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Dentons' New York lawyers and professionals represent a broad range of businesses and individuals, including prominent financial services firms, insurance companies, multinational companies, emerging and closely held companies, entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals.

Clients benefit from working with lawyers who understand their business, listen to their goals and customize innovative strategies to achieve them. Dentons has high quality legal talent everywhere to serve clients anywhere—in the United States and throughout the world—and the success of our office is due, in large part, to our ability to pair our lawyers and professionals with client opportunities around the globe. Our clientele spans a wide range of businesses and individuals, including prominent financial services firms, insurance companies, multinational companies, emerging and closely held companies, entrepreneurs, and high-net-worth individuals, across a broad spectrum of industries, including financial services, real estate, technology, fashion, retail, luxury goods, and media and entertainment. Collectively, we’re prepared to hit the ground running to service your needs.

Our key sectors include: Financial Institutions; Insurance; Life Sciences and Health Care; Luxury, Fashion and Beauty; Media and Entertainment; Private Equity; and Retail.

Our key practices include:

Capital Markets: Based in New York, our highly regarded Capital Markets team has been at the forefront of securitization and structured finance for more than three decades. Our more than 80 lawyers represents virtually every banking and financial institution in the financing, purchase and securitization of financial assets. We represent every type of market participant, including issuers, underwriters, investors, liquidity providers, lenders, conduits, trustees, servicers and originators, in the US and in key financial centers throughout the world. We are consistently ranked in the top tier for issuer and underwriter engagements. In 2023, we advised on more than 110 asset-backed transactions in the US, totaling over US$33 billion, placing us as the fifth highest ranked law firm for US underwriters’ counsel and the fifth highest ranked law firm for US issuer’s counsel.

Intellectual Property and Technology: Our leading New York Intellectual Property and Technology (IPT) practice has established Dentons as the “go-to firm” for everything related to trademarks, brand protection, and enforcement matters. The New York IPT team covers all aspects of trademarks and brand protection, including intellectual property (IP) strategy and counseling, trademark portfolio management, enforcement, licensing and transactions. As the premier firm for trademark and copyright matters, our clients include some of the world's biggest brands in consumer products, entertainment, media, fashion and financial services. In recent years, the New York team has expanded and strengthened its IP litigation bench with the addition of experienced IP lawyers and professionals. Furthermore, the team is fully integrated into the Firm’s US IPT practice, which is represented across 16 offices.

Health Care and Life Sciences: Dentons’ elite Health Care team is highly ranked by Chambers & Partners, The Legal 500 and US News and World Report: Best Lawyers for its in-depth knowledge of the market, deep bench and decades of experience advising national and regional hospitals and health systems around the country. Additionally, we serve as outside counsel for academic medical centers and teaching hospitals, some of the world’s largest health insurers, suppliers, pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, ambulatory providers and financial institutions. We also boast one of the nation’s most prominent and experienced health care fraud and abuse teams. Our New York Office has extensive experience in a variety of federal and state health care regulatory issues which the team leverages to advise clients on regulatory compliance, corporate transactions, policy advocacy and implementation, as well as administrative and appellate litigation.

Litigation and Dispute Resolution: The New York team has delivered exceptional results in complex, high-stakes disputes in New York and across the globe, including a number of precedent-setting class actions and commercial disputes. We have particular depth in the financial services and insurance sectors, serving as top advisors to industry leaders in defending securities and consumer class actions, navigating aggressive regulatory actions and managing complex US and cross-border commercial crises. Clients praise our strategic thinking and effective advocacy in enforcing and defending their rights under complex financial structures and contracts, and defending them against class and individual actions alleging unlawful or deceptive acts and practices and requiring an understanding of data privacy, antitrust, financial markets, health care and insurance law. Leveraging the strength of our New York Capital Markets practice, we regularly handle antitrust/benchmark rate matters; disputes involving derivatives and commodities, residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS), commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS), collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), structured investment vehicles (SIVs) and other securities; and real estate finance disputes and challenges over loan purchase and servicing agreements. Our representation of the New York Stock Exchange in the “flash boys”/high-frequency-trading class action in the Southern District of New York, likely the biggest class action ever filed; Genworth Financial, MetLife, Prudential and other insurers in class actions across the country; and global businesses in international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations confirm our place as an industry leader in litigation and disputes.

Real Estate: The New York Real Estate team is a key component of Dentons’ US 175-lawyer practice. The team is renowned for crafting sophisticated, multifaceted financial transactions that satisfy complex lender requirements and the necessary documentation for closing the deals. Our lawyers advise lenders and borrowers on acquisition, construction, bridge, permanent and mezzanine loan transactions, and revolving credit facilities, among other real-estate related financings. To address the needs of an emerging global real estate industry, we work closely with our worldwide network of real estate lawyers on inbound as well as overseas matters, ensuring a deep understanding of local markets wherever our clients do business.

Restructuring, Insolvency, and Bankruptcy Services: Our New York team provides comprehensive representation for clients both in and out of court, addressing issues related to underperforming and distressed entities, workouts, receiverships, insolvency, and bankruptcy. We focus on strategic, operational, and financial matters, with expertise in mergers and acquisitions as well as equity and debt financing transactions. Our practice is consistently recognized by prestigious organizations such as the American Bankruptcy Institute, The M&A Advisor, Law360, Super Lawyers, and other leading directories.

