In the 2023 edition of its Europe guide, Chambers and Partners ranked 177 Dentons lawyers across 17 European jurisdictions as well as in the CEE and Europe-wide categories. Of a total of 204 individual rankings, 70 were within the top echelon (Band 1 and 2), while four lawyers received the prestigious ‘Eminent Practitioner’ status acknowledging their leadership and influence with the legal profession.

Overall, Dentons received 22 new lawyer rankings, while 24 lawyers improved their position compared to last year’s standings. These improvements reflect Dentons’ growing market reputation, high quality legal advice, and commitment to attracting and developing top talent.

Dentons received 122 practice and sector rankings, of which 50 were in Band 1 or 2. Following the promotion of the Banking and Finance team to Band 1 in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Dentons is now the only international law firm with top rankings across all the practice areas researched by Chambers and Partners in the CEE-wide category, attesting the Firm’s strong cross-border capabilities.

Dentons lawyers recognized in Chambers Europe 2023 include:

Europe-wide

• Edward Borovikov (International Trade/WTO)

CEE-wide

• Rob Irving (Corporate/M&A)
• Evan Lazar (Real Estate)
• Mark Segall (Banking & Finance)
• Mateusz Toczyski (Banking & Finance)

Belgium

• Bertold Bär-Bouyssière (Competition: EU)
• Yves Botteman (Competition: EU)
• James Venit (Competition: EU)

Czech Republic

• Tomáš Bílek (Employment)
• Pavel Boguský (Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Daniel Hurych (Banking & Finance)
• Monika Kajanková (Real Estate)
• Petr Kotáb (Tax)
• Zdeněk Kučera (Dispute Resolution; TMT)
• Evan Lazar (Real Estate)
• Jan Prochazka (Corporate/M&A)
• Ladislav Smejkal (Compliance; Employment)
• Jiří Stržínek (Real Estate)
• Jiří Tomola (Banking & Finance; Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Markéta Tvrdá (Real Estate)
• Petr Zákoucký (Competition/Antitrust; Projects & Energy)

France

• Jean-Marc Allix (Banking & Finance; Projects & Energy: Domestic: Finance)
• Jean-Luc Calisti (Tax)
• Frédérique de la Chapelle (Insurance)
• Marc Fornacciari (Public Law)
• Dorothée Griveaux (Public Law)
• Jean-Marc Grosperrin (Pharma/Life Sciences: Corporate)
• Sandra Hazan (Tax)
• Séverine Hotellier (Insurance)
• Pascal Jouannic (Capital Markets: Structured Finance)
• Loïc Lemercier (Intellectual Property: Patents)
• Isabelle Leroux (Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Copyright)
• Philippe Max (Banking & Finance)
• Audrey Molina (Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Pascale Poupelin (Pharma/Life Sciences: Regulatory)
• Pascal Schmitz (Real Estate)

Georgia

• Otar Kipshidze (Dispute Resolution; General Business Law)
• Avto Svanidze (General Business Law)

Germany

• Peter Braun (Public Law: Public Procurement/PPP)
• Pia Dorfmueller (Tax: Consultants)
• Oliver Dreher (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Matthias Eggert (Capital Markets: Structured Finance)
• Michael Graf (Tax)
• René Grafunder (Competition/European Law)
• Andreas Haak (Public Law: Public Procurement/PPP)
• Tim Heitling (Energy: Transactional)
• Peter Homberg (Life Sciences)
• Jörg Karenfort (Competition/European Law)
• Arne Klüwer (Capital Markets: Structured Finance)
• Wolfram Krohn (Public Law: Public Procurement/PPP)
• Ilka Mehdorn (Healthcare)
• Constantin Rehaag (Intellectual Property: Trade Mark & Unfair Competition)
• Dirk-Reiner Voss (Real Estate)
• Andreas Ziegenhagen (Restructuring/Insolvency)

Hungary

• Tímea Bana (TMT)
• Tünde Gönczöl (Competition/Antitrust)
• Anita Horváth (Corporate/M&A)
• Gergely Horváth (Banking & Finance)
• Rob Irving (Corporate/M&A)
• Emőke Kovács (Projects & Energy)
• Judit Kővári (Real Estate)
• István Réczicza (TMT)
• Marcell Szőnyi (Real Estate)
• Eszter Zádori (Projects & Energy)

Ireland

• Karyn Harty (Dispute Resolution; TMT: Media)
• Niamh Keogh (Tax)
• Andrew Muckian (Real Estate)
• Peter O'Brien (Banking & Finance)
• Shane O'Donnell (Corporate/M&A)
• Eavan Saunders (Corporate/M&A)
• Gareth Steen (Restructuring/Insolvency)

Italy

• Luca De Benedetto (Dispute Resolution)
• Sara Biglieri (Dispute Resolution)
• Davide Boffi (Employment)
• Antonella Brambilla (Capital Markets: Equity)
• Alessandro Dubini (Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability; Private Equity)
• Alessandro Fosco Fagotto (Banking & Finance; Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Pier Francesco Faggiano (Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability)
• Annalisa Feliciani (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Andrea Fiorelli (Tax)
• Cristian Fischetti (Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Federico Fusco (Intellectual Property: Copyrights)
• Mileto Mario Giuliani (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Maria Sole Insinga (Real Estate)
• Piergiorgio Leofreddi (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Roberto Lipari (Dispute Resolution)
• Luca De Menech (Employment)
• Giangiacomo Olivi (TMT: Information Technology; TMT: Media)
• Carsten Steinhauer (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Federico Sutti (Real Estate; Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Barbara Urselli (Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability)
• Federico Vanetti (Public Law: Environmental, Public Law: Zoning & Planning)

