DentonsTop 20 UK firm Denton Wilde Sapte has decided to dissolve its Denton International (DI) network and pull out of a proposed merger with US suitor Pillsbury Winthrop.

The dramatic move sets free DI’s seven other European member firms to find new allies both regionally and in the US and the UK. Spanish member Denton Lupicinio has already hired executive consultancy Heidrick & Struggles to hunt for new Anglo-Saxon allies.