Kate Barton

“We have 87 countries in our footprint… that’s 35 more than the next nearest competition…”

“After a 35-year career at EY, Barton, a trained lawyer, joined the firm in 2024 to take over the leadership role...”

“Dentons operates uniquely under a polycentric model, meaning it has no headquarters; instead, the firm splits its management committee across 11 regions.”

“Dentons in the US is one of the top three firms that has added direct admissions”

“We’re probably one of the largest institutions in the law firm context that’s using enterprise ChatGPT.”

“We have three endeavours right now, three huge countries that are doing private labelling based on the enterprise version of ChatGPT…”

“one of its 10 AI principles is: “You must check your work, with consequences if lawyers don’t follow policy.””

“In addition to teaching them on prompting skills, the firm is “also doing a lot on emotional intelligence (EQ)”.”