Dentons Combines With Philippine Firm for Energy, Banking Reach

Dentons is strengthening its position in Southeast Asia by combining with suburban Manila’s PJS Law, which specializes in energy, finance, banking and capital markets.

PJS and its 57 lawyers, 19 of whom are partners, will give Dentons clients a broader reach in one of the fastest-growing and youngest global regions, according to the firm.

“Our clients have identified these markets as being exceptionally important to their business and to their strategies,” Dentons Global CEO Eliott Portnoy said in an interview. The merger creates “a formidable go-to-market force” across the region, he said.

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