With 32 firm rankings, Dentons has confirmed its strong standing across key financial and corporate transactional practices in Central and Eastern Europe in the 2024 edition of IFLR1000. One third of all awarded ranks were in the highest Tier 1 echelon.  

In addition, IFLR1000 granted Dentons 68 individual rankings, recognizing lawyers from across nine jurisdictions as leaders in their respective fields:

• Eight lawyers received the prestigious Market Leader ranking, awarded to standout performers who lead on high profile transactions: Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin, Simon Dayes, Piotr Dulewicz, Paweł Grabowski, Rob Irving, Peter Kubina, Avto Svanidze, and Mateusz Toczyski. 
• James Hogan was recognized as an Expert Consultant for his strong name recognition and ability to build client relationships; 
• 27 lawyers were awarded Highly Regarded rankings, 21 lawyers were included in the Notable Practitioner category, while 11 received Rising Star/Rising Star Partners ratings, acknowledging the strength of Dentons’ young talent.
• The Firm registered 12 new or improved individual standings.

Simultaneously, IFLR1000 has revealed its elite Women Leaders rankings, granted to the most prominent women lawyers working in the researched areas of law within CEE. The 2024 edition of the list includes seven Dentons women lawyers: Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin (Azerbaijan), Loredana Chitu (Romania), Patricia Gossanyiova (Slovakia), Anita Horváth (Hungary), Aldona Kowalczyk (Poland), Simona Marin (Romania), and Natalia Selyakova (Ukraine), recognizing their outstanding market reputation, experience in leading complex, novel or innovative deals, as well as their leadership skills. 

Dentons lawyers recognized by IFLR1000 include:

Azerbaijan

• Rena Eminova
• James Hogan
• Kamil Valiyev
• Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin

Czech Republic

• Ondřej Bartoň
• Pavel Boguský
• Daniel Hurych
• Takura Kawai
• David Syed
• Sona Taghiyeva
• Jiří Tomola
• Markéta Tvrdá
• Chris Watkinson
• Petr Zákoucký

Georgia

• Otar Kipshidze
• Sopho Mebonia
• Avto Svanidze
• Neli Tsivtsivadze

Hungary

• János Csáki
• Anita Horváth
• Rob Irving
• Judit Kővári
• Kamran Pirani
• István Réczicza
• Edina Schweizer
• Marcell Szőnyi

Poland

• Jakub Celiński
• Piotr Dulewicz
• Paweł Grabowski
• Marceli Kasperkiewicz
• Takura Kawai
• Bartłomiej Kordeczka
• Aldona Kowalczyk
• Agnieszka Nagórska-Kordeczka
• Bartosz Nojek
• Christian Schnell
• Mark Segall
• Monika Sitowicz
• Piotr Staniszewski
• Anna Szymańska
• Mateusz Toczyski
• Tomasz Zwoliński

Romania

• Loredana Chitu
• Simon Dayes
• Stefi Ionescu
• Simona Marin
• Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu
• Bogdan Papandopol
• Cristian Popescu
• Alin Roca
• Maria Tomescu
• Perry Zizzi

Slovakia

• Patricia Gossanyiova
• Miroslav Kapinaj
• Peter Kubina
• Martin Mendel
• Katarína Pecnová
• Zuzana Šimeková
• Katarína Slezáková
• Petra Štrbová

Türkiye

• Ian McGrath
• Tamsyn Mileham

Ukraine

• Oleg Batyuk
• Oleg Kuchanskyy
• Natalia Levchuk
• Adam Mycyk
• Natalia Selyakova
• Maksym Sysoiev

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