Matthew Arnold Baldwin’s (MAB) banking practice has been cited as a major pull as it strikes up talks with Dentons.

The Watford and London firm, which has links with key banking clients including the Royal Bank of Scotland, Woolwich, UBS and Santander, is understood to be holding discussions with expansive Dentons with a view to the global firm absorbing MAB’s banking team. MAB has also worked with Barclays for 26 years and is currently one of the 19 “preferred firms” on the bank’s legal panel.