Dentons: explicit Industries × Practices matrix at /find-your-dentons-team/ — "organized around your business agenda"
Claim: Dentons exposes a deliberate matrix at /en/find-your-dentons-team/ with parallel children /practices/ and /industry-sectors/.
Quote (Dentons):
"We have organized our content and solutions around your business agenda, rather than our organizational structure."
Source: https://www.dentons.com/en/find-your-dentons-team (field research, May 2026).
Confidence: Verified.
Why this is the enterprise pattern: Dentons explicitly names the IA principle — "your business agenda, not our org chart." The result is a matrix where buyers can enter via the dimension that matches their mental model (industry-first or practice-first). DLA Piper uses the same /sectors/ pattern.
Doesn't transfer to small firms. A 4-lawyer firm cannot maintain Dentons' matrix. See RULE: 4-15-person service businesses use hub-and-spoke IA, not enterprise matrix. Don't pretend to be Dentons. for the small-firm pattern instead.
Referenced by (4)
- reference Reference: which IA pattern to use, by business shape (decision matrix) depends-on
- rule RULE: Expose Industries and Services as two orthogonal axes in the top nav. Don't hide one behind the other. depends-on
- rule RULE: 4-15-person service businesses use hub-and-spoke IA, not enterprise matrix. Don't pretend to be Dentons. depends-on
- reference Research brief: Information architecture for service businesses with multiple verticals (piece 6 of 15) relates-to