Also recommended are Scott Incerto in Austin, and Dallas-based Richard Krumholz , who heads the global litigation and disputes group. The firm is also easily able to resource multi-jurisdictional insolvency and restructuring mandates, co-ordinating with experienced colleagues in offices across Europe, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East; New York-based global practice head Howard Seife is especially noted for his work on Chapter 15 cases. Other key practitioners in the New York office include Eric Daucher , who also has significant cross-border expertise, and senior counsel Howard Beltzer.
Howard Beltzer ; Eric Daucher. Highly experienced, has seen everything. Very thoughtful and a skilled negotiator. Always sets us on the right course. I go way back with Howard. He brings to the table experience like no other, particularly in cases that are complex or which have an international component. I often describe him as simply, the smartest guy in the room, no matter who else is in the room.
When I have him on my side, I am in the best possible position I can be in. Professional, personable and dedicated. Norton Rose Fulbright has a depth of experience handling environmental enforcement actions, including defense of administrative, civil and criminal proceedings.
In addition, the team is highly knowledgeable about Superfund laws, often acting as both individual and group counsel on cost recovery actions, remediation issues and related toxic tort litigation. Based in Houston, Eddie Lewis heads up the firm's environmental law practice in the US; he is trusted by clients facing catastrophic industrial accidents.
They have working knowledge of local regulators and regulations that assist greatly with decision making on complex local projects. They also assist with contracting and other related services. They also work well and have technical expertise to discuss activities with experts, which assists with strategy development and interactions with regulatory agencies.
They provide sound advice in line with our company culture, risk threshold and goals making for good partners in decision making and interactions with other parties. Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its strong litigation practice, with an established track record of successfully defending pharmaceutical clients in multi-jurisdictional product liability claims and patent litigation.
The antitrust team, headed by Robin Adelstein in New York, plays a key role in the firm's service offering. It is routinely involved in government investigations and enforcement actions, and also has extensive experience coordinating national competition strategies. Carol Poindexter in Washington DC is the key attorney for regulatory compliance issues. The lawyers also are very skilled at communicating with senior leadership e.
He hones in on the key issues and risks of a dispute and provides clarity to the business. The life sciences industry is quite complex and constantly changing. Saul and his team stay current and also anticipate upcoming changes. Norton Rose Fulbright excels in multi-jurisdictional disputes, drawing on the firm's extensive global network to advise clients across borders.
With Charles Walker , the head of the IP disputes practice in the US, and James Repass as the head of IP in the US, based in the Houston office, the practice has a strong foothold in one of the busiest patent litigation states in the country. Ronald Smith; Andrew Lom. Oil and gas—including onshore and offshore drilling—is the primary sector of focus.
The practice - including practitioners based in Sao Paulo and Mexico - covers the entire Latin American market, advising on commercial and investment treaty matters, with energy, mining, transport, infrastructure and life sciences particular areas of focus. Recent matters saw the team advise offshore chains and accessories maker Vicinay Cadenas in a dispute with Petrobras America that lasted nearly a decade before a settlement was reached; it is also currently involved in confidential matters in the aviation, shipping, energy and agribusiness sectors.
Ottawa-based counsel Alison G. FitzGerald , who has experience in ad hoc arbitrations and matters administered under all the major arbitral institutions; and Houston-based senior associate Denton Nichols in Houston, are both up-and-comers of note. Great knowledge of the field and the ability to forge strong interpersonal relationships.
The firm: Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. Areas of practice: Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm. Recognized for its industry focus, Norton Rose Fulbright is strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.
Through its global risk advisory group, Norton Rose Fulbright leverages its industry experience with knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide its clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.
Wherever it is, Norton Rose Fulbright operates in accordance with its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. It aims to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of its offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact. Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients.
We are committed to the goal of strengthening our diversity through recruiting, retaining and advancing lawyers and staff, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or age.
Our commitment is consistent with our recognition that it is the outstanding people within our business who are the source of our strength. Our colleagues—lawyers and staff—are our greatest assets.
