The 2021 edition of IFLR1000, the guide to the world's leading financial and corporate law firms and lawyers, has recognized 188 Dentons lawyers in 25 jurisdictions across Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) as leaders in their respective fields.

Ten Dentons 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, Avto Svanidze, Gergely Horváth, Rob Irving, Abai Shaikenov, Piotr Dulewicz, Arkadiusz Krasnodębski, Mateusz Toczyski, Simon Dayes, and Peter Kubina. Partner James Hogan was recognized as an Expert Consultant for his strong name recognition and ability to build client relationships. 

Altogether, 92 lawyers received Highly Regarded rankings and 55 were awarded a Notable Practitioner rating. Furthermore, IFLR1000 recognized 32 lawyers as Rising Stars/Rising Star Partners, acknowledging the strength of Dentons’ young talent.

In terms of practice recognitions, Dentons received 109 rankings, including 20 Tier 1 and 45 Tier 2 ratings. Overall, the Firm has improved its standing in 10 practice areas and gained 17 new rankings, which confirms the further consolidation of Dentons’ market position across the EMEA region.

Dentons lawyers recognized by IFLR1000 include:

Azerbaijan

• James Hogan
• Sona Taghiyeva
• Kamil Valiyev
• Ulvia Zeynalova-Bockin

Belgium

• James Venit

Czech Republic

• Ivo Hartmann
• Daniel Hurych
• Takura Kawai
• Martin Manduľák
• Jan Procházka
• David Syed
• Jiri Tomola
• Markéta Tvrdá
• Chris Watkinson
• Petr Zákoucký

France

• Jean-Marc Allix
• Julien Bacus
• John Flanigan
• Marc Fornacciari
• Olivier Genevois
• Dorothee Griveaux
• Jean-Marc Grosperrin
• Pascal Jouannic
• Philippe Max
• Charles Tissier

Germany

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

Georgia

• Otar Kipshidze
• Avto Svanidze
• Irakli Pipia

Hungary

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

Ireland

• Maireadh Dale
• Peter O'Brien
• Shane O'Donnell
• Eavan Saunders

Italy

• Giovanni Diotallevi
• Alessandro Dubini
• Alessandro Fosco Fagotto
• Edoardo Galeotti
• Mileto Giuliani
• Luca Pocobelli

Kazakhstan

• Aigoul Kenjebayeva
• Bogdan Piskorskiy
• Abai Shaikenov
• Victoria Simonova
• Daniyar Toigonbaev
• Vassiliy Zenov
• Birzhan Zharasbayev

Kenya

• Kenneth Fraser
• Richard Omwela
• Andrew Mugambi
• Daniel Wanjau
• Sigee Koech

Luxembourg

• Stéphane Hadet

Mauritius

• Sivakumaren (Robin) Mardemootoo
• Priscilla Balgobin-Bhoyrul

Netherlands

• Casper Haket
• Marcel Janssen
• Wouter Jongepier
• Arno Voerman
• Kuif Klein Wassink

Poland

• Marcin Bartczak
• Wojciech Bogusławski
• Jakub Celiński
• Piotr Dulewicz
• Inga Dulska
• Anna Garbula-Węgrzynowska
• Paweł Grabowski
• Anna Hergottová
• Krzysztof Kaźmierczyk
• Marceli Kasperkiewicz
• Takura Kawai
• Tomasz Korczyński
• Bartłomiej Kordeczka
• Aldona Kowalczyk
• Arkadiusz Krasnodębski
• 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
• Simona Marin
• Claudiu Munteanu-Jipescu
• Bogdan Papandopol
• Cristian Popescu
• Maria Tomescu
• Perry Zizzi

Russia

• Karina Chichkanova
• Konstantin Kroll
• Alexei Afanasiev
• Anton Kunashov
• Dmitry Mikryukov
• Evgenia Laurson
• Tamer Amara
• Filipp Petyukov
• Florian Schneider
• Louis Skyner
• Timothy Stubbs
• Jane Tarassova
• Sergey Trakhtenberg

Slovakia

• Zuzana Šimeková
• Peter Kubina
• Martin Mendel
• Katarína Pecnová
• Katarína Slezáková

South Africa

• Noor Kapdi
• Shahid Sulaiman

Spain

• Jabier Badiola
• Israel de Diego
• Jesus Mardomingo

Tanzania

• Stella Ndikimi
• George Fernandez
• Juvenalis Ngowi
• Thomas Sipemba
• Jacquiline Matiko

Ukraine

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

Uganda

• David Mpanga

United Kingdom

• Ramu Ramaswamy
• Darren Acres
• Joseph Altendorff
• Nigel Barnett
• Howard Barrie
• Alistair Black
• David Cohen
• Nik Colbridge
• Humphrey Douglas
• Isaac Felberbaum
• Neil Griffiths
• Tom Guilfoyle
• Cameron Half
• Nick Hayday
• Edward Hickman
• Paul Holland
• James Ingham
• James Irvine
• Charles July
• Stephen Levy
• Simon Masri
• Brian Moore
• Guy Norfolk
• Tim Pipe
• Nicholas Plant
• Moeen Qayum
• Matthew Sapte
• Dominic Spacie
• Matthew Tinger
• Peter Voisey
• Nigel Webber
• Luke Whitmore
• Charles Wood
• Logan Wright

Uzbekistan

• Ulugbek Abdullaev
• Eldor Mannopov
• Sanjar Narzullaev
• Shukhrat Yunusov

IFLR1000 ranks law firms and lawyers on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work. Currently, IFLR1000 publishes more than 750 practice area law firm rankings and more than 19,000 lawyer ratings across more than 235 jurisdictions globally.

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