Dentons
| Headquarters | Decentralised, largest offices in London and New York |
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| No. of offices | 160 |
| No. of lawyers | 5,600+ |
| Key people | Kate Barton (Global Chief Executive Officer) Nicholas Howon Park (Chairman of the Global Board) |
| Revenue | $2.899 billion (2019) |
| Profit per equity partner | $1.07 million (2018) |
| Date founded | Year 1788 (Establishment of City of London law firm Denton Hall by Samuel Denton)
28 March 2013 (Creation of modern Dentons by the three-way merger of SNR Denton, Salans and Fraser Milner Casgrain) |
| Company type | Swiss Verein |
| Website | dentons.com |
Dentons is a multinational law firm based in the United States. It was founded in March 2013 by the merger of SNR Denton, Fraser Milner Casgrain and Salans. The Dentons name originally belonged to Denton Hall, a law firm based in the City of London founded by Samuel Denton in 1788 that merged with fellow City of London firm Wilde Sapte in 2000 to form Denton Wilde Sapte, which subsequently merged with Chicago-based Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal to form SNR Denton in 2010. As of November 2024, the London office remains Dentons' largest office by number of lawyers, with the New York office following behind in second place.
As of April 2023, Dentons operated in 80+ countries and had 160+ offices. The firm has no headquarters, although the firm's senior leadership are primarily based in London, New York and Washington, D.C. Dentons is structured as a Swiss verein called the Dentons Group, which does not itself provide legal services. The Swiss verein structure encapsulates multiple cooperating legal entities, namely Dentons Canada LLP, Dentons Europe LLP, Dentons UK and Middle East LLP, and Dentons US LLP, amongst others.
In the 2024 edition of the AmLaw Global 200 rankings, The American Lawyer ranked Dentons as the law firm with the 13th highest annual revenue generated worldwide, a position that follows its 5th-place ranking in 2023 and 6th-place ranking in 2022.
In the 2025 edition of the Vault 100 rankings, Vault ranked Dentons as the 61st most prestigious law firm in the United States, following its 58th-place ranking in the 2024 edition of the Vault 100.