Norton Rose Fulbright

Global Chairman:Walied Soliman

Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers (worldwide):3,000+

Number of other fee-earners (worldwide): 

Total staff (worldwide):7,000+

Firm Overview: 

Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across more than 50 locations worldwide, including Houston, New York, London, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg, covering the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. With its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets. For more information, visit nortonrosefulbright.com.

Main Areas of Practice: 

Financial Institutions: 

Norton Rose Fulbright has an outstanding financial institutions practice, with almost 1,000 lawyers world-wide. The strength and depth of its practice across asset managers, banks, insurers and the financial services and markets sector is reflected in its panel memberships of over 50 major global financial institutions. Its work covers all aspects of corporate, regulatory and transactional work, significant strategic mandates, dispute resolution and litigation.

Energy, Infrastructure and Resources: 

Norton Rose Fulbright has one of the largest global energy, infrastructure and resources teams of any legal practice in the world with more than 1,500 lawyers. The practice’s work is conducted in all the major global energy markets and covers the full spectrum of industry sectors including: climate change; oil and gas; power; regulated utilities; renewables; commodities; water; ports and terminals; mining; nuclear; rail; construction and engineering; and food and agribusiness. Its breadth of experience is combined with strengths in multiple related disciplines such as project finance, M&A, environmental safety and planning, litigation and disputes, and regulation.

Transport: 

Norton Rose Fulbright has some 400 transport lawyers covering all legal disciplines, and more asset finance practitioners than any other international legal practice. Its broad range of experience has earned it a strong reputation in aviation, rail and shipping. In aviation, it advises on the full range of matters from insurance to regulation and enforcement. In rail, its experience has been gained from all sides of major transactions, encompassing regulatory, infrastructure and light rail work as well as rail finance, rolling stock acquisitions and leasing. In shipping, the firm covers all aspects of admiralty, shipping, marine insurance and transport and also benefits from a number of specialist advisors, including qualified Master Mariners and former naval officers.

Technology: 

Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full range of legal services to clients in industries where innovation and intellectual property are key, including the communications, media and technology, and retail and brands sectors. The technology and innovation team bring together practitioners from the practice’s corporate, finance, competition, regulatory, intellectual property, employment, dispute resolution and tax teams. It advises on all aspects of technology and intellectual property development, protection, procurement and licensing, and on all types of transactions where technology and innovation are important components, such as licence agreements, joint ventures, outsourcing, financing (including project, leverage, vendor and acquisition financing), venture capital and private equity investments and buy-outs, and public and private mergers and acquisitions.

Life Sciences and Healthcare: 

Norton Rose Fulbright acts for global innovative pharmaceutical, bioscience and technology companies at every stage of the product life cycle, from intellectual property protections to commercial transactions, and M&A. The firm also acts for healthcare clients, from hospitals to health insurers, on a variety of transactional and litigation matters. It provides regulatory guidance on clinical trials, marketing authorisations, post-market surveillance, governmental healthcare programs, antitrust, trade controls and anticorruption legislation.

Consumer Markets: 

Norton Rose Fulbright's consumer markets lawyers offer clients market-leading legal advice across the consumer, retail, automotive and leisure sectors. The team is comprised of lawyers from across the global practice, bringing together leading practitioners with deep experience ranging across all legal disciplines, including corporate, M&A and securities, antitrust and competition, litigation and disputes, employment and labor, environmental law, tax, regulation and investigations, intellectual property and real estate. The firm act for many of the world’s most prestigious brands, luxury goods and automotive manufacturers, food and beverage producers and consumer goods manufacturers as well as wholesalers and retailers.