The 2023 edition of IFLR1000, the guide to the world's leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers, awarded Dentons 147 individual and 86 practice and sector rankings across continental Europe, the UK and Ireland, confirming the firm’s strong market position in the region. 

Among Dentons lawyers recognized as leaders in their respective fields across 17 jurisdictions: 

• Nine lawyers received the prestigious Market Leader ranking, which is reserved for lawyers who lead on high profile transactions and are standout performers. These include Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin, Simon Dayes, Piotr Dulewicz, Paweł Grabowski, Gergely Horváth, Rob Irving, Peter Kubina, Avto Svanidze, and Mateusz Toczyski;
• James Hogan, Charles July and Dominic Spacie were recognized as Expert Consultants for their strong name recognition and ability to build client relationships; 
• IFLR1000 awarded 68 lawyers with Highly Regarded rankings, 51 lawyers were included in the Notable Practitioner category, while 16 received Rising Star/Rising Star Partners ratings, acknowledging the strength of Dentons’ young talent.
• The Firm registered 16 new or improved individual standings.

In terms of practice rankings, Dentons teams across continental Europe, the UK and in Ireland received 86 rankings, including 14 Tier 1 and 23 Tier 2 ratings, further solidifying the firm’s standing across key financial and corporate transactional practices. 

Simultaneously, IFLR1000 has announced its elite Women Leaders ranking category reserved for the most prominent women lawyers across the world working in the researched areas of law. The 2023 edition of the list includes seven Dentons women lawyers: Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin, Loredana Chitu, Anita Horváth, Aldona Kowalczyk, Simona Marin, Eavan Saunders, and Natalia Selyakova, 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

• James Hogan
• Kamil Valiyev
• Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin

Czech Republic

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

France

• Jean-Marc Allix
• Meryll Aloro
• John Flanigan
• Marc Fornacciari
• Olivier Genevois
• Dorothée Griveaux
• Jean-Marc Grosperrin
• Pascal Jouannic
• Philippe Max

Germany

• Matthias Eggert
• Christof Kautzsch
• Arne Klüwer
• Herman Meller
• Robert Michels
• Andreas Ziegenhagen

Georgia

• Otar Kipshidze
• Irakli Pipia
• Avto Svanidze

Hungary

• János Csáki
• Anita Horváth
• Gergely Horváth
• Rob Irving
• Gábor Király
• Emőke Kovács
• Judit Kővári
• István Réczicza
• Marcell Szőnyi

Ireland

• Siobhan Carlin
• Ciaran O'Boyle
• Peter O'Brien
• Shane O'Donnell
• Eavan Saunders

Italy

• Luigi Costa
• Giovanni Diotallevi
• Alessandro Dubini
• Alessandro Fosco Fagotto
• Pier Francesco Faggiano
• Annalisa Feliciani
• Cristian Fischetti
• Edoardo Galeotti
• Mileto Giuliani
• Piergiorgio Leofreddi
• Luca Pocobelli
• Federico Sutti

Luxembourg

• Stéphane Hadet
• Olivier Lesage

Netherlands

• Jacqueline Bell
• Casper Haket
• Marcel Janssen
• Arno Voerman
• Kuif Klein Wassink

Poland

• Jakub Celiński
• Piotr Dulewicz
• Maciej Dymnicki
• Paweł Grabowski
• Anna Hergottová
• Krzysztof Kaźmierczyk
• Marceli Kasperkiewicz
• Takura Kawai
• Bartłomiej Kordeczka
• Aldona Kowalczyk
• Agnieszka Kulińska
• Michał Motylewski
• Agnieszka Nagórska-Kordeczka
• Piotr Nerwiński
• Mark Segall
• Monika Sitowicz
• Piotr Staniszewski
• Anna Szymańska
• Mateusz Toczyski
• Wojciech Zieliński
• 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

Spain

• Jabier Badiola
• Israel de Diego
• Santiago Hurtado Iglesias
• Jesus Mardomingo

Türkiye (Dentons)

• Ian McGrath
• Tamsyn Mileham

Ukraine

• Oleg Batyuk
• Oleg Kuchanskyy
• Natalia Levchuk
• Artem Lukyanov
• Adam Mycyk
• Natalia Selyakova
• Nadiya Shylienkova
• Maksym Sysoiev

United Kingdom

• Darren Acres
• Joseph Altendorff
• Nigel Barnett
• David Cohen
• Nik Colbridge
• Humphrey Douglas
• Neil Griffiths
• Cameron Half
• Nick Hayday
• Edward Hickman
• Paul Holland
• James Ingham
• James Irvine
• Charles July
• Stephen Levy
• Simon Masri
• Simon Middleton
• Brian Moore
• Guy Norfolk
• Nicholas Plant
• Ramu Ramaswamy
• Matthew Sapte
• Richard Sharples
• Dominic Spacie
• Matthew Tinger
• Peter Voisey
• Nigel Webber
• Luke Whitmore
• Charles Wood
• Logan Wright

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