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We are delighted to announce that Dentons' Global Board of Directors and Global Advisory Committee have elected Kate Barton as the Firm’s next Global CEO. Kate will join Dentons from EY, where she has had a highly distinguished 35-year career in a variety of executive leadership roles, most recently as Global Vice Chair. She will succeed Elliott Portnoy, the founding Global CEO, who has served since the firm’s launch in 2013. Kate will join Dentons in early September to begin a meaningful handover period with Elliott, whose term ends on November 9, 2024. Kate will start her term as Global CEO on November 10, 2024. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gQuMf5G6

Health care and aviation provide areas of unacknowledged risks for family offices. Findings in the Dentons survey report ‘The Evolving Risk Landscape for Family Offices’ show a transatlantic chasm in terms of accessing health care when needed. Only 17% of North Americans are concerned versus 41% of Europeans. Every minute counts in an emergency situation and prompt access can be a matter of life and death. On the aviation front, a majority of family offices operating private aircraft outsource key functions to specialized professionals. However, only one third have an emergency response plan in place to manage an aviation crisis – an essential component when protecting family privacy and coordinating with various government agencies. Thank you to our survey partners for their assistance and leadership in bringing these findings to the family office community. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/eWdEaKXw   #FamilyOffice #FamilyOffices #Aviation

As the General Counsel of a company with an international footprint or interconnected supply chain, how are you planning for the unknown during a time of evolving and complex geopolitical risks? Tune into this podcast interview with Pierre Parvine and John H. as they discuss the many ways in which the GC can find opportunity during a time of uncertainty and disruption. Listen to the podcast here: https://lnkd.in/g-4ZZRzR

Thanks to the ongoing support from our clients, Chambers and Partners has awarded Dentons 18 individual lawyer rankings and eight practice rankings in the latest edition of Chambers High Net Worth.   An independent source told Chambers High Net Worth researchers: “The group has handled complex matters with a high degree of sophistication and knowledge of the law and current wealth preservation strategies. The team’s expertise and experience spans decades.”   Read more : https://lnkd.in/guAjrXdv

Edward Borovikov, Igor Danilov and Taras Povorozniuk from Dentons' Brussels office have contributed the chapter on #Eurasia to Lexology's Panoramic Trade & Customs guide. https://lnkd.in/dqYj7Svz #trade #customs #WTO

Bridging the gap between insurance coverage and effective risk management is paramount for family offices. A lack of proper insurance coverage is increasing vulnerabilities around the world pursuant to the recent Dentons survey report ‘The Evolving Risk Landscape for Family Offices.’ According to the report, cyber insurance is held by less than half in North America, but this number plunges to a third in other regions. The majority are underinsured in several other realms as well, exposing family offices to potentially huge losses in the event of the unexpected. Proper protection demands a comprehensive strategy, particularly in today’s evolving risk landscape and rapidly shifting cyber environment. Thank you to our survey partners for their assistance and leadership in bringing these findings to the family office community. Find out more: https://lnkd.in/gyR56T-i #FamilyOffice #FamilyOffices #Insurance

Indulge your curiosity about the life of Semira Nikou, the Co-Founder & CEO of Better Sour gummy candy, bringing globally-inspired flavors from the Middle East and the Asia Pacific to the US market. Join Shahrzad Noorbaloochi and Milana Karayanidi as they explore Semira’s journey from sanctions associate to an entrepreneur as she shares her views on facing adversity, overcoming personal challenges, raising capital for a start-up, and taking risks. Listen now: https://lnkd.in/ebRa4y7K

Cultivating trust with internal stakeholders is essential to achieving sustained success as a law department. On our legal operations insight hub, Mary Ann Hynes, first women general counsel of a Fortune 500, shares her insights and perspectives on how to strengthen your relationships with the business, build trust with your stakeholders and overcome difficult situations. Visit the hub: https://lnkd.in/e6bjC-_k #GeneralCounsel #LegalOps

Delve into the latest video from our Invest in Ukraine series in which Adam Mycyk discusses with Zoriana Podilchuk, CFA, Director at FinPoint an investment banking advisory firm associated with Rothschild & Co in Ukraine, the current status of the M&A market in Ukraine highlighting existing activity and suggestions for how international strategic investors should enter the market. Zoriana also highlights which sectors are likely to be of most interest currently to foreign investors including building and construction and agriculture and related processing facilities. View the full video here: https://lnkd.in/e9FvCUTZ Invest in Ukraine is a video series created by Dentons to address the current investment environment in Ukraine. #UkraineTransformation #UkraineRebuild Dentons Ukraine (official name LLC Dentons Europe)

What were the key takeaways following our recent session, ‘Spotlight on financing sustainability or impact’? During this session, which is part of our ESG global webinar series, over 40 senior legal attendees joined to discuss how sustainable finance instruments are being used to finance sustainability or impact. We also explored trends in impact investing and effective fund manager selection criteria and strategies, the global momentum growing for blended finance, and the need for organizations and funders to get ahead of these opportunities. We also examined the learnings and opportunities from our experience advising on the world's largest-ever debt-for-nature swap transaction. Find out what our panel Vivien Teu, Owen McLennan and Ruben Eduardo Lujan had to say on each of these topics in our key takeaways article here: https://lnkd.in/ebkS4_p3 Register now for our two upcoming sessions covering the evolving ESG disclosure landscape and the transition to net zero journey for corporates: https://lnkd.in/efYe_iAz #SustainableFinance #DevelopmentFinance #ImpactFinance #BlendedFinance