Maclay Murray & Spens completes merger with Dentons

Maclay Murray & Spens has completed its merger with Dentons, which now has offices in Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Milton Keynes and Watford.

Dentons CEO for the UK and Middle East Jeremy Cohen said: “Maclay Murray & Spens is one of Scotland’s leading law firms, and combining with them enables us to offer clients a combination of size, quality and smarter resourcing that few of our competitors in the UK can match.”

“Our Scottish clients will benefit greatly from the fact that we have now become the only truly global law firm with a significant presence in the Scottish legal market,” added Kenneth Shand, UK board member and senior partner, Scotland.

“We are particularly excited by the fact that this combination offers our lawyers, as well as the next generation of Scottish lawyers, the opportunity to work at one of the world’s most innovative and forward-thinking law firms.”

Dentons’ Global CEO Elliott Portnoy added: “We are delighted to welcome our new Scottish colleagues to the firm.

“Following recent combinations with equally high-quality firms in Latin America and Africa, launching in Scotland demonstrates that our journey ‘from largest to leading’ means pursuing growth opportunities in both established and developing markets as we continue to meet the needs of sophisticated global clients.”