London, UK—Dentons has promoted 34 lawyers around the world to partner in 2014. The new partner class is located in 20 offices and spans a wide variety of sector groups and practices.

Elliott Portnoy, Dentons' Global Chief Executive Officer, said: "One of the goals in forming Dentons was the creation of a global platform that would allow us to attract and retain top tier talent in all of our regions. We are very pleased to announce the promotion of these accomplished lawyers who will continue to offer our clients the legal counsel and business solutions they have come to expect from Dentons. We all look forward to working with these colleagues in the many, many  years to come."

Joe Andrew, Dentons' Global Chairman, said: "Clients want us to connect them to the best lawyers wherever they need them. These promotions not only allow us to meet those expectations but they are also an important milestone in building the next generation of leaders in a challenging marketplace. Congratulations to our new partners."

The 12 new Dentons Canada partners are:

Montréal
Ari Sorek (Litigation)

Ottawa
Lara Vos Smith (Securities and Corporate Finance)

Toronto
David Lobl (Litigation)
Mark Mahoney (Corporate)

Edmonton
Dean Hitesman (Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy)
John R. Lemieux (Corporate)

Calgary
Sebastian Elawny (Tax)
Adrienne O’Reilly (Securities, Mergers and Acquisitions, Corporate Finance)
Colin Yeo (Banking and Finance)

Vancouver
Owen James (Litigation)

The four new Dentons Europe partners are:

Paris
Aurélien Chardeau (Corporate)
Maxime Simonnet (Real Estate)

Berlin
Dr. Markus Diepold (Employment)

Moscow
Roman Zaitsev (Litigation)

The 12 new Dentons US partners are:

Silicon Valley
Jennifer Bennett (Intellectual Property and Technology)

Kansas City
Frank Koranda (Corporate)

San Francisco
Shannon McSwain (Capital Markets)
Christopher J. Oliver (Capital Markets and Corporate)

Chicago
Elke Rehbock (Corporate)

New York
David Natter (Capital Markets)
Chris Smith (Capital Markets)

The five new partners in Dentons UKMEA are:

London
Mark Bassett (Procurement)
Celia Hayward (Restructuring and Insolvency)
Thomas Leyland (Dispute Resolution)

Milton Keynes
Peter Cox (Corporate and Commercial)

Doha
Zaher Nammour (Corporate and Commercial)

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