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The promotions span 11 global practice areas: litigation and disputes (18 lawyers); corporate, M&A and securities (10); banking and finance (9); intellectual property (4); employment and labor (3); tax (3); real estate (2); projects (2); antitrust and competition (1); bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency (1); and information governance, privacy and cybersecurity (1). Twenty-three of the 54 promoted lawyers are women (43%).
Gerry Pecht, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Chief Executive, said:
“Congratulations to these outstanding individuals who represent the future of Norton Rose Fulbright on their well-deserved promotions. Our clients continually praise these rising stars for their industry knowledge, business acumen and innovative solutions. I am especially proud that women account for more than 40% of our partner promotions for the third straight year, aligning with our ongoing gender diversity target of 40% women in our overall partnership, leadership roles, lawyer promotions, lateral additions and senior business services hires.”
Promotion details, including lawyer name, practice and location, can be found below.
Australia
- Kate Green (litigation and disputes, Sydney)
- Harriet Oldmeadow (litigation and disputes, Sydney)
- Nick Sinclair (banking and finance, Perth)
Canada
- Robin Acworth (corporate, M&A and securities, Calgary)
- Véronique Barry (corporate, M&A and securities, Québec)
- Scott Boucher (litigation and disputes, Vancouver)
- Brian Chau (intellectual property, Toronto)
- Matthew Choi (banking and finance, Vancouver)
- Jenna Anne de Jong (litigation and disputes, Ottawa)
- Russell Dufault (banking and finance, Toronto)
- Alison FitzGerald (litigation and disputes, Ottawa)
- Caroline Jodoin (employment and labor, Montréal)
- Jonathan Lafrance (tax, Montréal)
- Brigitte LeBlanc-Lapointe (corporate, M&A and securities, Ottawa)
- Jennifer McPherson (corporate, M&A and securities, Calgary)
- Brian Milne (tax, Calgary)
- Fahad Siddiqui (litigation and disputes, Toronto)
- Joshua Sprague (real estate, Ottawa)
- Nikita Stepin (intellectual property, Montréal)
- Tim Stewart (banking and finance, Toronto)
Germany
- Bernd Dreier (corporate, M&A and securities, Munich)
- Claudia Posluschny (employment and labor, Munich)
- Veit Sahlfeld (banking and finance, Hamburg)
- Annabelle Wheeler (litigation and disputes, Munich/London)
Hong Kong
- Rachel Chan (corporate, M&A and securities, Hong Kong)
- Daniel Ng (litigation and disputes, Hong Kong)
South Africa*
- Paul Cartwright (litigation and disputes, Johannesburg)
United Kingdom
- Matthew Buckle (litigation and disputes, London)
- Zayba Drabu (litigation and disputes, London)
- Helen Fairhead (antitrust and competition, London)
- Laura Kiwelu (projects, London)
- James Lockwood (litigation and disputes, London)
- Marianne McMahon (general counsel, London)
- Louisa Roe (real estate, London)
- Nicolas Sirtoli (corporate, M&A and securities, London)
- Alex Zekkos (banking and finance, London)
United States
- Rebecca Abou-Chedid (projects, Washington, DC)
- Nathan Baum (litigation and disputes, Dallas)
- Kimberly Cheeseman (employment and labor, Houston)
- Justin Coddington, (tax, Houston)
- Victoria Corder (litigation and disputes, New York)
- Joseph Drapalski (litigation and disputes, Los Angeles)
- Eric Green (intellectual property, Austin)
- Fiona Henderson (banking and finance, New York)
- Jared Kaplan (corporate, M&A and securities, New York)
- Dimitri Millas (banking and finance, Houston)
- Denton Nichols (litigation and disputes, Houston)
- Blake Redwine (corporate, M&A and securities, Dallas)
- Anna Rudawski (information governance, privacy and cybersecurity, New York)
- Rafe Schaefer (litigation and disputes, Houston)
- Darren Smith (intellectual property, Houston)
- Rebecca Winthrop (bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency, Los Angeles)
- Alberta Yan (corporate, M&A and securities, New York)
- Geraldine Young (litigation and disputes, Houston)
*Lawyers in South Africa receive promotions to director instead of partner.
Dan McKenna Norton Rose Fulbright
