In late 2011, Cleary Gottlieb launched a partnership with the Queens Economic Development Corporation (QEDC) to provide pro bono legal services to QEDC’s micro entrepreneur clients. Cleary Gottlieb represents business owners referred by QEDC with the broad spectrum of corporate legal issues faced by small business owners. Since the inception of our partnership with QEDC, Cleary Gottlieb has helped close to a dozen micro entrepreneurs.