Norton Rose Matches Last Year’s Bumper Global Promotions Tally

Norton Rose Fulbright has matched its previous partner promotions tally, as Reed Smith also announces a bumper global round for 2021.

The latest round sees Norton Rose promote 47 lawyers to its partnership across 11 locations worldwide. Litigation and disputes has seen the highest number of promotions this year, with 14 lawyers promoted to the partnership.

The corporate, M&A and securities practice and the banking and finance practice saw 10 and nine lawyers become partners respectively. The tally equals last year’s sweeping promotions round.

Gerry Pecht, Norton Rose Fulbright’s global chief executive, said in a statement: “I would like to congratulate this impressive group of lawyers on this accomplishment. Practicing in 22 offices across 11 countries on six continents, these lawyers reflect the truly global nature of Norton Rose Fulbright and its wide range of client offerings.”

Meanwhile, Reed Smith announced the promotion of 31 associates and counsel to partner across all its regions, bettering its tally last year by two.

The new partners are located in 11 offices in the U.S., U.K. and Asia, 42% of whom are women.

Casey Ryan, Reed Smith’s global head of legal personnel, said in a statement: “These promotions result from their outstanding legal skills, dedicated client service, high levels of productivity and strong firm citizenship. They have each made valuable contributions to the success of our business, and we are confident they will continue to do so.”

The two firms are the latest to announce their global partner promotions. On Wednesday, Morrison & Foerster halved the number of new partners on last year’s round, promoting only nine lawyers worldwide, while earlier in the week, fellow U.S. firm Milbank also announced a halved promotions round, with just five lawyers making the cut.

Norton Rose Fulbright 2021 partner promotions in full:

Steven Choi (real estate/construction and engineering, Sydney) Maija Kerry (corporate, M&A and securities, Sydney) Nicki Milionis (employment and labor, Melbourne) Tamlyn Mills (litigation and disputes, Sydney) Rajaee Rouhani (risk advisory, Melbourne) Alexandra Shields (employment and labor, Sydney) Heather Cameron (employment and labor, Ottawa) Kate Findlay (litigation and disputes, Toronto) Jennifer Hodgins (employment and labor, Toronto) Renée Loiselle (corporate, M&A and securities, Montréal) Kaitlin Long (litigation and disputes, Calgary) Michael Manhas (litigation and disputes, Vancouver) Laila Paszti (corporate, M&A and securities/data protection, privacy and cybersecurity Toronto) Noah Schein (banking and finance, Toronto) Aaron Stephenson (bankruptcy, financial restructuring & insolvency/litigation and disputes, Calgary) Liza Volpiana (real estate, Vancouver) Rowan Weaver (corporate, M&A and securities, Toronto) Will Alete (banking and finance, London) Zayed Al Jamil (intellectual property, London) Agnieszka Braciszewska (corporate, M&A and securities, Warsaw) Katie Chung (litigation and disputes, Singapore) Angela Croker (banking and finance, Dubai) Kevin Hong (litigation and disputes, Hong Kong) Julia Lloyd (tax, London) Sarah Lucey (risk advisory/compliance, London) Katie McDougall (litigation and disputes, London) Joris Ravelli (banking and finance, Amsterdam) Andrew Reeves (litigation and disputes, London) Alexandre Roth (banking and finance, Paris) Kirstin Russell (banking and finance, London) Antoine Thibaud (corporate, M&A and securities, Paris) Andrew Williams (banking and finance, London) Nicholas Wilson (corporate, M&A and securities, Hong Kong) Carol Holness (litigation and disputes, Durban) Sa’ood Lahri (litigation and disputes, Johannesburg) Ugendran Odayar (corporate, M&A and securities, Durban) Bryce Perrett (litigation and disputes, Durban) Bob Bruner (bankruptcy, financial restructuring and insolvency, Houston) Jay Edward Slovacek Greathouse (corporate, M&A and securities/healthcare transactions, San Antonio) Sumera Khan (litigation and disputes, Houston) Mary Kimura (banking and finance/public finance, San Francisco) Utsav Mathur (litigation and disputes/energy and infrastructure, Houston) Nancy Montmarquet (tax, New York) William Nicholson (projects, New York) Craig Oliver (corporate, M&A and securities, Dallas) Adrienne Sebring (banking and finance/corporate finance, New York), Katie Van Dyk (real estate, Austin)