Our Projects

The Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation was created in January 2006. To date, it has matched more than 350 social entrepreneurs with Lex Mundi law firms and lawyers around the globe. Projects come in daily as the word continues to spread throughout the social entrepreneurship community.

Example projects staffed by Lex Mundi lawyers as a result of introductions by the Foundation are the following:

Establish non-profit corporation and provide related advice for a renowned conflict resolution leader

Assist Ecuadorean social entrepreneur stop pirated broadcast of environmental program in the US

Draft complaint for suit by consumer organization against transit authority

Advise Algerian delegation on franchising legislation to spur economic development and provide jobs in poor areas

Provide corporate restructuring advice to high fashion Fair Trade enterprise in London and Tokyo

Help children’s rural poverty program based in the Netherlands prepare MOU for roll-out of new program in 15 developing countries

Advise leading social entrepreneurship sponsor on foreign investment restrictions in various developing countries

Assist US social entrepreneur incorporate a subsidiary in Indonesia

Provide loan structuring, banking and tax advice to affordable reading glass entrepreneur who is borrowing and then relending funds to affiliate in Hyderabad, India

Research regulation of microfinance in U.S.

Provide corporate advice to entity operating camps in South Africa that teach children about AIDS and nutrition

For more examples see here.