About Us
SNR Denton is a new name in the legal marketplace. At the same
time, SNR Denton is a firm with a 225-year pedigree of excellence
and professionalism in service to law firm clients. A spirit of
multidisciplinary collaboration and teamwork infuses the culture of
the firm—across sectors and service lines, and across our worldwide
locations.
Today, SNR Denton has emerged as a top 25 law firm by number of
lawyers and professionals, serving clients from more than 60
locations worldwide. The firm’s origins date back to 1785 and
1788—when Thomas Wilde founded what would become Wilde Sapte with
partner Samuel Archer Hussey, and Denton Hall Burgin became a
banking firm in the City of London—and 1906, when Sonnenschein was
launched in the US. By the mid-20th century, Sonnenschein had built
a reputation as a law firm of choice for some of the
fastest-growing retailers, developers, insurers and transportation
companies. In recent years, the merger of City firms Denton Hall
and Wilde Sapte brought together two of the most respected names in
banking and energy to create Denton Wilde Sapte. Through its
continued long-term investment in emerging markets, Denton Wilde
Sapte became the largest international law firm by lawyers in the
Middle East and an authoritative name throughout Central Asia, and
developed one of the most comprehensive networks in Africa.
Meanwhile, Sonnenschein responded to the increasingly complex needs
of its clientele by supplementing its traditional law firm
capabilities with new practices in public law and policy
strategies, strategic communications, Internet and data protection,
hotels and leisure, and capital markets, adding, in 2009,
approximately 100 lawyers from Thacher Proffitt & Wood, and
doubling the firm’s New York presence.
Today, joining the complementary top tier practices of its
founding firms, SNR Denton offers business, government and
institutional clients premier service and a disciplined focus to
meet evolving needs in eight key sectors: Energy, Transport and
Infrastructure; Financial Institutions and Funds; Government;
Health and Life Sciences; Insurance; Manufacturing; Real Estate,
Retail and Hotels; and Technology, Media and
Telecommunications.