Denton Wilde Sapte
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| Denton Wilde Sapte LLP | |
| Headquarters | City of London |
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| No. of Offices | 11 (plus 2 associate offices) |
| No. of Attorneys | 500+ |
| Major Practice Areas | General practice |
| Revenue | ▲ £147.5 (2006) |
| Date Founded | February 1, 2000 (London) |
| Company Type | English limited liability partnership |
| Website | www.dentonwildesapte.com |
Denton Wilde Sapte LLP (or DWS or Dentons) is a large law firm headquartered in the City of London at One Fleet Place, London EC4M 7WS, United Kingdom.
The firm employs over 600 lawyers and has a network of offices located in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The Middle East offices have 50 lawyers, making it the largest international practice in the region.
The firm's branch offices are in Cairo, Almaty, Moscow, Tashkent, Istanbul, Milton Keynes, Paris, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha, Muscat and Riyadh(associate office).
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[edit] History
The firm was created on February 1, 2000 by a merger between City of London law firms Denton Hall and Wilde Sapte which created (at the time) the UK's 11th largest law firm by turnover.
Denton Hall Burgin was established in 1788 by Sam Denton. Thomas Wilde founded what was to become Wilde Sapte with partner Samuel Archer Hussey in 1785.
In September 1988 Anthony Alexander, the Senior Partner of City law firm Herbert Oppenheimer Nathan & Vanayk, joined Denton Hall Burgin & Warren along with 17 partners and 62 other lawyers. With other partners deserting the firm in droves, Herbert Oppenheimer Nathan & Vanayk dissolved shortly afterwards.
Denton Hall was a co-founder of the international alliance of law firms, Denton International, which dissolved on December 31, 2003.
The firm suffered a torrid 2004 as it closed loss-making offices in Hong Kong, Beijing, Tokyo and Singapore. In the same year, its highly-regarded media and insurance litigation teams defected to UK rivals, (the former being the largest single such departure of lawyers for a UK law firm at the time). However, the firm's turnover has since largely recovered. The firm disposed of its Gibraltar office in October 2006.
The firm converted from a partnership to a limited liability partnership on November 1, 2006.
[edit] Practice areas
The firm specialises in the following areas:
- Energy, transport and infrastructure;
- Financial institutions;
- Real estate and retail;
- Technology, media and telecoms.
[edit] Present day
In the financial year 2005-06, Denton Wilde Sapte was ranked 17th by turnover in The Lawyer's Top 100 list of UK law firms.[1] In the same year, it was ranked 100th by turnover in the The Lawyer's Global 100 list of law firms.[2]
Its current Managing Partner is Howard Morris and its Chair is James Dallas.
