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The continued strategic growth of Dentons Global Venture Technology Group is a testament that our distinctly differentiated service offering is exceeding expectations. Clients and practitioners alike have embraced our group’s innovative approach to the sophisticated challenges and opportunities the venture technology ecosystem faces in today’s global marketplace. The latest additions to our global top-ranked team reflect our ongoing strategy to aggressively recruit talented practitioners deeply connected to the technology sector.

Richard Hayes, Christopher Tillson and Christina Austria join Dentons

The Firm’s most recent additions include partners Richard Hayes in the New York Meatpacking office and Christopher Tillson in the Miami office, and counsel Christina Austria in the Washington, DC office. All three excel in strategically advising clients at all stages – from early-stage startups to large-scale international corporations and every level in-between. They are seasoned advisors that, like us, consistently and successfully challenge the status quo in response to market demand.

Richard is an internationally renowned finance lawyer with more than 25 years of experience advising clients at all stages of growth in bank lending, fund finance and general corporate finance matters. He has held held prominent roles in leading law firms in London, New York and Sydney. Christopher utilizes his deep experience to assist clients with commercial and transactional work at the intersection of technology, innovation and energy with his focus on cleantech. Christina routinely serves as outside general counsel to clients and focuses her practice on M&A transactions and venture financing across sectors including aerospace, defense and cybersecurity.

In the past few years, the Dentons Global Venture Technology Group has tripled in size given intense market demand for its differentiated service offering amongst emerging growth companies and more mature publicly traded entities as well as venture capital and PE firms, and family offices.

We embrace our position as a market disruptor

Operating as a boutique within the world’s largest law firm, Dentons Global Venture Technology Group is accustomed to breaking through barriers and exceeding expectations. We have a deep bench of talent in more than 200 locales from SF and NY to Toronto, London, Frankfurt, Singapore and beyond, many with a laser focus on emerging growth company venture and M&A. We are unparalleled in our understanding of emerging growth companies and venture capital firms in a global setting. As a top 10 ranked firm for venture and M&A deals globally, our roster boasts one of the richest sets of venture relationships to date including 1,500+ startups and emerging growth companies globally.

“We pride ourselves on always challenging the status quo in response to shifting market demands,” says Victor H. Boyajian, Global Chair Dentons Global Venture Technology Group. “When the market demanded a differentiated global service offering, we delivered and will continue to do so. It is incredibly rewarding to have our strategic growth and business model validated by the marketplace and the clients we serve. We have a passion for tech and innovation.”

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