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Dentons

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Global CEO: Elliott Portnoy

Dentons US Region Managing Partner: Toby McClamroch

Dentons Bingham Greenebaum Managing Partner: Keith Bice

Dentons Cohen & Grigsby President and CEO: Christie Tillapaugh

Dentons Davis Brown President: John Pietila

Dentons Durham Jones Pinegar President and Chairman: Joshua E. Little

Dentons Sirote President: Kyle Smith

Dentons US CEO: Sonia Martin

Global Vice Chair: Mary Wilson

Number of lawyers: 8,000 lawyers and professionals in over 160 locations in 80 countries

Website: www.dentons.com


Firm Overview:

Dentons, the world’s largest law firm, with more than 8,000 people in over 160 locations in 80 countries, advises many of the world’s 200 largest companies on their most complex and sophisticated legal matters. The firm’s success is due, in large part, to its commitment to having high-quality legal talent everywhere to serve clients anywhere.


Diversity and inclusion are key aspects of Dentons’ culture and core values. Dentons has long been an advocate of increasing diversity within the firm and throughout the wider legal industry. The firm recognizes that diversity must be integral to Dentons’ DNA since having the best people is necessary for delivering exemplary results to clients.


In early 2022, the firm’s partnership made an important statement about the strength of its commitment to diversity when partner Sonia Martin was appointed CEO of Dentons US. Sonia joins US Managing Partner Mary Wilson as the second woman currently serving in a senior management role. Additionally, Dentons has more women lawyers globally than any other law firms.


With the goal of serving clients in a seamless fashion across the 100 largest legal markets in the US, Dentons has expanded its US reach by adding offices in Alabama, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Utah, bringing the Dentons’ offices in the US to 44, including locations on both coasts, in the Midwest and South, Hawaii, and in nine of the top 10, and 14 of the top 20, US markets.


Clients benefit from Dentons’ polycentric approach. The firm has no single headquarters or dominant national culture, allowing lawyers to bring their in-depth understanding of the local business environment and legal system when delivering legal counsel and business solutions. Dentons’ lawyers reflect the race, religion, gender, sexual orientation and nationality of their global clientele.


Dentons embraces change and helps clients grow, protect, operate and finance their organizations. This is why the firm is organized to offer more than legal insight; Dentons helps clients find business solutions, in a seamless fashion, across the globe.


The firm leverages new technology and innovative processes to help clients solve business problems. Through its Nextlaw operations, Dentons developed the industry’s largest Referral Network, providing clients instant access to extraordinary legal and business talent anywhere on the planet. It also created In-House Solutions, which brings together former General Counsels and in-house legal counsel, along with legal technology and legal operations professionals, to help clients modernize and optimize their law departments as they respond to increasing and complex operational demands.


Most recently, the firm launched Dentons Global Advisors, providing clients integrated and strategic counsel on complex opportunities and challenges spanning commercial, reputational, financial, regulatory and governance dimensions.


Recognition.

In its Global Brand Elite Law Firm Index 2022, Thomson Reuters ranked Dentons among the top four strongest global brands. Dentons is also a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner, and numerous business and legal publications have recognized the firm’s innovative client service initiatives that are revolutionizing the profession, such as its founding of a legal technology accelerator.


While Dentons is consistently honored with prestigious legal awards, the most meaningful recognition comes from clients. Legal decision makers at Fortune 500 companies and startups, financial institutions and insurance companies, government entities and tribal nations, and family offices and nonprofit organizations have described Dentons as “best in class,” “innovative,” “the gold standard in terms of client service,” and “always giving clear and practical advice.”


Recent accolades include:

• Received more than 2,800 rankings across 73 countries (including 573 firm Band 1 and Band 2 rankings) in Chambers and The Legal 500 directories in 2021

• Ranked in more than 200 practices in Chambers Global 2022

• Awarded “Innovation in the Business of Law: New Solutions North America” by the Financial Times 2021

• Winner of four Law360 Practice Group of the Year awards for Insurance, Structured Finance, Cannabis and Fund Formation

• Included in BTI’s 2021 list of Highly Recommended Law Firms

• Recognized for excellence in client service by 2022 BTI Client Service A-Team report

• Received 2021 Compass Award and recognized as a Top Performer by the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

• Listed in Law360’s 2021 Diversity Snapshot

• Ranked by Juristat as a Top Patent Firms including the top spot for biotechnology and organic patents and IP (USPTO Technology Center 1600)

• Named, for the second year in a row, as a leader in the defense of website accessibility litigation under the Americans With Disabilities Act by UsableNet

• Recognized as a leading global law firm for corporate investigations in the 2021 edition of the Global Investigations Review (GIR) 100

• Ranked among the top 20 international arbitration law firms in the world in Global Arbitration Review’s annual GAR 30 list.

