The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2021 has recognized 184 Dentons lawyers among the leaders in their respective practice areas. Of these, 19 lawyers have been included in The Legal 500's Hall of Fame as individuals who have received constant praise from their clients for continued excellence. Furthermore, 86 of the Firm’s lawyers have been included in the elite Leading Individuals list, while 40 have been listed as Next Generation Partners, and 45 as Rising Stars.

The Legal 500 ranked Dentons in 250 practice areas across Europe, Middle East and Africa, including 82 Tier 1 standings. Dentons earned 45 new or improved practice rankings, reflecting the Firm’s growing service offering and strengthening reputation for quality.

The Legal 500 EMEA guide covers more than 80 countries and over 2,700 ranked law firms. The guide analyzes the capabilities of law firms, highlighting the teams providing the most cutting-edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. The research is based on feedback from clients, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers.

Dentons lawyers recognized in the EMEA guide are listed below:

Hall of Fame:

• Sola Adepetun (Nigeria, Energy and natural resources)
• Funke Agbor (Nigeria, Shipping and transport)
• Sadaf Buchanan (Oman – Banking and finance)
• Elias Chedid (Lebanon – Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Karina Furga-Dąbrowska (Poland – Tax) 
• James Hogan (Azerbaijan – Leading firms)
• Gergely Horváth (Hungary – Projects and energy)
• Aigoul Kenjebayeva (Kazakhstan – Energy and natural resources)
• Judit Kővári (Hungary – Real estate and construction)
• Arkadiusz Krasnodębski (Poland – Energy and natural resources)
• Evan Lazar (Czech Republic – Real estate and construction)
• Isabelle Leroux (France – Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs)
• Giangiacomo Olivi (Italy - Industry focus: TMT)
• Anna Pukszto (Poland – Restructuring and insolvency)
• Pascale Poupelin (France – Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences)
• István Réczicza (Hungary – TMT)
• Natalya Selyakova (Ukraine – Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Agnieszka Stefanowicz-Barańska (Poland – Competition/ antitrust)
• Timothy Stubbs (Russia – Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side)

Leading Individuals

Belgium

• Edward Borovikov (Customs, trade, WTO and anti-dumping)

Czech Republic

• Daniel Hurych (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Petr Slach (Projects and energy)
• Ladislav Smejkal (Employment)
• Jirí Stržínek (Real estate and construction)
• Jirí Tomola (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Petr Zákoucký (EU and competition; Projects and energy)

France

• Julien Bacus (Derivatives and structured finance)
• Marc Fornacciari (Administrative and public law)
• Jean-Marc Grosperrin (Industry focus - Healthcare and life sciences)

Georgia

• Otar Kipshidze (Dispute resolution)
• Avto Svanidze (Banking and finance; Commercial, corporate and M&A; Real estate and construction (and projects))

Germany

• Arne Klüwer (Capital markets: Structured finance and securitisation)
• Wolfram Krohn (Public sector: Public procurement)
• Andreas Ziegenhagen (Restructuring and insolvency: Restructuring)

Hungary

• Gergely Horváth (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Rob Irving (Commercial, corporate and M&A)

Ireland

• Shane O'Donnell (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Eavan Saunders (Commercial, corporate and M&A)

Italy

• Sara Biglieri (Dispute resolution)
• Giovanni Francesco Casucci (Intellectual property)
• Alessandro Dubini (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Alessandro Fosco Fagotto (Banking and finance: Borrower side; Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side)
• Giangiacomo Olivi (Data privacy and data protection; Industry focus – Retail)
• Federico Sutti (Real estate and construction; Restructuring and insolvency)
• Federico Vanetti (Real estate and construction)

Kazakhstan

• Aigoul Kenjebayeva (Commercial, corporate and M&A; Dispute resolution; IP and TMT)
• Victoria Simonova (Dispute resolution)

Kenya

• Kenneth Fraser SC (Dispute resolution)
• Adil Khawaja (Real estate and construction)
• Kiragu Kimani (Dispute resolution)
• Michi Kirimi (Employment)
• Andrew Mugambi (Banking, finance and capital markets; Privatisation and projects)