We have long embraced the principles of equal employment opportunity. We further recognize that promoting diversity is an integral component of our continuing quest for excellence as individual lawyers and as a legal practice. Authors : Etelka Bogardi James Parker. Authors : Matthew H. Email firm Visit website 1 Go to Advice to Sponsors. Noam Ayali - Norton Rose Fulbright. Practice head s : Keith Martin; Ben Koenigsberg. Practice head s : Eric Daucher. Other key lawyers: Toby Gerber ; James Copeland.
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Todd Alexander. James Tussing. George Baptista. Thomas Dowdell. He is a very effective negotiator and analyses issues both from a business and legal standpoint and finds creative solutions. The firm has a recognised market presence in its core areas of both investment grade and emerging market debt, sovereign and supranational issuance, debt restructuring, corporate trust issues, Islamic Finance and Canadian capital markets. EMEA chair and head of Islamic finance Farmida Bi is renowned for advice on corporate trustee matters, sovereign debt, project bonds and restructurings.
Peter Noble is a recognised expert in deals for Canadian issuers, though he also advises foreign issuers and their dealers in the Canadian capital markets. Counsels Vishal Mawkin and Jacqueline Heng also play key roles in the practice. Added bonus of merger with Fulbright adds excellent NY law capability and experience. The project team was able to provide daily management information which was very useful. Norton Rose does it well. Their flexible approach to billing is noteworthy as well.
Clients of Norton Rose Fulbright report its ' quality and expertise rival that of the Magic Circle, but it offers a better value proposition and better partner availability '.
The firm handles a strong flow of transactional derivatives work and structured products transactions, frequently involving innovative products and new markets such as new securities lending pledge documents. It is also has a growing presence in emerging areas such as fintech.
Peter Young leads the capital markets group, in which Daniel Franks handles derivatives, repos, stock lending, collateral, set-off, netting, structured products and regulatory capital and funding transactions, and Nigel Dickinson , who is ' the crown jewel standout partner, the best repackaging lawyer in the market ', is a key adviser investment banks on cutting-edge derivatives and structured finance transactions.
Franks has recently advised multiple global banks on the adoption of new industry documentation for securities lending on a secured basis. Structured finance partner David Shearer , though mainly focused on securitisation, also handles covered bond and structured finance transactions for a broad client base.
Quality and expertise rival that of the Magic Circle, but it offers a better value proposition and better partner availability. Nigel Dickinson is the best repackaging lawyer in the market: his experience of complex structured finance transactions is unrivalled, and he is well-liked by the business as well as in-house lawyers for how quickly he grasps the technical issues and is able to propose innovative solutions. He is ably assisted by up-and-coming partner Daniel Franks.
Always have partner focus on matters. He is valued by both in-house legal and business teams. They have made the effort to truly understand our business and its needs, and we consider them a trusted advisor to our business. He is an active participant in our matters and is always available to us. As a result he understands our business incredibly well and can be trusted as a safe pair of hands.
I first met senior associate Sean Bruns at the start of his career and it was clear to me even then that he was exceedingly gifted. He has a confident grasp of even the most complex of our transactions and we always enjoy working with him. Norton Rose Fulbright has ' business sense and superb domain expertise - ideal advisor for first-time issuers '. The London-based securitisation practice is predominantly focused on residential mortgage-backed transactions, both in the UK and internationally, though it also handles covered bonds, trade receivables and SME lending, as well as advising issuers, cash managers and trustees on post-issue restructurings, defaults and litigation.
Practice head David Shearer is ' a trusted advisor for the top management of any issuer with exceptional expertise in the field of securitisation '. Key partner Sandrine Sauvel handles deals in the UK and throughout Europe, acting for arrangers, originators, trustees, rating agencies and monoline guarantors.
Farmida Bi provides essential advice on corporate trustee and service provider issues. Rae Parsons shows commitment to meeting even the most demanding deadlines. Dan Kennedy; Sarah Fitzpatrick. Forceful but always reasonable. Personable and a pleasure to work with.
Experienced in defending high profile and heavyweight solicitor negligence claims. She is experienced and calm under pressure whilst providing succinct advice on technical legal issues. Norton Rose Fulbright advises asset managers including the investment arms of a number of financial institutions on fund formation, regulatory issues and investments.
