Global law firm Dentons said Wednesday that Sonia Martin, managing partner of its San Francisco and Oakland offices, will be its new U.S. CEO.
She replaces Mike McNamara, who the firm said in July planned to step down as part of a change in its leadership structure. McNamara said in a statement he has “committed my support to helping Sonia’s success.”
Martin will oversee the law firm’s strategy in the U.S. as it presses forward with plans to scale up its presence through combinations with regional and midsize firms, said Elliott Portnoy, Dentons’ Washington, D.C.-based global CEO, in an interview.
Since 2020, Dentons has combined with five U.S. law firms as part of its “Project Golden Spike” strategy, named for the railroad tie that united the transcontinental railroad in 1869.
The 12,000-lawyer firm is the largest in the world by head count and now has 44 offices in the U.S.
Read more at https://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/dentons-names-new-us-ceo-amid-push-more-law-firm-combinations-2022-01-05/
