Chambers Europe 2021 has recognized 192 Dentons lawyers as leaders in their fields across 17 jurisdictions in Europe and the UK, as well as in the CEE and Europe-wide categories. This year, Dentons received 20 new and 21 improved lawyer rankings.

Of an overall 222 lawyer rankings, 79 are within the top echelon (Band 1 and 2). Chambers Europe awarded eight Dentons lawyers the ‘Eminent Practitioner’ status, reflecting their long-term leadership and influence within the legal profession. In addition, the directory recognized Dentons’ young talent – with 13 lawyers awarded in the ‘Up and Coming’ and ‘Associates to Watch’ categories.

Dentons received 135 practice and sector rankings, of which 31 were in Band 1 and 29 were in Band 2. The Firm earned 16 new or improved practice rankings. These include an improved position in the Europe-wide Corporate/ M&A and Tax categories, reflecting Dentons’ significant cross-border capabilities and its strategy to be a leading pan-European law firm. 

The Chambers Europe guide 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 & Partners website.

Dentons lawyers recognized in Chambers Europe 2021:

Europe-wide

• Edward Borovikov (International Trade/WTO)
• Jean-Christophe Honlet (Arbitration (International)
• Barton Legum (Arbitration (International)
• Nadiya Nychay (International Trade/WTO)

Central & Eastern Europe

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

Belgium

• James Venit (Competition/ European Law)
• Yves Botteman (Competition/ European Law)

Czech Republic

• Tomáš Bílek (Employment)
• Andrea Hámorská (Employment)
• Michal Hink (Real Estate)
• Daniel Hurych (Banking & Finance)
• Petr Kotáb (Tax: Consultants)
• Evan Lazar (Real Estate)
• Jan Prochazka (Corporate/ M&A)
• Ladislav Smejkal (Compliance; Employment)
• Ladislav Štorek (Dispute Resolution)
• Jiří Stržínek (Real Estate)
• Jiří Tomola (Banking & Finance; Restructuring/ Insolvency)
• Markéta Tvrdá (Real Estate)
• Petr Zákoucký (Competition/ Antitrust; Projects & Energy)
• Václav Žalud (Restructuring/ Insolvency)

France

• Jean-Marc Allix (Banking & Finance; Projects & Energy: Domestic: Finance)
• Julien Bacus (Capital Markets: Derivatives)
• Gianluca Calisti (Tax)
• Frédérique De La Chapelle (Insurance)
• Christophe Fichet (TMT: Telecommunications)
• Marc Fornacciari (Public Law)
• Jean-Marc Grosperrin (Pharma/ Life Sciences: Corporate)
• Sandra Hazan (Tax)
• Jean-Christophe Honlet (International Arbitration)
• Séverine Hotellier (Insurance)
• Pascal Jouannic (Capital Markets: Structured Finance)
• Barton Legum (International Arbitration)
• Isabelle Leroux (Intellectual Property)
• Philippe Max (Banking & Finance)
• Pascale Poupelin (Pharma/ Life Sciences: Regulatory)
• Pascal Schmitz (Real Estate)

Georgia

• Otar Kipshidze (General Business Law; Dispute Resolution)
• 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 Max Haak (Public Law: Public Procurement/ PPP)
• Tim Heitling (Energy: Transactional)
• Peter Homberg (Life Sciences)
• Amy Kläsener (Dispute Resolution: Arbitration Counsel)
• Jörg Karenfort (Competition/ European Law)
• Arne Klüwer (Capital Markets: Structured Finance)
• Wolfram Krohn (Public Law: Public Procurement/ PPP)
• Ilka Diane Mehdorn (Healthcare)
• Dirk-Reiner Voss (Real Estate)
• Andreas Ziegenhagen (Restructuring/Insolvency)

Hungary

• Timea Bana (TMT)
• Annamária Csenterics (Corporate/ M&A)
• 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)
• Tihamér Tóth (Competition/ Antitrust)

Ireland

• 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

• Sara Biglieri (Dispute Resolution)
• Davide Boffi (Employment)
• Giovanni Casucci (Intellectual Property)
• Alessandro Dubini (Corporate/M&A)
• Andrea Fiorelli (Tax)
• Alessandro Fosco Fagotto (Banking & Finance; Restructuring/ Insolvency)
• Maria Sole Insinga (Real Estate)
• Piergiorgio Leofreddi (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Giangiacomo Olivi (TMT: Information Technology; TMT: Media)
• Federico Sutti (Real Estate; Restructuring/ Insolvency)
• Federico Vanetti (Public Law: Zone & Planning; Public Law: Environmental)

Luxembourg

• Christel Dumont (Real Estate)
• Martine Gerber-Lemaire (Real Estate)
• Jean-Luc Fisch (Tax)