It also has an active listed fundraising practice, which handles IPOs on key exchanges. The team advises funds focused on asset classes including energy, infrastructure and transport, alongside debt and insurance products. Practice head Richard Sheen has a strong track record in asset management and equity capital markets work. Ian Fox and counsel Margaret Simcock are other key individuals in the group. Ian Fox ; Margaret Simcock. He has a long track record of providing practical and commercial advice on investment trusts.
A real trusted adviser. The team is regularly instructed on the construction and development of LNG-to-power projects and other related infrastructure. Practice head Rob Marsh who also co-leads the renewable energy practice has extensive experience across energy regulation and project work.
Nick Prowse is the name for upstream and downstream oil and gas matters, and has experience acting across EMEA. Madhavi Gosavi is a project finance specialist. On the energy disputes side, the team is led by Neil Miller , who is supported by key partners James Rogers and Holly Stebbing. Energy transition matters have also become a growing focus for the team. The teams are organized by lawyers with excellent training and are knowledgeable across a wide range of matters. Norton Rose Fulbright Norton Rose Fulbright Norton Rose Fulbright leverages its considerable international network to support on an array of inward investment transactions and cross-border real estate projects.
Norton Rose Fulbright 's construction practice leverages the firm's strengths in employment and health and safety law to provide a full set of services to clients. The dedicated team provides technical support on a number of key agreements, both standard and bespoke, to clients across the infrastructure, civil structures, office and hotel sectors. Mark Berry heads up the team, specialising in EPC and ECM contracts in the energy, mining and infrastructure sectors, with a particular emphasis on public-private partnerships.
Peter Hall is well regarded for his experience in large domestic developments and his involvement in the firm's sustainable cities initiative. Andrew Buisson is also highly active in this area. Peter Hall ; Andrew Buisson.
Stuck to the brief and sub budgets for particular deliverables and refreshingly came in under budget. His drafting and attention to detail is excellent, he is deal focused and he has a great ability to break down and explain difficult legal concepts in manner that is easily understandable for both parties, which in turn made him a great negotiator and facilitator.
The practice is diverse and ranges from advising on high-volume international transactions and projects, particularly in the renewables space, to product regulation as well as large regeneration projects. The team is also involved in high-stakes environmental litigation, on the international and domestic level. Climate change and clean energy lawyer Andrew Hedges heads up the climate finance side of the practice while counsel Lucy Bruce Jones plays a key role in the team, advising on non-contentious and contentious matters.
Great for diversity as it includes female solicitors in leading positions. The collaboration is great and there is a strong cohesion in the team.
A big advantage is the collaboration across other teams in NRF, taking care of all needs in the litigation. She is very knowledgeable of the oil industry and operations, and has good litigation instincts and excellent leadership skills.
She also has excellent communication skills with lay clients and is available to clients. She is the kind of person you want in your corner. Caroline May probably has as much hands-on experience of environmental litigation as anyone currently in practice.
Norton Rose Fulbright has a diverse corporate governance work base, encompassing board-level advice, annual reporting and regulatory obligations, compliance work, and a strong investigatory practice, handling issues such as SFO investigations and white-collar crime matters.
The team is led by David Harris , a specialist in cross-border criminal and regulatory investigations with a strong focus on the banking and financial services sector, alongside Jon Perry , who is an experienced takeover adviser with cross-border expertise in the commodities and mining sectors. When they explain complex issues they have a way of expressing the issues which I can analyse and understand quickly.
We have needed to work very closely with the NRF team, and they have worked very closely with all of my own team. Billing is transparent and understandable, the team have had all the requisite skills as we needed them. With a strong focus on cybersecurity work, the practice handles a large number of high-profile data breaches and is well versed in cyber incident responses.
On the data protection side, the team advises large corporate and government clients on global compliance policies and procedures. Practice co-head Marcus Evans is experienced in large cross-border privacy projects and outsourcing matters.
Fellow co-head Ffion Flockhart is recommended for cyber risk management work and Lara White handles privacy issues for financial services, insurance and technology companies. Lara White ; Janine Regan. The department places an emphasis on running internal investigations and handling self-reporting matters relating to allegations of fraudulent activity, bribery and corruption.
It has additional sanctions expertise, as evidenced in the recent workloads of David Harris and recently promoted partner Katie McDougall. The team forms part of the wider dispute resolution and litigation department led by Michael Godden. Senior consultant Lista Cannon serves as global co-head of the regulation and investigations group.
