O'Melveny's 2018-2019 Pro Bono Review

O’MELVENY PRO BONO PROGRAM REVIEW 2018- 2019 32 San Francisco Bay Area entrepreneurs with the capital (in microloans ranging from $5,000 to $50,000), consulting, and connections to grow their small businesses. O’Melveny’s relationship with Working Solutions evolved in 2017 and 2018. Moving beyond simply drafting loan documents, O’Melveny began advising Working Solutions on the organization’s own financing, including establishing lines of credit and grants from JPMorgan Chase, Bank of the West, and the City of San Francisco. O’Melveny also assisted Working Solutions with a number of major projects, including negotiating several information sharing and consulting agreements. With the firm’s assistance, Working Solutions has now surpassed $19 million in microloans to Bay Area businesses and soon should reach the $20 million mark. With the firm’s assistance, Working Solutions has now surpassed $19 million in microloans to Bay Area businesses and should reach the $20 million mark soon. Extending Nelson Mandela’s Legacy O’Melveny lawyers across practices and offices joined together to help launch REPRESENT Global. Chaired by Nelson Mandela’s grandson Kweku, the organization’s mission is to make today’s humanitarian issues relevant to a digital generation. O’Melveny advised REPRESENT in its formation, organization, tax, and intellectual property matters. The firm’s tax lawyers assisted with nonprofit and for- profit tax structuring, and the firm’s intellectual property lawyers conducted clearance on the organization’s proposed trademarks and filed applications for the marks.