Netherlands

• Krijn Hoogenboezem (Restructuring/ Insolvency)
• Wouter Jongepier (Restructuring/ Insolvency: Administration)
• Marc Kuijper (Competition/ European Law)
• Eugenie Nunes (Employment)
• Jan Jakob Peelen (Public Law: Planning and Environment)
• Wendela Raas (Real Estate)
• Bas van Schouwenburg (Real Estate: Construction)
• Paul Wanders (Real Estate)

Poland

• Agnieszka Stefanowicz-Barańska (Competition/ Antitrust)
• Marcin Bartczak (Banking & Finance: Regulatory; Capital Markets: Debt)
• Katarzyna Bilewska (Disute Resolution)
• Jakub Celiński (Capital Markets: Equity)
• Dariusz Czuchaj (TMT: Data Protection)
• Piotr Dulewicz (Corporate/M&A; Private Equity)
• Aleksandra Minkowicz-Flanek (Employment)
• Agnieszka Gilowska (Public Procurement)
• Paweł Grabowski (Corporate/M&A; Private Equity)
• Anna Gulińska (Competition/ Antitrust)
• Michał Jochemczak (Dispute Resolution; Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators)
• Aldona Kowalczyk (Public Procurement)
• Tomasz Korczyński (Projects & Infrastructure)
• Bartłomiej Kordeczka (Real Estate)
• Wojciech Kozłowski (Dispute Resolution)
• Arkadiusz Krasnodębski (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Agnieszka Kulińska (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Karol Laskowski (TMT)
• Piotr Machnikowski (Dispute Resolution: Most in Demand Arbitrators)
• 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)
• Stanisław Sołtysik (Restructuring/ Insolvency)
• Ewa Rutkowska-Subocz (Environment)
• 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)
• Simon Dayes (Banking & Finance)
• Simona Marin (Banking & Finance)
• Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu (Projects & Energy)
• Bogdan Papandopol (Real Estate)
• Maria Tomescu (Banking & Finance)
• Perry Zizzi (Real Estate; Banking & Finance)

Russia

• Tamer Amara (Capital Markets)
• Boris Bruk (Tax)
• Lidia Charikova (Tax)
• Karina Chichkanova (General Business Law: Real Estate - St. Petersburg)
• Dzhangar Dzhalchinov (Tax) 
• Mikhail Ivanov (Dispute Resolution – St. Petersburg)
• Evgenia Laurson (Energy & Natural Resources: Foreign expertise based abroad in UK)
• Sergey Klimenko (Life Sciences)
• Konstantin Kroll (Corporate/ M&A: High-end Capability)
• Dominic Pellew (Dispute Resolution: International: Foreign expertise based abroad in UK)
• Valeria Ponomareva (Competition/ Antitrust)
• Christopher Rose (Private Equity)
• Marina Ryzhkova (Employment)
• Timothy Stubbs (Banking & Finance)
• Sergey Trakhtenberg (Real Estate)
• Denis Voevodin (Intellectual Property)
• Logan Wright (Banking & Finance: Foreign expertise based abroad in UK)
• Roman Zaitsev (Dispute Resolution: Domestic: High-End)

Slovakia

• Juraj Gyárfáš (Competition/ Antitrust; Corporate/ M&A, Dispute Resolution, Real Estate)
• Peter Kubina (Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution)
• Martin Mendel (Real Estate) 
• Stanislava Valientová (Banking & Finance)
• Zuzana Šimeková (Competition/ Antitrust)

Spain

• Jabier Badiola (Banking & Finance)
• María Cortizas (Tax)
• Ignacio Corujo del Valle (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Jesús Durán (Investment Funds: Fund Formation; Private Equity)
• Eduardo Gómez de Enterría (Employment)
• Daniel Vázquez García (Environment)
• Javier Lasa (Energy & Natural Resources)
• Itxaso López (Real Estate)
• Jesús Mardomingo (Banking & Finance: Financial Services Regulation)
• Bárbara Hernández-Mora (Real Estate)
• Diego Pol (Corporate Compliance)

Turkey (Dentons)

• Tamsyn Mileham (Banking & Finance: Foreign)

Turkey (BASEAK)

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

United Kingdom

• Yusuf Battiwala (Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance)
• David Collins (Corporate/ M&A: Mid-market) 
• David Cohen (Capital Markets: Debt)
• Brian Moore (Corporate/ M&A: Scotland)
• Matthew Sapte (Banking & Finance: Islamic Finance)
• Kenneth Shand (Corporate/ M&A: Scotland)

Ukraine

• Oleg Batyuk (Corporate/M&A)
• Adam Mycyk (Corporate/M&A)
• Natalia Selyakova (Banking & Finance, Restructuring/ Insolvency)
• Maksym Sysoiev (Energy & Natural Resources)

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