Lebanon (Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons)

• Elias Chedid (Banking, finance and capital markets)

Luxembourg

• Martine Gerber-Lemaire (Real estate and construction)
• Jean-Luc Fisch (Tax)

Mauritius

• Priscilla Balgobin-Bhoyrul (Leading firms)
• Robin Mardemootoo (Leading firms)

Morocco

• Omar Sayarh (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Ahmad Hussein (Intellectual property)

Netherlands

• Marcel Janssen (Project finance and PFI)
• Wendela Raas (Industry focus – Retail; Real estate)
• Bas van Schouwenburg (Construction)
• Arno Voerman (Banking and finance: Financial services regulatory)

Oman

• Andrew Figgins (Projects and energy; Shipping)
• Jamie Gibson (Commercial, corporate and M&A)

Poland

• Jakub Celiński (Capital markets)
• Karol Laskowski (Intellectual property)
• Aldona Kowalczyk (Public procurement)
• Wojciech Kozlowski (Dispute resolution)
• Aleksandra Minkowicz-Flanek (Employment)
• Cezary Przygodzki (Tax)
• Piotr Staniszewski (Construction)
• Anna Szymańska (Public procurement)
• Mateusz Toczyski (Banking and finance)
• Agnieszka Wojciechowska (Construction)

Qatar

• Safwan Moubaydeen (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Zaher Nammour (Commercial, corporate and M&A)

Romania

• Simona Marin (Banking and finance)

Russia

• Dzhangar Dzhalchinov (Tax)
• Marina Ryzhkova (Employment)
• Sergey Trakhtenberg (Real estate and construction)
• Denis Voevodin (Intellectual property)
• Roman Zaitsev (Dispute resolution – Litigation)

Slovakia

• Peter Kubina (Banking, finance and capital markets; Dispute resolution; Real estate and construction)

Spain

• Jesús Mardomingo (Banking and finance)

Turkey (BASEAK)

• Mufit Arapoglu (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Şahin Ardıyok (Competition)
• Barlas Balcıoğlu (Banking, finance and capital markets; Project finance/ Projects)
• Kağan Dora (IT and telecoms)
• Selim Keki (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Semih Sander (Transport)
• Galip Selçuk (Commercial, corporate and M&A; Restructuring and insolvency)
• Günhan Yalçin (Banking, finance and capital markets)

Ukraine

• Oleg Batyuk (Commercial, corporate and M&A; Dispute resolution; Energy)
• Adam Mycyk (Commercial, corporate and M&A; Energy)
• Volodymyr Monastyrskyy (Competition; Employment)

United Arab Emirates

• Qasim Aslam (Banking and finance - Corporate finance (including Islamic lending)
• Paul Jarvis (Shipping)
• Alex Roussos (Capital markets)

Uzbekistan

• Eldor Mannopov (Leading firms)

Zambia

• Eric Suwilanji Silwamba (Leading firms)

Next Generation Partners

Angola

• Djamila Pinto de Andrade (Local firms)

Azerbaijan

• Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin (Leading firms)

Belgium

• Xiaoyi Tang (Customs, Trade, WTO & anti-dumping)

Czech Republic

• Jana Matisková (Real estate and construction)
• Jan Procházka (Projects and energy)
• Markéta Tvrdá (Real estate and construction)

France

• Jessie Gaston (Tax: Transactional/ Corporate Tax)

Germany

• Julia Pfeil (Trade and distribution: Foreign trade law)

Hungary

• Tünde Gönczöl (Competition)
• Gábor Király (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Marcell Szőnyi (Real estate and construction)

Italy

• Davide Boffi (Employment)
• Antonella Brambilla (Capital markets: Equity)
• Michele Carpagnano (EU and competition law)
• Pier Francesco Faggiano (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Ilaria Gobbato (Administrative and public law; Industry focus: Healthcare and life scienes)
• Maria Sole Insinga (Real estate and construction)
• Carlo Merisio (Real estate and construction)
• Cristian Fischetti (Restructuring and insolvency)

