Scarlet McNellie named 2021 Outstanding Woman Lawyer

Scarlet McNellie (Dallas) has been selected as the 2021 Dallas Women Lawyers Association Outstanding Woman Lawyer Award recipient, recognizing her significant professional accomplishments as well as contributions within her community and firm.

McNellie will be honored in a VIP Reception on October 20 at the Petroleum Club in Dallas. A videotaped virtual awards reception will take place the following week on October 27.

McNellie is Norton Rose Fulbright's US Head of Corporate, M&A and Securities and is responsible for promoting the firm's corporate transactions strategy in the US and across the global business.

In her own practice, McNellie has experience representing public and private companies in the energy, insurance, technology, media, life sciences, health care, and banking sectors, in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and spin-off transactions, securities transactions including equity and debt offerings, tender offers, rights offerings and exchange offers, power, alternative energy transactions, private equity transactions and venture capital transactions. She also represents insurance companies providing M&A representations and warranties insurance coverage.

Founded in 1980, the Dallas Women's Lawyers Association is a non-profit organization committed to uniting for the mutual benefit of women attorneys to elevate the standing of women in the legal profession.