Revenue rises in the zone averaged six per cent - taking the firm to an income of £155m. There is some lack of clarity over the firm's overall global results - as the practice has not given its statistics to The American Lawyer. The US Dentons firm is in the process of merging with McKenna Long & Aldridge. 

Chinese lawyer numbers

A merger in January this year with Dachung in China initially appeared to push lawyer numbers up to 6,500 - but recalculations were done after the firm decided that 'several hundred' Chinese lawyers would only be included in the total when they had qualified by achieving 'final certification', in the words of the firm in April. Source: The Lawyer