She is particularly strong dealing with clients in the financial sector. When they explain complex issues, they have a way of expressing the issues which I can analyse and understand quickly. We have needed to work very closely with the NRF team. They understood our complex corporate history, and they have been very innovative in helping us navigate a complex and changing environment.
We have been able to make rapid decisions as we have been able to get clear guidance, quickly. The whole team have been excellent! David Harris in particular is an extremely valued contact.
She is very commercial and practical. Her advice is clear and relevant. She gives solutions not problems. We are able to have pragmatic discussions which help in getting deals done.
Led by Raj Karia , the team is notably active in transactions with a nexus to the real estate, renewables infrastructure, oil and gas, mining, healthcare and life sciences, and financial sectors.
Fiona Millington , Richard Sheen and Clementine Hogarth are among other names to note in the group, which is also highly active in emerging markets transactions, including those involving the Middle East and Africa. Norton Rose Fulbright provides its clients with ' consistent and high calibre support' across a range of areas, often leveraging its international network of offices to provide global expertise.
Merger control is a speciality, with the group often being brought in by clients when a phase II investigation is launched to provide specialist advice, though the team also handles investigations of various types. Mark Tricker leads on merger clearances for some of the practice's key clients such as PayPal. They know our business and are able to provide practical, commercial advice and have an excellent understanding of the law in this area and best practice.
They are a very personable team with sharp focus and responsive turnarounds. We have found them highly adaptive in responding to questions from different parts of our business and a pleasure to work with. They have been creative and responsive in their training offerings for us. Quick to adapt advice to our sector and understand complex products. Is able to get to the key questions decisively and instils great confidence with his advice.
Quickly absorbs all the facts and listens actively. Brings excellent experience and understanding of competition law in practice.
Norton Rose Fulbright 's London private equity practice draws on the wider firm's global connections to advise on crossborder buy-outs and exits. The corporate and white-collar crime team at Norton Rose Fulbright sits within the wider dispute resolution department led by Michael Godden. In addition, complex mutual legal assistance issues and cutting-edge market abuse matters are other strengths of the practice.
Pamela Reddy ; Claudia Culley. Both exercise astute judgement. Clients feel that they are listened to and the team put their all into obtaining the best result possible. An excellent, focused team. Communication was clear, concise and always provided on a very timely basis. I am very happy with everything provided by the NRF white collar crime team, and would not hesitate to work with them again. She is meticulous, organised and engaged at every point of the case.
Clients feel that their interests are being well cared for; I get an excellent and very prompt response to all my queries. The entire team were a delight to work with, but particular thanks to Pam Reddy for her proactive attitude, personable demeanour and quality of advice.
Norton Rose Fulbright 's litigation department is ' a very safe set of hands for the most complex and difficult cross-border commercial disputes '. It also has growing expertise in cyber disputes and group actions, for which Ffion Flockhart and Antony Corsi are the respective names to note. Perfect blend of an eye for overall strategy and tactics, with attention to detail in the delegation and supervision of senior and junior associates leading individual workstreams. Highly organised individual who plainly takes great care in his work.
Overall, the team is a very safe set of hands for the most complex and difficult cross-border commercial disputes. Norton Rose Fulbright advises on the full spectrum of contentious competition issues, including investigations, follow-on claims and standalone actions in both the UK and EU courts. Equally able representing claimants and defendants, the group has been involved in many of the largest cases on the market, having recently represented HSBC in claims following on from the FX market cartel decision.
London competition head Mark Simpson has developed a niche in regulated sectors, most notably telecoms, electricity and gas.
Managing partner Peter Scott is also recommended. They truly operate as a team and have managed to create a highly collaborative culture in the practice. The entire team from partner to associate is fully engaged on every case, which inspires confidence and makes for a highly productive working relationship. He is smart and fosters a collaborate culture on his cases. He also has a solid understanding of the core competition economics concepts and interacts meaningfully with experts to ensure the best outcomes for his clients.
But what marks NRF out was the quality of the collaboration that we had with them. You expect knowledge, insight and of course hard work, and you get all of that too from the NRF team, but when that comes with a warm, human approach it helps hugely with handling those inevitable pinch points found on any case.
