Dentons
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| Headquarters | Decentralised |
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| No. of offices | 136 across 57 countries |
| No. of lawyers | Approx. 7,700 |
| Major practice areas | General practice |
| Key people |
Joseph Andrew (Chairman of the Board and the Advisory Committee) Elliott Portnoy (Chief Executive Officer) Peng Xuefeng (Chairman) |
| Revenue | US$2.12 billion (2015/16) |
| Date founded | 28 March 2013 (by merger) |
| Company type | Swiss Verein |
| Website | www.dentons.com |
Dentons is a multinational law firm. It is the world's largest law firm measured by number of lawyers, and the world's sixth-largest measured by 2015/16 revenues. It was founded in March 2013 by the merger of SNR Denton, Fraser Milner Casgrain and Salans; Dentons subsequently merged with the Chinese law firm Dacheng in 2015. Dentons has more than 136 offices across 50-plus countries, with approximately 7,700 lawyers. The firm is decentralised and has no headquarters, although the firm's senior leadership are primarily based in Beijing, London and Washington D.C.
Dentons consists of multiple legal entities, namely Dentons Canada LLP, Dentons Europe LLP, Dentons UKMEA LLP, Dentons US LLP and their respective affiliates. These entities cooperate through a Swiss Verein called Salans FMC SNR Denton Group, which does not itself provide legal services. The firm is called Dentons in English and all languages other than Chinese, in which it is called 大成 (Dacheng). The logo features the Chinese characters globally, with the lettering 大成 Dentons.
Dentons is ranked as one of the world's top 20 Global Elite law firms by a survey of in-house counsel around the world.
On 11 November 2012, SNR Denton, Salans and the Canada-based Fraser Milner Casgrain announced a three-way merger, forming a new law firm structured as a Swiss Verein and named Dentons. The partners of the three firms ratified the merger on 28 November 2012, and it was completed on 28 March 2013. Dentons opened an office in Houston, Texas in September 2013.
On January 26, 2015, Dentons announced that it was combining with a Chinese firm, Dacheng (Chinese: 大成) which was completed in November 2015. The new firm is called 大成 in Chinese, and is called Dentons in other languages. The logo features the Chinese characters for Dacheng globally, with the lettering 大成 Dentons. Following the Dacheng combination, Dentons surpassed Baker & McKenzie and DLA Piper, the world’s previous top law firms by headcount, by at least 2,500 lawyers.
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