Corporate governance requires balancing intricate competing interests under the intense spotlight of regulatory, operational, fiduciary, political, communications and market factors. It requires the application of judgment, legal analysis, and practical decision-making in a real-time environment where decisions are likely to be second-guessed and sometimes reviewed by the courts.

We understand that the best way to avoid a corporate governance crisis is to plan for it; and that often the most successfully resolved crises are the ones that no one hears about. But when an issue is in the spotlight, we bring to bear an unparalleled array of resources and expertise, including securities regulation, disclosure, corporate law, communications policy, compliance practices, privacy, fiduciary duties, investor relations, activist shareholders and experience-based business judgment.

We are experienced in guiding boards of directors, special committees, management and corporate leadership on the full range of governance issues that confront them. In fact, our multidisciplinary, business-focused approach to addressing these issues has been relied on by many of the most sophisticated global companies.

We assemble teams of litigation and corporate partners experienced in all aspects of these sensitive matters, including:

• advising boards, committees, management and leadership in discharging their legal and fiduciary obligations while preserving all available legal protections
• working with your auditors and financial advisors to resolve potential accounting issues
• handling disclosure in a manner that both satisfies legal obligations and is sensitive to the concerns of investors, employees and the media
• working with financing sources
• handling any civil litigation that may arise

Let Dentons be your partner in leading the way.

Recognition

Hat Trick of Honors: Dentons lawyers shine nationally in 2026 Best Lawyers in Australia™

April 17, 2025

Dentons is proud to announce that its senior lawyers have been recognised across all three individual award categories in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia^™. In total, 40 lawyers have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia™ (2026 Edition), after being nominated by their peers as leading practitioners in their fields of practice, spanning 39 specialties.

Dentons South Africa recognized by Best Lawyers 2025

November 14, 2024

Best Lawyers ® have recognized Dentons South Africa for its remarkable contribution to the local legal industry as part of Best Lawyers 2025. Recognizing our lawyers, Best Lawyers ® named the top performing legal minds within the various available practice areas in South Africa.

IBLJ A-List Rankings 2023-24

December 19, 2023

Dentons Link Legal is elated to share that while our Executive Chairman Atul Sharma and Managing Partner Nusrat Hassan have been recognised as one of India's Top Legal Icons, our Managing Partner Anand Srivastava and Partner Sidhartha Srivastava have been recognised as one India’s Top Lawyers in the prestigious A-List 2023-24 published by India Business Law Journal (IBLJ).

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Insights

Chambers and Partners: Corporate Governance Guide 2025

June 23, 2025

The corporate governance landscape in Canada is steadily evolving. Diversity continues to be a focus of regulatory and proxy advisory policy change, and for boards, is a key component of ESG concerns. The adoption of majority voting in the Canada Business Corporations Act strengthens shareholders’ hands at shareholder meetings.

Danantara's directive letter, between coordination of alertness measuresand bureaucratic inertia

June 20, 2025

Indonesia: While aimed at strengthening coordination and oversight, the directive also raises concerns about potential delays in business decision-making.

Financial Services What's Up June 2025

June 17, 2025

Australia: Welcome to the Financial Services: What's Up? newsletter. Each edition will bring a snapshot of key regulatory updates affecting the financial services sector. We'll also take a look at what's coming up to help your business prepare and implement for change.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises Electrica on landmark RON 3.1 billion syndicated loan

May 6, 2025

Global law firm Dentons has advised Societatea Energetică Electrica S.A. and its subsidiaries Electrica Furnizare S.A. and Distribuție Energie Electrică România S.A., on a RON 3.1 billion (approximately €622,7 million) syndicated loan agreement destinated to refinance part of their existing bank exposure and support capital investments in the renewable energy production segment.

Hat Trick of Honors: Dentons lawyers shine nationally in 2026 Best Lawyers in Australia™

April 17, 2025

Dentons is proud to announce that its senior lawyers have been recognised across all three individual award categories in the 2026 Edition of The Best Lawyers in Australia^™. In total, 40 lawyers have been recognised in The Best Lawyers in Australia™ (2026 Edition), after being nominated by their peers as leading practitioners in their fields of practice, spanning 39 specialties.

Dentons South Africa recognized by Best Lawyers 2025

November 14, 2024

Best Lawyers ® have recognized Dentons South Africa for its remarkable contribution to the local legal industry as part of Best Lawyers 2025. Recognizing our lawyers, Best Lawyers ® named the top performing legal minds within the various available practice areas in South Africa.

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