Strategic growth driven by intense market demand and top talent

Dentons’ top-ranked global Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies (VTG) group in the United States has continued to expand rapidly in response to intense market demand. Aggressive lateral recruiting of talent in key markets has significantly beat expectations as practitioners embrace strategic global market trends of their clients and markets to capture growing business. The Firm’s most recent additions include partners Angela Bernardi in the Silicon Valley office and Allison Bender in the Washington, DC office, who both join from Silicon Valley–based Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Both are deeply connected to their clients in the technology sector. Angela will focus on technology M&A and Allison will devote her efforts to data privacy and security. Allison was also previously with the US Department of Homeland Security. 

Following more than a decade of consistent expansion, Dentons—the world’s largest law firm, with the breadth and depth to serve its clients in more locations than any other law firm—has successfully positioned itself as one of a small number of law firms with a truly global reach. Venture-backed and private equity–sponsored emerging growth companies, as well as more mature publicly traded companies in the sector, are increasingly turning to Dentons for issues at the intersection of finance, strategic matters, innovation, intellectual property, policy and regulation on a worldwide basis. At the same time, Dentons has expanded into key US markets including Southern California, Salt Lake City/Lehi, UT (software as a service), Pittsburgh (artificial intelligence and robotics) and Des Moines (agricultural technology).

“Our continued expansion fueled by client demand reconfirms that our differentiated product offering is resonating in the marketplace,” said Victor Boyajian, Global Chair of Dentons’ Venture Technology and Emerging Growth Companies practice from his office in Meatpacking, NYC. “Key participants in the ecosystem have been clamoring for this differentiated global product offering for quite some time. We have heard the demand and executed in a laser-like fashion to meet that demand. In the case of the fintech and payments sector alone we can drive solutions drawing on a deep bench in more than 200 locales from San Francisco, New York, Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Singapore, São Paulo and beyond—all through the prism of technology and innovation. It is tremendously exciting to be part of a team that is constantly and successfully challenging the status quo in response to market demand.” 

Dentons VTG product offering in high demand

“The continued rapid expansion of Dentons’ Global Venture Technology group reflects the accelerated demand for our differentiated offering in the technology sector,” said Joe Andrew, Dentons’ Global Chairman. “Our Firm remains laser-focused on leveraging the talent of our team worldwide to drive strategic success for clients. Whether we are working with entrepreneurs or multinational organizations, the marketplace is increasingly recognizing our value contribution for their most complex needs throughout the life cycle of their businesses.”

Dentons is one of the legal profession’s key go-to firms for companies in need of tailored and insightful legal advice on a global scale. Adding to our ability to meet the needs of emerging growth, as well as more mature, tech and life sciences companies as they expand globally and otherwise, is our ready access to more than 20,000 Dentons colleagues in 205 locations across 81 countries.

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