As the global COVID-19 public health emergency continues to spread and create challenges for businesses worldwide, we wanted to share with you how Dentons is addressing many of the same challenges that you and your colleagues at you are facing and to offer our assistance, should it be helpful.

As you know, Dentons operates and serves client needs in 75 countries, including virtually every location where COVID-19 has already had a serious impact.

Since the beginning of this public health threat, as the world’s largest law firm, we have been consulting with leading public health organizations and working to ensure our firm has the agility and resilience to protect its people and continue to be fully available to meet our clients’ needs around the world.

Internally, we swiftly activated our Global Pandemic Preparedness Task Force to ensure that all our people and our clients are able to take advantage of the most current and advanced thinking, resources, and talent pool available to manage and mitigate the impact of the virus as it spreads around the world.

Our Task Force meets on a daily basis to share information from leading health authorities, governments, and global and local businesses and advisors to ensure our standards and resources are second to none in ensuring Dentons’ ability to protect our people and serve clients during this time. We are also closely monitoring the response of our law firm peers and leading companies in every industry sector for completeness.

In addition to our ongoing work for clients, we have also assembled subject matter experts and resources around the world so that we can advise our clients across a wide range of issues, including:

• Employment considerations, including employer protection responsibilities, data privacy, flexible working policies, remuneration, response to diagnosis, shutdowns, employment term adjustments, employment claims, immigration and related matters;
• Supply chain interruption and delivery delays;
• Government and local regulations and their implications;
• Commercial contracts and insurance-related questions, including force majeure, material adverse change, cancellation and related inquiries;
• Restructuring and insolvency including distressed acquisitions of assets or an entire business line;
• Securities regulation and disclosure requirements; and
• Development and/or refinement of business continuity plans.

We have best practice business continuity processes in place across Dentons, and we remain open and fully available to our clients and colleagues during this time.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about our own preparedness or if we can be of assistance in ensuring your ability to address these new challenges. We have a deep breadth of talent and expertise and we would be delighted to put you in touch with the appropriate contact. We recognize that this may be a prolonged effort, and we wanted to ensure you are aware of Dentons’ commitment to help you navigate challenges and advance business initiatives.