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Dentons
Dentons is the largest multinational law firm in the world. Dentons was ranked as the world's 4th- largest law firm by revenue, with $2.9B gross revenue by Global 200 ranking in the fiscal year 2021. The firm is called Dentons in all languages other than Chinese, in which it is called 大成 (Dacheng). Dentons was founded in March 2013 by the merger of SNR Denton, Fraser Milner Casgrain and Salans. Following its merger with Chinese law firm Dacheng in November 2015, Dentons became the largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers and has the most offices of any law firm in the world, covering every continent. As of 2020, Dentons operates in 77 countries, has 190 offices. The firm has no headquarters, although the firm's senior leadership are primarily based in Beijing, London and Washington D.C. Dentons is structured as a Swiss Verein called Dentons Group (a Swiss Verein), which does not itself provide legal services. The verein encapsulates multiple co-operating l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Dentons is the largest multinational law firm in the world. Dentons was ranked as the world's 4th- largest law firm by revenue, with $2.9B gross revenue by Global 200 ranking in the fiscal year 2021. The firm is called Dentons in all languages other than Chinese, in which it is called 大成 (Dacheng). Dentons was founded in March 2013 by the merger of SNR Denton, Fraser Milner Casgrain and Salans. Following its merger with Chinese law firm Dacheng in November 2015, Dentons became the largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers and has the most offices of any law firm in the world, covering every continent. As of 2020, Dentons operates in 77 countries, has 190 offices. The firm has no headquarters, although the firm's senior leadership are primarily based in Beijing, London and Washington D.C. Dentons is structured as a Swiss Verein called Dentons Group (a Swiss Verein), which does not itself provide legal services. The verein encapsulates multiple co-operating leg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cohen & Grigsby
Dentons Cohen & Grigsby is a United States-based law firm with approximately 140 attorneys, that is affiliated with multinational law firm Dentons. The firm's headquarters are in EQT Plaza in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it has offices in Naples, Florida and Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Excluding the broader Dentons organization, Dentons Cohen & Grigsby is the fourth-largest law firm in Pittsburgh by number of attorneys in its Pittsburgh office. History Founding and expansion The firm was founded as Manion Alder & Cohen in 1981 by Charles Cohen and nine other attorneys, splitting off from the large Pittsburgh-based firm Reed Smith, initially focusing on business law, litigation, and labor and employment law with an emphasis on the middle market and some of Pittsburgh's larger businesses following the region's steel recession. Robert Grigsby, a former judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas joined the firm in 1985. Prompted by a demand for legal wealth management servi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliott Portnoy
Elliott I. Portnoy (born November 1, 1965) is an American attorney and the Global chief executive officer of Dentons—a law firm that launched March 28, 2013 with the combination of US/UKMEA firm SNR Denton, Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain and France's Salans, and is now the largest law firm in the world. Portnoy was previously the chief executive of SNR Denton, a combination between Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP and Denton Wilde Sapte. At 41 when he took over as chairman of Sonnenschein, he was the youngest partner to serve in the role and the first outside Chicago, where that firm was founded in 1906. As chairman, he oversaw the growth of Sonnenschein to nearly 800 lawyers and other professionals, including the addition of 100 new attorneys from Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP on Jan. 1, 2009. Consistent with Portnoy's aim to address the globalization of client needs, his leadership transformed Sonnenschien from its Chicago-based roots into the global firm it is today. Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeff Bleich
Jeffrey Laurence BleichRichman, Josh.Obama nominates Piedmont lawyer as ambassador to Australia" ''Oakland Tribune'' September 14, 2009 (; born 1961) is an American lawyer and diplomat from California. A longtime friend of President Barack Obama, Bleich joined the White House staff in March 2009 as Special Counsel to the President and was nominated later that year to become United States Ambassador to Australia."Norington, Brad.Barack Obama's new man in Canberra: Jeff Bleich." ''Australian'' September 12, 2009. Bleich served as ambassador from 2009 to 2013. After stepping down from his post, he returned to the United States and became a partner and group CEO at the Dentons law firm in San Francisco, and ran in the primary for Lieutenant Governor of California in the 2018 election, before being appointed as a special master for multi-district litigation for the U.S. District Court. Early life and education Bleich was born at the U.S. 98th Army Hospital in Germany and grew up i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Definers Public Affairs
Definers Public Affairs was an American right leaning opposition research firm based in Arlington, Virginia. It performed media monitoring services, conducted research using the Freedom of Information Act and also created strategic communication to negatively influence the public image about individuals, firms, candidates and organizations who oppose their clients. Definers shared at least nine current and former executives, as well as its office space, with America Rising, a Republican-affiliated political action committee, and NTK Network, a digital news aggregator. Organization and operations Definers was founded by Republican Party political operatives Joe Pounder and Matt Rhoades in 2016. In 2017, Dentons formed a strategic partnership with Definers dubbed 3D Global Affairs. Among the services offered at 3D Global Affairs would be "governmental relations and lobbying support to shape the environment...campaign-style opposition research" and “communications and rapid res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodyk & Davidson
