SNR Denton

Last updated
SNR Denton
SNR Denton logo.jpg
Headquarters London, United Kingdom, Washington, D.C., United States [1]
No. of offices60 [2]
No. of attorneysApproximately 1,250 [3]
Key people Elliott Portnoy
(Chief executive)
Joseph Andrew
(Chairman) [1]
Revenue £450 million (2011/12) [4]
Profit per equity partner£438,000 (2011/12) [4]
Date founded2010 (by merger) [5]
Company type Swiss Verein
Dissolved28 March 2013 (merged with Salans and Fraser Milner Casgrain to form Dentons)
Website SNR Denton

SNR Denton was a multinational law firm co-headquartered in London and Washington, D.C. The firm operated in 60 locations across 43 countries and had around 1,250 lawyers. [3] [6] It was one of the 25-largest law firms in the world, with revenues of around $750 million in 2011/12. [3] [7]

Contents

SNR Denton was formed through the merger of the UK-based Denton Wilde Sapte LLP and the US-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP in September 2010. [5] The firm was structured as a Swiss Verein and had a single management board but the partnerships of the predecessor firms were not financially integrated. [3] In March 2013, SNR Denton merged with the international law firm Salans and the Canada-based law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain, forming Dentons.

The American Lawyer estimated SNR Denton to be the 29th largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers [8] and 43rd by annual revenue [9] in 2012, its last full year of operation.

History

In 1785, Thomas Wilde (1758-1821) and Samuel Archer Hussey founded a law firm that became Wilde Sapte. In 1788, Denton Hall Burgin was established by Sam Denton. In 1906, Edward Sonnenschein and partners opened a law firm in Chicago that eventually became Sonnenschein Nath Rosenthal.

In 2000, the City of London-based law firms Denton Hall and Wilde Sapte merged to form Denton Wilde Sapte. [10] In 2009, 100 lawyers (including 40 partners) joined Sonnenschein from Thacher Proffitt & Wood, doubling the firm's number of lawyers in New York. [11] In May 2010, Denton Wilde Sapte and Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal announced their intention to merge. [12] On 30 September 2010, the merger between Denton Wilde Sapte and Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal was formally completed, establishing SNR Denton. [5]

In January 2011, SNR Denton opened in Hong Kong following the assimilation of the Hong Kong office of Hammonds. [13]

On 11 November 2012, SNR Denton, Salans and the Canada-based Fraser Milner Casgrain announced a three-way merger, forming a new law firm structured as a Swiss Verein and named Dentons. [14] The partners of the three firms ratified the merger on 28 November 2012 and the new firm was planned to begin operations in early 2013. [15]

In January 2013, SNR Denton entered into an association with the Kuwaiti law firm Jamal Ahmed Al-Shehab. [16]

The merger between SNR Denton, Fraser Milner Casgrain and Salans was completed on 28 March 2013. [17]

Main practice areas

SNR Denton's main practice areas included: [18]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fraser Milner Casgrain</span>

As of March 28, 2013, Fraser Milner Casgrain combined with Salans and SNR Denton to form Dentons.

Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (FMC) was a Canadian business, litigation, and a tax law firm. With more than 560 lawyers, it was the sixth largest law firm in Canada as well as the largest law firm in Western Canada. Until 1984, FMC was a fully integrated national partnership with offices in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Edmonton, Calgary, and Vancouver. In 1985, Fraser Milner Casgrain underwent a major administration change. Terrence Young was appointed as chief executive officer, and he initiated FMC's expansion into Hong Kong, making FMC a multi-national law firm. Young served as CEO for 13 years, until the 1998 merger between Fraser and Beatty and Alberta-based law firm Milner Fenerty. On November 8, 2012, it was announced that FMC would combine with international law firms SNR Denton and Salans to form Dentons. FMC's most recent CEO before its second merger was Michel Brunet. He was appointed as CEO in 2006 and previously served as Managing Partner of the FMC Montreal office.

Jean Bazin was a Canadian lawyer and former senator.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Theodore Goddard</span>

John Theodore Goddard was an English solicitor and founder of the law firm Theodore Goddard (TG) based in London. The firm merged with Addleshaw Booth & Co on 1 May 2003 to become Addleshaw Goddard. Goddard was appointed by Wallis Simpson as an adviser to her during divorce proceedings and in relation to her involvement during the United Kingdom abdication Crisis of 1936.

Herbert Smith LLP was a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and merged with the Australian law firm Freehills on 1 October 2012, forming Herbert Smith Freehills. At the time of the merger it had 13 offices across Europe, the Middle East and Asia, around 240 partners and 1,300 fee-earners. It was regarded as forming part of the "Silver Circle" of leading British law firms.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thacher Proffitt & Wood</span>

Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP was an American law firm headquartered in New York City. At its peak, the firm was made up of approximately 365 attorneys with offices in New York City; Washington, D.C.; Mexico City; White Plains, New York; and Summit, New Jersey.

Denton Wilde Sapte LLP was an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It merged with the United States-based law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in September 2010, forming SNR Denton. At the time of the merger, Denton Wilde Sapte had 16 offices and employed around 610 lawyers.