• Named one of 12 “Awesome Opponents” by BTI Consulting in the 2021 Firms Most Feared in Litigation report


Main Areas of Practice include:

• Arbitration

• Banking & Finance

• Capital Markets

• Competition & Antitrust

• Corporate

• Corporate Governance

• Employment & Labor

• Energy

• Environmental and Natural Resources

• Franchising and Distribution

• Government Contracts

• Health Care

• Hotels and Leisure

• Immigration

• Insurance

• Intellectual Property & Technology

• Intelligence and Strategic Services

• Life Sciences

• Litigation & Dispute Resolution

• Mergers and Acquisitions

• Mining

• Native American Law & Policy

• Pensions, Benefits & Executive

• Compensation

• Privacy & Security

• Private Equity

• Project Development

• Public International Law

• Public Law

• Public Policy & Regulation

• Public Procurement

• Real Estate

• Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy

• Securities & Corporate Finance

• Tax

• Trade, WTO & Customs

• Transportation

• Trusts, Estates & Wealth Preservation

• Venture Technology & Emerging Growth Companies

• White Collar & Government Investigations


Additional Sectors include:

Automotive

• Aviation & Aerospace

• Cannabis

• Communications

• Construction

• Defense & Space

• Family Office & High Net Worth

• Financial Institutions

• Forest Products & Agribusiness

• Gaming

• Government

• Infrastructure & PPP

• Luxury, Fashion & Beauty

• Manufacturing

• Media, Entertainment & Sports

• Professional Services

• Retail

• Technology

Ranked Offices

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UK - Head office
USA
  • Atlanta
    303 Peachtree Street, NE Suite 5300 , Atlanta, Georgia, USA, GA 30308
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    Birmingham
    2311 Highland Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, AL 35205
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    Boston
    One Beacon Street, Suite 25300 , Boston, Massachusetts, USA, MA 02108
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    Chicago
    233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 7800, Chicago, Illinois, USA, IL 60606-6404
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    Dallas
    2000 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1900, Dallas, Texas, USA, TX 75201-1858
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    Denver
    1400 Wewatta Street, Suite 700, Denver, Colorado, USA, 80202-5556
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    Des Moines
    215 10th Street, Ste. 1300, Des Moines, Iowa, USA, IA 50309
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    Honolulu
    1001 Bishop Street, American Savings Bank Tower, Suite 1800, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, HI 96813
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    Houston
    1221 McKinney Street, Suite 1900, Houston, Texas, USA, TX 77010
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    Indianapolis
    2700 Market Tower 10 West Market Street , Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, IN 46204-4900
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    Kansas City
    4520 Main Street, Suite 1100, Kansas City, Missouri, USA, MO 64111-7700
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    Lehi
    3301 North Thanksgiving Way, Suite 400, Utah , Lehi, Utah, USA, 84043
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    Lexington
    300 West Vine Street Suite 1100 , Lexington, Kentucky, USA, KY 40507-1665
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    Los Angeles
    601 South Figueroa Street, Suite 2500, Los Angeles, California, USA, CA 90017-5704
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    Louisville
    3500 National City Tower 101 South Fifth Street , Louisville, Kentucky, USA, KY 40202-3197
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    Miami
    1 Alhambra Plaza, Penthouse, Miami, Florida, USA, 33134
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    New York
    1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York, USA, NY 10020-1089
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    New York
    22 Little West 12th Street , New York, New York, USA, NY 10014-1321
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    Oakland
    1999 Harrison Street, #1300 , Oakland, California, USA, CA 94612
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    Palo Alto
    650 Castro Street, Suite 120-412 Mountain View , Palo Alto, California, USA, CA 94041
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    Phoenix
    2398 East Camelback Road, Suite 1100, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, AZ 85016-9016
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    Pittsburgh
    625 Liberty Avenue , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, PA 15222-3152
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    Portland
    254 Commercial Street, Suite 245 Merrill’s Wharf , Portland, Maine, USA, Maine 04101
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    Salt Lake City
    111 S. Main Street Suite 2400 , Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, UT 84111
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    San Diego
    4655 Executive Drive, Suite 700 , San Diego, California, USA, CA 92121
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    Short Hills
    101 JFK Parkway, Short Hills, New Jersey, USA, NJ 07078-2708
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    St Louis
    One Metropolitan Square 211 N. Broadway Suite 3000 , St Louis, Missouri, USA, MO 63102-2741
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    Washington, DC
    1900 K Street NW, Washington, DC, District of Columbia, USA, 20006
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Banking & Finance
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Banking & Finance
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James E Vann
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James E Vann
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Band 2
Samuel Friedman
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Samuel Friedman
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Up and Coming
Banking & Finance: Mainly Regulatory
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Maurice L Shevin
2
Maurice L Shevin
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Bankruptcy/Restructuring
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
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Bankruptcy/Restructuring
3
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
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Stephen B Porterfield
3
Stephen B Porterfield
3
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Corporate/Commercial
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Corporate/Commercial
2
Corporate/Commercial
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Bradley J Sklar
1
Bradley J Sklar
1
Band 1
Todd Carlisle
2
Todd Carlisle
2
Band 2
John H Cooper
3
John H Cooper
3
Band 3
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
1 Department
1 Ranked Lawyer
Department
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
2
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
2
Band 2
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Jay Maples
3
Jay Maples
3
Band 3
Healthcare
1 Ranked Lawyer
Lawyers
Joseph T Ritchey
4
Joseph T Ritchey
4
Band 4
Litigation: General Commercial
1 Department
2 Ranked Lawyers
Department
Litigation: General Commercial
4
Litigation: General Commercial
4
Band 4
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Robert R Baugh
3
Robert R Baugh
3
Band 3
James Sarven Williams
4
James Sarven Williams
4
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Real Estate
1 Department
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Real Estate
2
Real Estate
2
Band 2
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Adam J Sigman
1
Adam J Sigman
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Band 1
Steven A Brickman
2
Steven A Brickman
2
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Tax
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Tax
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