With the candle on Dentons’ one year post-merger birthday cake now blown out, senior management at the firm – formed in March 2013 through the union of Salans, SNR Denton and Canada’s Fraser Milner Casgrain – are focusing squarely on the next priority: the US.

In brief, the strategy is to target tie-ups with strong mid-tier US firms with national expertise, but whose management struggle with the cost of international expansion expected by clients.