The Silver Circle is a group of elite corporate law firms headquartered in London that has evolved significantly as the UK legal market has been affected by globalisation and mergers. The law firms generally described by The Lawyer magazine as comprising the Silver Circle were historically Ashurst, Herbert Smith, Macfarlanes, SJ Berwin and Travers Smith.

Dentons is the world's largest global law firm by number of lawyers and the 6th-largest law firm by revenue.

Salans LLP was an international commercial law firm. It was founded in 1978 in Paris as Salans Hertzfeld & Heilbronn and in March 2013 merged with the Anglo-American law firm SNR Denton and the Canada-based law firm Fraser Milner Casgrain, forming Dentons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Barlow Lyde & Gilbert</span> British law firm, 1841–2011

Barlow Lyde & Gilbert LLP was an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom which specialised in commercial litigation, dispute resolution, insurance and reinsurance. It had around 290 lawyers and 80 partners and offices in Hong Kong, London, Manchester, Oxford, São Paulo, Shanghai and Singapore. BLG merged with Clyde & Co in November 2011, with the merged firm taking the Clyde & Co name.

Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP was an international law firm with nearly 800 lawyers and other professionals in the United States and Europe, serving businesses, non-profits and individuals. The firm was founded in Chicago in 1906 and as of May 2010 ranked as the 58th-largest law firm in the U.S. by revenue. In September 2010 it merged with London-based Denton Wilde Sapte to form SNR Denton.

Travers Smith LLP is a corporate law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It advises national and multinational companies in the UK and internationally across the full range of corporate and commercial matters.

The Honourable Patrick J. Boyle is a Justice of the Tax Court of Canada. He was appointed to the court in 2007 and presides in English and French cases. He served as Acting Associate Chief Justice following the 2021 retirement of Associate Chief Justice Lucie LaMarre until the December 2023 appointment of Associate Chief Justice Anick Pelletier. He is a member of the Court’s Rules Committee and chaired its Judicial Education Committee. In 2014, Justice Boyle was named by Euromoney's ITR International Tax Review as one of the 25 most influential people in the tax world.

Elliott I. Portnoy is an American attorney and the Global chief executive officer of Dentons—a law firm that launched March 28, 2013 with the combination of US/UKMEA firm SNR Denton, Canada's Fraser Milner Casgrain and France's Salans. Dentons is now the largest law firm in the world.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Matthew D. Orwig</span>

Matthew D. Orwig is an American attorney. Orwig has served three presidents and five attorneys general in leadership positions in the Department of Justice. He was appointed by President George W. Bush to serve as U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dacheng Law Offices</span> Chinese law firm

Dacheng Law Offices was a multinational law firm headquartered in Beijing, China. In November 2015, Dacheng merged with the global law firm Dentons. At the time of the merger, Dacheng was the largest China-based law firm measured by number of lawyers. According to The American Lawyer's 2012 survey, it was the tenth-largest law firm in the world by number of lawyers, and the largest headquartered outside the English-speaking world.

King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is an international commercial law firm headquartered in Hong Kong. It is the largest international law firm in Asia-Pacific. It has thirty offices and more than 3,500 legal professionals in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East.

Don R. Sommerfeldt is a judge currently serving on the Tax Court of Canada.

References

  1. 1 2 "Management Team". SNR Denton. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Location". SNR Denton. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sonnenschein, Denton law firms to combine". The Washington Post. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  4. 1 2 "SNR Denton aims to dramatically reinvent global brand with Salans and FMC unions". Legal Week. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 "A new transatlantic firm born as SNR Denton goes live". The Lawyer. 30 September 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  6. ↑ "Overview". SNR Denton. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  7. ↑ "Client Demand for Greater Global Presence Pushes More Law Firm Mergers". ABA Journal. 1 October 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  8. ↑ "The 2012 Global 100: Most Attorneys | The American Lawyer".
  9. ↑ "The 2012 Global 100: Most Revenue | The American Lawyer".
  10. ↑ "Denton Wilde Sapte". Legal Week. 14 December 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  11. ↑ "Amid Downturn, Law Firm Sonnenschein Scales Up". Bloomberg Businessweek. 29 January 2009. Archived from the original on January 20, 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  12. ↑ "Sonnenschein, Denton Wilde To Merge". American Lawyer. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 5 November 2010.
  13. ↑ "SNR Denton signs up Hammonds' Hong Kong arm for local launch". The Lawyer. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "SNR Denton and Salans prepare to seal three-way deal with Canada's FMC". The Lawyer. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
    - "SNR Denton prepares for mega-merger". The Washington Post. 11 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  15. ↑ "Salans, SNR and FMC approve three-way merger after partner votes". The Lawyer. 28 November 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
  16. ↑ "SNR Denton enters into association with Kuwait's Jamal Ahmed Al-Shehab". The Lawyer. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "New-look Dentons to go live on 28 March - and 2 April". The Lawyer. 22 February 2013. Retrieved 30 March 2013.
  18. ↑ "Services". SNR Denton. Retrieved 2 December 2012.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.