Our attorneys have successfully managed high-profile cases, including the Verity Health System of California, the second-largest nonprofit hospital bankruptcy in U.S. history, as well as significant matters arising from the PG&E Chapter 11 proceedings, the Dura Automotive Systems bankruptcy, and the bankruptcy of First Guaranty Mortgage Corporation. Recent committee representations include serving the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors in both the Fairport Baptist Homes nursing home bankruptcy and the Heywood Healthcare hospital bankruptcy.

We are proud to have represented a leading Russian aerospace company in its acquisition of a U.S. commercial satellite launch services firm as part of a reorganization plan, a transaction that was honored as the “Cross Border Transaction of the Year” by The M&A Advisor. Our lawyers also play active roles in various bankruptcy cases involving Catholic Dioceses in New York and California, where we represent insurance companies.

Our practice is particularly focused on the healthcare and financial services sectors, as well as cross-border matters. We represent a diverse range of clients, including debtors, committees, investors/bidders, trustees, and insurance companies. Our team is proficient in managing out-of-court workouts and navigating debtor cases and adversary proceedings under Chapters 9 and 11. The New York team collaborates closely with our broader U.S. practice to deliver integrated solutions tailored to our clients' needs.

Trusts, Estates and Wealth Preservation: Our practice advises wealthy US and non-US clients on the design and implementation of estate plans, including wills, trusts and advance directives (e.g., living wills/health care proxies/durable powers of attorney); achieving income tax and estate tax savings; and pursuing dynastic protection of family assets. Additionally, we proactively advise executors and trustees in properly and efficiently fulfilling their duties and responsibilities so as to minimize exposure to lawsuits and other claims. Our services also include providing pre-immigration estate and tax planning advice. We are adept at establishing public charities and private foundations for optimal charitable contribution outcomes and providing “NextGen” guidance for younger generations of family members. Our Family Office and High Net Worth group, an integral component of our TEWP practice, helps the most mobile stratum of the international community navigate tax systems, inheritance taxation and regimes, immigration issues, real estate matters, employment laws and corporate regulations in jurisdictions throughout the world. The Family Office team assists clients in building strategies to effectively manage financial and non-financial matters, including security and privacy, trusts and estates, philanthropy, governance, succession and capital preservation. Dentons’ global presence gives us deep, local connections for enhanced deal flow, increased opportunities for partnering with other family offices, and unique, market-specific intelligence, including,  The Evolving Risk Landscape for Family Office Survey Report and the Family Office Direct Investing Survey Report, among other insights.

Recognition

Six Dentons partners named to Law360’s editorial advisory boards

March 21, 2025

Law360 has named six Dentons lawyers to its 2025 editorial advisory boards

Crain’s New York Business names two Dentons partners Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law

December 9, 2024

Dentons is proud to announce that Sandra Hauser and Tomasita Sherer, partners in Dentons’ Commercial Litigation practice based in New York, have been named to Crain’s New York Business’ 2024 list of “Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting & Law.”

New York Law Journal names partner Diora Ziyaeva a Rising Star

July 15, 2024

Dentons is proud to announce that the New York Law Journal has named partner Diora Ziyaeva a 2024 Rising Star. Ziyaeva was recognized as a lawyer who has made a remarkable difference in the legal profession.

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Insights

New York Becomes First In The Nation To Mandate Paid Prenatal Leave

December 23, 2024

Under new legislation signed by Governor Kathy Hochul, New York will become the first state to mandate paid time off for prenatal care. Starting January 1, 2025, all private-sector employees in New York will be entitled to an additional 20 hours of paid sick leave for prenatal healthcare services.

International Arbitration: Protecting your Global Mining Assets

July 26, 2023

Global: Catch up on Dentons’ Global Mining Centre of Excellence Learning Session and hear from Diora Ziyaeva talk about international arbitration in the context of global mining, and what things you should be keeping in mind as you protect your global mining assets.

International Arbitration: Protecting your Global Mining Assets

July 26, 2023

Global: Catch up on Dentons’ Global Mining Centre of Excellence Learning Session and hear from Diora Ziyaeva talk about international arbitration in the context of global mining, and what things you should be keeping in mind as you protect your global mining assets.

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News and Events

Recent Press Releases

Dentons advises Fulgur Capital LP on a pioneering Bitcoin-based investment in The Blockchain Group

March 20, 2025

Dentons has advised Fulgur Capital LP, a private equity and venture capital fund, on a strategic investment in The Blockchain Group, an innovative company listed on Euronext Growth Paris and specialized in decentralized technologies.

Partners Sharon Kantrowitz and Jowita Walkup join Dentons’ Health Care practice in New York

January 23, 2025

Dentons announces today that Sharon Kantrowitz and Jowita Walkup have joined the Firm’s Health Care practice as partners in the New York office. With extensive experience in Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, regulatory compliance and False Claims Act defense, they bring valuable insights to help health care providers address complex regulatory challenges and reimbursement issues.

Dentons adds arbitration specialist Peter Bekker as a partner in New York

January 6, 2025

Dentons announces today that Dr. Peter Bekker, a leading global practitioner in international arbitration, has joined the Firm’s Commercial Litigation practice as a partner, resident in the New York office.

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