NEW YORK—Dentons, the global law firm, has been honored with two prestigious awards collectively highlighting the Firm's strategy of innovation and growth in order to improve quality client service.

Last evening, Dentons was named by the Financial Times as a "Most Innovative North American Law Firm" with the top award in the "Forward Thinking Firms" category. The award honored Dentons' work with Nextlaw Labs, the Firm's global collaborative innovation platform, focused on investing in, developing and deploying new technologies to transform the practice of law. Nextlaw Labs is an autonomous, wholly owned subsidiary of the Firm with physical and virtual locations in technology centers worldwide.

"Our strategy and ambition have been to build the world’s leading polycentric law firm. This important external recognition validates that Dentons is reinventing the legal industry by focusing on the quality of legal service we provide and innovative ways to deliver that service," said Elliott Portnoy, global CEO of Dentons. "Our work with Nextlaw Labs further illustrates our commitment to that strategy as we continue to create the law firm of the future."

In addition, BTI Consulting today named Dentons to its BTI Client Service 30 for 2016, an annual ranking of general counsels' favorite legal practitioners. Dentons' client service was rated as better than 98.3 percent of the law firms reviewed around the globe. Moreover, the Firm was ranked by BTI as one of four that stand out as the best of the best in terms of value, as well as client focus and keeping clients informed.

“We have grown the Firm to improve our client service and we have innovated in the Firm to improve our client service," said Joe Andrew, global chairman of Dentons. “So to be recognized for elite client service and innovation in a year when we have also become the largest law firm in the world demonstrates that our strategy is working."

The product of in-depth interviews with corporate counsels, as well as meticulous analysis of diverse criteria, the BTI Client Service 30—a group of firms named in the 2016 BTI Client Service A-Team report—provides the clearest picture of which firms, out of more than 300 surveyed, are leaving their billion-dollar clients the happiest.

About Dentons

Dentons is the world's first polycentric global law firm. A top 20 firm on the Acritas 2015 Global Elite Brand Index, the Firm is committed to challenging the status quo in delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value in new and inventive ways. Driven to provide clients a competitive edge, and connected to the communities where its clients want to do business, Dentons knows that understanding local cultures is crucial to successfully completing a deal, resolving a dispute or solving a business challenge. Now the world's largest law firm, Dentons' global team builds agile, tailored solutions to meet the local, national and global needs of private and public clients of any size in 167 locations serving 74 countries. www.dentons.com.

About Nextlaw Labs

Nextlaw Labs is a business accelerator focused on investing in, developing and deploying new technologies to transform the practice of law. It is an autonomous, wholly owned subsidiary of global law firm Dentons with physical and virtual locations in technology centers worldwide. Through complementary and strategic partnerships with leading technology companies, startups, other business accelerators and established legal vendors, Nextlaw Labs will invest in promising companies and develop a suite of new technologies that fundamentally change the practice of law, improving client service and enhancing client solutions.