Dentons

Dentons leverages its global reach to advise on large-scale, international commercial matters, in which its team members have years of experience, and is highlighted for its ability to ‘secure additional expertise and weave this together for complex commercial contracts’. An additional element which distinguishes the group is its public sector expertise; most notably, it is the UK government’s counsel for IT and digital projects (and advising on innovative digital projects is also a wider area of strength for the team). TMT experts Henrietta Baker and Martin Fanning, who lead the team, have experience across the full range of commercial contracts, including distribution and outsourcing agreements. The wider team also includes retail expert Scott Singer, public sector expert Sarah Lima and Rachael Morris, whose clients include global transportation companies.

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Testimonials

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'There is both a great breadth and depth of knowledge within the team, as well as the ability to secure additional expertise and weave this together for complex commercial contracts. This creates trust that we are working together and getting the best available support. There is always a great level of respect shown when raising challenging questions and highlighting risk.'
'The team are pragmatic and clear about what is/isn't realistic or possible. They have the ability to understand the sector I work within at pace and to comprehensively highlight the key levers from a legal perspective and take the time to work through the impacts. It's incredibly valuable to have that clarity, and to explore and be open about the best ways of working to achieve the optimal pace and outcomes on complex commercial contracts.'
'Reliable and produce excellent work.'

Key clients

Meta Platforms
Avis Budget Group
Capita
Daily Mail Group/DMG Events
Aggreko
FIFA
John Lewis Partnership
M&S
Royal Mail Group
Sky UK

Work highlights

Advising Royal Mail Group on the contractual arrangements facilitating its strategic move into the locker banks, under which Royal Mail will roll out lockers for use by customers in the UK.
Advising M&S on a range of high-profile UK and international franchising, distribution and brand licensing arrangements.
Advising Intapp on multiple commercial and data-related cross-border arrangements.