Luxembourg

• Christel Dumont (Real Estate)
• Jean-Luc Fisch (Tax)
• Stéphane Hadet (Banking & Finance)
• Martine Gerber-Lemaire (Real Estate)

Netherlands

• Jeroen le Clercq (Real Estate)
• Marc Kuijper (Competition/European Law)
• Eugenie Nunes (Employment)
• Jan Jakob Peelen (Public Law: Planning and Environment)
• Wendela Raas (Real Estate)
• Paul Wanders (Real Estate)

Poland

• Agnieszka Stefanowicz-Barańska (Competition/Antitrust)
• Katarzyna Bilewska (Dispute Resolution)
• Jakub Celiński (Capital Markets: Equity)
• Piotr Dulewicz (Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability; Private Equity)
• Aleksandra Minkowicz-Flanek (Employment)
• Agnieszka Gilowska (Public Procurement)
• Paweł Grabowski (Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability; Private Equity)
• Anna Gulińska (Competition/Antitrust)
• Michał Jochemczak (Dispute Resolution; Dispute Resolution: Arbitration)
• Tomasz Korczyński (Projects & Infrastructure)
• Bartłomiej Kordeczka (Real Estate)
• Jakub Kot (Projects & Infrastructure)
• Aldona Kowalczyk (Public Procurement)
• Wojciech Kozłowski (Dispute Resolution)
• Arkadiusz Krasnodębski (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Sylwester Kuchnio (Public Procurement)
• Agnieszka Kulińska (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Karol Laskowski (TMT)
• Piotr Machnikowski (Dispute Resolution: Arbitration)
• Michał Motylewski (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Piotr Nerwiński (Banking & Finance)
• Bartosz Nojek (Banking & Finance)
• Cezary Przygodzki (Tax)
• Anna Maria Pukszto (Dispute Resolution; Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Patrick Radzimierski (Dispute Resolution)
• Maciej Ryniewicz (Real Estate)
• Monika Sitowicz (Real Estate)
• Ewa Rutkowska-Subocz (Environment)
• Stanisław Sołtysik (Dispute Resolution; Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Piotr Szafarz (Real Estate)
• Anna Szymańska (Public Procurement)
• Mateusz Toczyski (Banking & Finance)
• Tomasz Trocki (Restructuring/Insolvency)
• Marek Trojnarski (Intellectual Property)

Romania

• Loredana Chitu (Capital Markets)
• Tiberiu Csaki (Dispute Resolution: Litigation)
• Simon Dayes (Banking & Finance)
• Stefi Ionescu (Banking & Finance)
• Simona Marin (Banking & Finance)
• Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu (Projects & Energy)
• Bogdan Papandopol (Real Estate)
• Maria Tomescu (Banking & Finance)
• Perry Zizzi (Real Estate)

Slovakia

• Patrícia Gossányiová (Banking & Finance)
• Juraj Gyárfáš (Competition/Antitrust; Corporate/M&A; Dispute Resolution; Real Estate)
• Peter Kubina (Banking & Finance; Dispute Resolution)
• Martin Mendel (Real Estate)

Spain

• Jabier Badiola (Banking & Finance)
• María Cortizas (Tax)
• Ignacio Corujo del Valle (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Israel de Diego (Corporate/M&A: High-end Capability)
• Jesús Durán (Investment Funds: Fund Formation; Private Equity)
• Luis Gil Bueno (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Eduardo Gómez de Enterría (Employment: Highly Regarded)
• Santiago Hurtado (Restructuring/Insolvency: Administration)
• Itxaso López (Real Estate)
• Jesús Mardomingo (Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation)
• Diego Pol (Corporate Compliance)
• Roberto Tojo Thomas (Real Estate)
• Daniel Vázquez García (Environment)

Turkey (Dentons)

• Nadia Cansun (Corporate/M&A: Foreign)
• Tamsyn Mileham (Banking & Finance: Foreign)

Turkey (BASEAK)

• Şahin Ardıyok (Competition/Antitrust)
• Barlas Balcıoğlu (Banking & Finance; Real Estate)
• Gülistan Hatay Baltacı (Shipping; Aviation)
• Kağan Dora (TMT)
• Bora İkiler (Competition/Antitrust)
• Selim Keki (Corporate/M&A)
• Semih Sander (Shipping)
• Galip Selçuk (Corporate/M&A)

United Kingdom

• Louisa Caswell (Commercial and Corporate Litigation)
• David Cohen (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Nick Hayday (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Brian Moore (Corporate/M&A: Scotland)
• Neil Nicholson (Corporate/M&A: Mid-Market)
• Iain Sutherland (Corporate/M&A: Scotland)

Ukraine

• Oleg Batyuk (Corporate/M&A)
• Adam Mycyk (Corporate/M&A)

Chambers Europe identifies the top lawyers and law firms in 52 jurisdictions across Europe and ranks them based on in-depth research and feedback from clients and peers.

Dentons’ full practice and lawyer rankings are available on the Chambers and Partners website.

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