Dentons joined many others launching or growing in Dublin, but is now pushing back the opening of its new base.Dentons Delays Dublin Launch Due to COVID-19
The firm had aimed to launch its base, staffed with lawyers from local firms, in May.
July 10, 2020 at 05:35 AM
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Dentons is pushing back the launch of its Dublin office due to the impact of COVID-19, the firm said on Friday.
Dentons hired a team of two partners from local firms in January to launch the base, becoming the latest international outfit to secure an offering there.
It had initially aimed to be operational in May, but this has now been delayed until September.
A firm spokesperson said in a statement: "We had originally planned to take physical offices at the beginning of May, but in the light of COVID-19 we are now planning for our Dublin city centre office space to be fully functioning from September."
The spokesperson added that following the hires of Eavan Saunders and Peter O'Brien at the start of 2020, the firm has been building a team of partners and associates in corporate, banking and finance/restructuring and real estate for the office.
It hired William Fry corporate head Shane O'Donnell in February, and the spokesperson said the firm has "further hires at all levels in the pipeline."
Dentons is one of the latest firms to move to secure a presence in Dublin, while several established firms have expanded their bases there in the last year.
Several firms grew via local mergers in 2019, including Fieldfisher and Clark Hill. Meanwhile Clyde & Co launched an office in the city, while DLA Piper hired a four-partner team to its base in the Irish capital.
A recent report by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority showed that in 2019, there were 2,381 admissions approved by the Law Society of Ireland, of which 77% were from the U.K. and a further 4% were from other countries.
The total number of admissions was nearly double the previous year. Prior to the U.K.'s vote to leave the EU in 2016 there would typically be between 500 and 700 admissions, of which about 10% to 15% would be from outside Ireland, the report showed.
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