Kazakhstan

• Vassiliy Zenov (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Gani Ashimkhan (Corporate, commercial and M&A)

Kenya

• Sigee Koech (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Ezra Makori (Employment)

Luxembourg

• Christel Dumont (Real estate and construction)

Netherlands

• Bram Braat (EU and competition)
• Marc Elshof (Data privacy and data protection)
• Anouk Rosielle (Dispute resolution: commercial litigation)

Oman

• Justine Harding (Banking and finance)

Poland

• Katarzyna Bilewska (Dispute resolution)
• Paweł Grabowski (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Karol Laskowski (TMT)
• Agnieszka Lipska (Banking and finance)
• Bartosz Nojek (Banking and finance)

Romania

• Loredana Chitu (Capital markets)

Russia

• Vladislav Arkhipov (TMT)
• Lidia Charikova (Tax)
• Vladimir Kilinkarov (PPP and infrastructure projects)

Slovakia

• Juraj Gyárfáš (Commercial, corporate and M&A; Dispute resolution)
• Stanislava Valientová (Banking, finance and capital markets)

Ukraine

• Maksym Sysoiev (Energy)
• Oksana Horban (Intellectual property)

Uzbekistan

• Shukhrat Yunusov (Leading firms)

Rising Stars

Egypt

• Ahmed Kamal (Banking and finance; Commercial, corporate and M&A)

France

• Dorothée Griveaux (Administrative and public law)

Georgia

• Zurab Kiliptari (Dispute resolution)
• Sopho Mebonia (Banking and finance)
• Irakli Pipia (Commercial, corporate and M&A; Real estate and construction (and projects))
• Mariam Vashakidze (Banking and finance)

Germany

• Maria Brakalova (Trade and distribution: Foreign trade law)
• Courtney Lotfi (Dispute resolution: Arbitration (including international arbitration))
• Christian Miercke (Public sector: Public procurement)

Hungary

• Tímea Bana (Data privacy and data protection; TMT)
• Emőke Kovács (Projects and energy)
• Áron Károlyi-Szabó (Competition)
• Réka Szalóky (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Rita Várnagy (Real estate and construction)

Italy

• Chiara Bocchi (Industry focus: TMT)
• Franco Paolo Gialloreti (Banking and finance: Lender or arranger side)

Kazakhstan

• Ruslan Nurbekov (Energy and natural resources)
• Daniyar Toigonbaev (Energy and natural resources)

Kenya

• Ezra Makori (Employment)

Lebanon (Chedid Law Offices in association with Dentons)

• Georgette Salamé (Banking, finance and capital markets; Commercial, corporate and M&A)

Poland

• Anna Gulińska (Competition/ antitrust)
• Marcin Świderski (White-Collar crime)
• Tomasz Trocki (Restructuring and insolvency)
• Michał Wasiak (Private equity)
• Tomasz Zwoliński (Banking and finance)

Romania

• Maria Tomescu (Banking and finance)

Russia

• Vladislav Arkhipov (Intellectual property)
• Olga Elliott (Real estate and construction)
• Maria Mikheyenkova (Dispute resolution: Litigation)
• Natalia Panteleeva (Employment)
• Anna Zvereva (Tax)

Slovakia

• Patricia Gossányiová (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Martin Mendel (Commercial, corporate and M&A; Real estate and construction)
• Katarina Pecnová (Commercial, corporate and M&A)
• Petra Štrbová (Banking, finance and capital markets)

Spain

• Luis Máiz (Banking and finance)
• Bárbara Hernández-Mora (Real estate and construction)
• Itxaso López (Real estate and construction)

Turkey (BASEAK)

• Armanç Canbeyli (Compliance)
• Ceren Su (Energy)

Ukraine

• Oleg Kuchanskyy (Dispute resolution)
• Artem Lukyanov (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Nadiya Shylienkova (Banking, finance and capital markets)
• Igor Svitlyk (Competition)

United Arab Emirates

• Joe Carroll (Real Estate)
• Richard Clarke (Dispute resolution: arbitration and international litigation)

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