Tribunal dismisses anti-money laundering case against Dentons COURTS The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has dismissed an anti-money laundering claim against law firm Dentons. Dentons was at trial last week after the legal regulator Solicitors Regulation Authority referred the firm to the Tribunal. The SRA said the firm failed when acting for a politically exposed person (PEP) to take adequate measures to establish his source [...]
Legal regulator seeks to appeal Dentons anti-money laundering dismissal LAW The Solicitors Regulation Authority is seeking to appeal the decision in its anti-money laundering claim against law firm Dentons
Legal regulator barred ex-Dentons lawyer over sexual misconduct sexual misconduct A former Dentons lawyer has been barred from being involved in a legal practice by the regulators over sexual misconduct.
Ex-head of Dentons’ Saudi operations files London lawsuit against the firm February 2, 2024 The former managing partner of the Saudi office of the largest law firm in the world, by size, has filed a lawsuit in London, seven years after he left the firm. Amgad Husein led Dentons’ Saudi Arabia operations while he was at the firm between 2007 to 2017. While there, his work primarily focused on [...]
Dentons accused of anti-money laundering failures when representing a ‘politically exposed’ client March 4, 2024 The largest law firm in the world, Dentons, is defending itself against allegations from the legal regulator that it breached anti-money laundering regulations when acting for a client. Starting on Monday, the law firm was at the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) over allegations that the law firm failed when acting for a politically exposed person [...]
Dentons: Dublin and Saudi drive revenue of world’s largest law firm to over £280m July 30, 2024 Dentons' UK, Ireland, and Middle East has reported single digit increase in revenue with the region generating £280.5m for the fiscal year ending 30 April 2024
Dentons: World’s largest law firm hires new global chief executive from EY July 24, 2024 World's largest law firm (by size) Dentons has elected Kate Barton from Big Four EY to serve as the firm's next global CEO.
Dentons poaches top SFO lawyer in push to bolster investigations team January 5, 2023 Dentons has poached one of the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO’s) top lawyers, as it pushes forwards with efforts to bolster its ranks with public sector hires. SFO deputy general counsel Rebecca Dix will take on a new position at Dentons’ London office, switching from the public sector crime agency to the fourth largest law firm [...]
World’s largest law firm Dentons to offer permanent home working March 31, 2021 Dentons in the UK, Ireland and the Middle East will allow people to permanently work from home when Covid restrictions ease. As part of a new agile working policy, people working at Dentons will be able to choose when to work from home or in the office. All 750 of Dentons’ London-based staff will be [...]
The Body Shop: What next for high street icon as tycoon eyes rescue deal? July 11, 2024 The future of collapsed high street icon The Body Shop could be decided in the next two weeks as it emerged that British tycoon Mike Jatania was in exclusive talks to rescue the brand.