(Indianapolis, IN) – Dentons announced today that Chad E. Oswald has joined the Firm as Of Counsel. He is a member of the Dentons Fiduciary Litigation team, focused on trust and estate litigation and complex commercial disputes. Chad, who is based in Indianapolis, brings to Dentons more than 15 years of experience advising on a variety of fiduciary and commercial litigation, as well as real estate legal matters.

Chad’s complex trust and estate practice is focused on representing personal representatives, trustees, attorneys-in-fact and other fiduciaries during trust and estate disputes. He also represents small businesses, shareholders, closely held business members and large corporations in complex commercial litigation.

Prior to joining Dentons, Chad practiced estate planning and real estate law with a local law firm. He also served as general counsel of an Indiana-based real estate firm, where he managed and negotiated a broad range of contracts related to real estate acquisitions and financing of developments.

“Welcoming Chad to our Fiduciary Litigation team is an exciting growth opportunity for us at Dentons. We are thrilled to tap into Chad’s knowledge and experience in estate planning and trust and estate litigation, which will be an enormous benefit to our clients and our growing legal team,” said Meg Christensen, Indianapolis Office Managing Partner at Dentons.

For Chad, the transition to Dentons is highly valuable to both his own practice and to his clients. “I am very pleased to transition my practice to Dentons and to contribute my expertise to the firm’s highly regarded fiduciary litigation team,” Chad said.

Dentons Bingham Greenebaum Managing Partner Keith Bice explained how adding lawyers like Chad is a part of the firm’s growth strategy, which is focused on talent.  “We always seek to attract lateral talent who can help our clients today and as they look to the future. By combining Dentons’ technology platform and global reach with the exceptional talent of lawyers like Chad, we have a unique and powerful ‘in-and-of-the-community’ approach that gives our clients access to top-tier legal talent here at home, across the US and around the world,” he said. Dentons has more than 20,000 people and 12,000 lawyers in more than 200 locations across 83 countries.

Chad has been recognized by Indiana Super Lawyers as a Rising Star. He is active in the Indianapolis Bar Association’s volunteer programs and previously served as co-chair of the “Ask-a-Lawyer” program, among other pro bono efforts in the Indianapolis community. He earned his J.D. from St. Thomas University and his B.S. from Indiana University.

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