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP is one of Singapore's largest law firms, with around 180 lawyers who are qualified in various jurisdictions such as those of Singapore, Australia, England and Wales and India, and with offices in Singapore and Myanmar. The firm is Singapore's first and oldest law practice and celebrated its 160th year as one of Singapore's largest full service law firms in 2021. It traces its beginnings to the partnership of Woods & Davidson, founded by Robert Carr Woods and James Guthrie Davidson in 1861. After the death of Woods, Bernard Rodyk joined Davidson in 1877. The firm was renamed Rodyk & Davidson. The firm was the first foreign law office to be granted a license for Shanghai and established its Shanghai office in 1996. They practice in corporate law, finance law, intellectual property & technology, litigation & arbitration, and real estate with a specialist practice in competition. The firm is the sole Singapore member of the World Law Group and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dacheng Law Offices
Dacheng Law Offices (informally Dacheng) was a multinational law firm headquartered in Beijing, China. In November 2015, Dacheng merged with the global law firm Dentons. At the time of the merger, Dacheng was the largest China-based law firm measured by number of lawyers. According to ''The American Lawyer's'' 2012 survey, it was the tenth-largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers, and the largest headquartered outside the English-speaking world. Dacheng had 41 offices in China, and international offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, Moscow, New York, Paris, Singapore and Taipei. Approximately 94% of its lawyers were based in the PRC. History Dacheng was founded in Beijing on 29 April 1992, with five partners, three lawyers and two administration staff. In 2009, Dacheng joined World Services Group, an international multidisciplinary professional services network of independent accounting, investment banking and law firms, becoming the first China-based member. In June 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maclay Murray & Spens
Maclay Murray & Spens LLP was a top 100 UK law firm headquartered in Glasgow with offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and London, and was one of the UK's leading full service commercial law firms. In July 2017, it was announced that Maclay, Murray & Spens would merge with Dentons, the largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers. The process completed at midnight on 27 October 2017 with the wholesale adoption of the Dentons brand. __TOC__ About Maclay Murray & Spens Maclay Murray & Spens was founded in 1871 in Glasgow by David Maclay, David Murray and John Spens as the first law firm in Scotland with a specifically commercial practice. Part of Scotland's 'Big Four', Maclay Murray & Spens was at the time of its merger with Dentons one of only a few remaining large independent Scottish law firms; In that capacity, the firm was the exclusive Scottish member of the international law firm network LexMundi, allowing it to service its clients' international needs. The firm at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadens
Gadens is an Australian law firm which operates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Adelaide. The firm also offers services in Perth through Lavan Legal and in Launceston through Rae & Partners. It specialises in corporate and commercial law, property transactions, debt recovery and banking. History Gadens' history dates back to 1847. It was the first Australian law firm to establish a multi-disciplinary practice. It has previously had an office in Papua New Guinea. In 2011, the Brisbane office poached 13 property lawyers from Norton Rose, increasing its size to 30 partners and 270 staff. In 2013, the Sydney office of Gadens was ordered to pay almost $5 million in damages to Aussie Home Loans founder John Symond for negligent tax advice. Gadens appealed the ruling and got more than $1 million back. In 2015, Gadens allied with US/China giant Dentons and Singapore firm Rodyk & Davidson Dentons Rodyk & Davidson LLP is one of Singapore's largest law firms, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
McKenna Long & Aldridge
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) was a United States-based international law and public policy firm with more than 575 attorneys and public policy advisors in 15 offices and 13 markets. The firm provided legal, business, and public policy solutions in the areas of complex litigation, corporate law, environment, energy, family wealth, finance, insurance, global infrastructure, government contracts, health care, intellectual property, technology, and real estate. In 2012, the firm's government contracts practice marked its 54th year making it the oldest government contracts practice in the U.S. In the same year, it was ranked as the 101st largest law firm in the country by ''The National Law Journal's'' "NLJ 250" rankings and placed 100th on ''The American Lawyer's'' "AmLaw 200" rankings with US$270,000,000 in gross revenue in 2010. The firm merged with Dentons, a large multi-national law firm, in June 2015. History McKenna Long & Aldridge was formed by the 2002 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salans (law Firm)
Salans LLP was an international commercial law firm. It was founded in 1978 in Paris as Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn and in March 2013 merged with the Anglo-American law firm SNR Denton and the Canada-based law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain, forming Dentons. At the time of its merger with SNR Denton and Fraser Milner Casgrain, Salans had around 750 lawyers and over 1,500 staff operating from 20 offices across 17 countries. Salans’ clients included multinational corporations, commercial investment and regional banks, insurance companies, investment funds, international organisations, public entities and sovereign states. The firm was decentralised and had no headquarters. History Salans was founded in 1978 as Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn by two American lawyers, Carl Salans and Jeffrey Herzfeld, and a French lawyer, Eliane Heilbronn. In 1991 it was the first Western law firm to enter Russia. In October 1997 Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn acquired the London-based law firm Harri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fraser Milner Casgrain
''As of March 28, 2013, Fraser Milner Casgrain combined with Salans and SNR Denton to form Dentons.'' Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) was a Canadian business, litigation and tax law firm. With more than 560 lawyers (175 litigators) it was the sixth largest law firm in Canada as well as the largest law firm in Western Canada. Until 1984, FMC was a fully integrated national partnership with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. In 1985, Fraser Milner Casgrain (then known as Fraser and Beatty) underwent a major administration change. Terrence Young was appointed as chief executive officer and he initiated FMC's expansion into Hong Kong, making FMC a multi-national law firm. Young served as CEO for 13 years, until the 1998 merger between Fraser and Beatty anFenerty erta-based law firm Milner Fenerty. On November 8, 2012, it was announced that FMC would combine with international law firms SNR Denton and Salans to form Dentons Dentons is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
