Abu Dhabi—Paul Jarvis, who becomes becomes UK, Ireland and Middle East (UKIME) CEO on 1 May 2021, has appointed Martin Fanning, a Technology, Media & Telecoms partner in London, as Clients and Markets Partner. This is a newly-created role which reinforces Dentons' client-centric focus and its deep commitment to client service excellence and innovation. Recognised by clients as an Acritas Star stand-out lawyer, Martin currently leads a number of global client relationships for the firm. Martin will carry out these responsibilities while remaining a full-time fee-earning partner.

This new role comes alongside an internal restructure to simplify and streamline the firm's legal practices and business services functions. New appointments go to Deepa Deb, Divisional Leader for Real Estate, Alastair Young, Divisional Leader for Middle East, Brian Moore, Divisional Leader for Corporate, and Richard Gaillard as Operations Director. These appointments compliment the recent hires of Darran Stevenson as Chief Finance Officer and Victoria White as General Counsel. As a result, Dentons' UKIME Executive Committee is now 36% female, as is 50% of its Board.

Paul Jarvis, says, 'Promoting our best talent continues to be a key driver for our firm. I'm looking forward to working with Martin, our divisional leaders, directors and UKIME Managing Director Lisa Sewell, as we enter a new era. With scale and quality throughout the UK, Ireland and Middle East we now have a strong platform to build on as we continue to modernise our Firm by simplifying the way we do things, working smarter and making sure that the interests of the client and innovation remain at the heart of our decision-making.'

Dentons also recently announced its appointment of Eavan Saunders as Managing Partner for Dublin, and Clare Armstrong as Managing Partner for Scotland.

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