While law firm leaders and legal observers marvel at the scope and scale of the tie-up between Dentons and China’s Dacheng to create the world’s largest firm, several also wonder how the two sides will pull off such a massive undertaking, and whether it will ultimately be successful.

Meanwhile, Dacheng’s founder and president, Peng Xuefeng, also weighed in for the first time on the combination, saying that the economic rationale for the new firm is strong.