Norton Rose Fulbright 's international arbitration practice fields dedicated arbitration specialists across various industries, particularly the energy and infrastructure sectors. Matthew Buckle was made counsel in Well-resourced, experienced, and with truly outstanding client care.
Highly intelligent and patient, and with incredible forensic skills. Stuttaford is ' absolutely brilliant ', ' tactically astute ' and an experienced tax litigator.
The team represents clients in tax authority investigations and a broad range of tax disputes involving the major UK courts and tribunals, as well as the European Court of Justice. Contentious tax lawyer Chris Bates advises on HMRC investigations, risk reviews and tax governance and compliance matters. Michael Alliston is also noted. He knows tax law and practice like no-one else.
They are approachable and always willing to provide both legal advice but with a commercial approach when assessing any risks. He understands the commercial drivers behind what the client needs and is upfront with what can be done.
They give commercial, pragmatic advice without looking for overly complex solutions. Caroline May leads the Norton Rose Fulbright health and safety team. Expert in product safety and liability matters, May has extensive experience in the utilities, transport, and construction sectors in relation to industrial accidents. The team also handles high-profile public sector projects, both in an advisory and crisis response capacity.
She delivers exceptional service to her clients and fights their corner tenaciously. Former lead, Peter Ford , remains with the practice as a consultant working with major UK and international corporates on all aspects of pensions law.
The team's contentious practice provides strategic advice in relation to benefit errors, TPR moral hazard powers, and contentious funding negotiations. They have provided valuable advice on consolidated trust deeds and rules and scheme closures and mergers. Led by Chris Brown , the ' incredibly attentive and cohesive ' team at Norton Rose Fulbright provides ' high-quality ' advice to banks and borrowers on multi-jurisdictional financings in core areas of sector strength for the firm as a whole, including infrastructure, energy and transport.
As well as its work for major commercial banks, the team is also skilled at advising on emerging markets-related particularly across the African continent multi-sourced financings involving ECAs and DFIs. Neha Khosla is ' perceptive, robust and tenacious ', particularly in her work for lenders and borrowers engaged in energy-related emerging markets deals including in oil mandates utilising reserve based lending facilities.
The firm also benefits from access to ancillary areas of expertise, including asset-based lending ABL and Islamic finance, ensuring that it is able to handle the more bespoke transactions in the market.
They provided consistently great service throughout. Always available and commercially minded. She communicates complex issues with absolute clarity and leaves no stone unturned. Norton Rose Fulbright is known for its work in disputes involving commercial and industrial real estate, transport infrastructure, energy and logistics projects.
Donald Warnock heads the construction and energy practice for the firm, leading in disputes, and particularly arbitrations, in those areas. Simon Ramsden and James Rogers are also noted for their respective experience advising on PFI disputes and international arbitration. Simon Ramsden ; James Rogers. Daniel Metcalfe; Jennie Dorsaint. The team is able to work fast without sacrificing attention to detail when required to meet tight deadlines. They have made increasing use of technology, particularly in the conditions precedent space.
Clear fee arrangements and periodic WIP billing updates engender confidence in project controls and efficiency of service. Norton Rose made the legal elements of our transaction feel effortless — their advice was always clear, very timely and document reviews were controlled with well-managed and quickly resolved issues lists. A fantastic experience and a top class adviser.
They go above and beyond to get the deal done and have done a number of extremely difficult deals for us in the past year. Highly responsive, very commercial and everything you want in a real estate finance lawyer. She is an exceptional lawyer, with great poise and a very calm and friendly demeanour. Sarah knows exactly what needs to be done and ensures a crisp execution and excellent client management. She also manages her team incredibly well and invisibly, so her associates are empowered and similarly competent and her clients benefit from her close behind the scenes oversight and careful management of key commercials.
She has exceptional knowledge of complex structures. Steered by EMEA corporate chief Raj Karia , the team is predominantly instructed on matters with a strong international aspect, coordinating transformative transactions. Experienced in Asian and African markets, Jon Perry is rated by clients for his 'nimble, problem-solving approach'.
I have now worked with them for over two and a half years, and they never fail to impress.
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