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Dentons hires Baker McKenzie team to launch Hong Kong IP practice

Incoming group includes veteran IP trio Loke-Khoon Tan, Maria Joannides Smith and Dominic Edmondson

19 May 2026

Dentons adds seven-lawyer disputes team from PwC Legal in Germany

Group joins in Berlin just a week after three corporate partners left Dentons’ Munich office for Reed Smith

5 May 2026

Reed Smith grows in Germany with three-partner corporate team from Dentons

Partner trio join in Munich alongside three further lawyers to boost US firm’s transactions capabilities

30 Apr 2026

The Global Legal Post launches comparative guide to fashion law

Cross-jurisdictional Law Over Borders guide is edited by Trevisan & Cuonzo partner Julia Holden, who is based in Milan

2 Apr 2026

Dentons rekindles Dacheng relationship with Hong Kong association

Move follows two firms severing formal ties in 2023 over concerns about Chinese regulations

10 Dec 2025

Dentons’ UK, Ireland and Middle East revenue tops £300m after 9% growth

Global giant’s UKIME arm points to investment in high growth markets as topline hits record high

17 Jul 2025

Crowell hires 18-strong Dentons IP team in London, bolstering Unified Patent Court capability

Group led by top patent lawyer Justin Hill will strengthen tech offering in London and across Europe

1 Jul 2025

Dentons builds in Germany with DLA Piper duo

Partner Jan Pohle joins in Dusseldorf alongside a senior associate to boost global giant’s tech and data protection offering

6 Jun 2025

Dentons hires former EY Law head to lead new global solutions group

Cornelius Grossmann to spearhead firm’s efforts to deploy technology as global head of solutions development

1 May 2025

Dentons promotes 10 to partnership in latest UK, Ireland and Middle East round

UK dominates round, though total regional cohort is down from 12 in 2024

17 Apr 2025

Reed Smith makes partner raids on quintet of firms to launch in Denver

Firm adds 10 new partners from Akerman, Brownstein, Dentons, Foley Hoag and Greenberg Traurig

24 Feb 2025

Dentons adds high yield partner in London from Linklaters

Colin Chang joins as Dentons eyes more large, complex deals requiring high yield expertise

22 Nov 2024

Dentons signs up four African firms

Global giant to combine with firms in Cameroon, Ethiopia, Senegal and the DRC

17 Oct 2024

Dentons UKIME revenue grows 6% to top £280m

Global giant points to growing cross-practice collaboration as turnover hits record high

30 Jul 2024

Dentons hires new global chief executive from EY

EY’s former global vice chair Kate Barton to succeed Elliott Portnoy in November

24 Jul 2024

Dentons rehires partner from Faegre Drinker to lead UKIME restructuring team

Sue Moore returns to global giant having earlier led Stephenson Harwood’s global finance practice

22 Apr 2024

Dentons launches shadow leadership team to nurture next generation of leaders

Inaugural 11-strong group includes lawyers and business services professionals

4 Apr 2024

Dentons CEO Portnoy to step down after more than a decade at helm

Firm to employ consultancy to help find successor for Portnoy, whose term ends in November 2024

14 Dec 2023

Clyde & Co raids Dentons for Poland debut with 20-strong team

Three current and former energy-focused partners join with their teams in Warsaw

12 Dec 2023

White & Case is fastest-growing law firm in Africa since 2019, study finds

US firm grew African headcount 177% between 2019 and 2022, according to Africa Legal

23 Oct 2023