engaging in humanitarian and development activities

July 25, 2023

Bill C-41, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts (Bill C-41), received royal assent on June 20, 2023. Bill C-41 has created a regime that allows eligible persons to carry out certain humanitarian aid activities in areas controlled by terrorist groups.

Payment of Subsistence Allowance Clearance

April 26, 2023

Tanzania: One of an employee's rights upon termination under the laws of Tanzania is the payment of repatriation costs to the place of recruitment. The law provides expressly that where an employee's contract of employment is terminated at a place other than where the employee was recruited, the employer shall transport the employee and his personal effects to the place of recruitment.