Norton Rose Fulbright promotes 56 lawyers in its 2025 global partner class

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today announced that 56 of its lawyers globally will be promoted to partner, effective January 1, 2025.

The new partner class includes lawyers from 13 practice areas: litigation and disputes (18); corporate, M&A and securities (12); banking and finance (9); employment and labor (3); public finance (3); antitrust and competition (2); cybersecurity and data privacy (2); projects (2); healthcare regulatory, policy and litigation (1); intellectual property (1); real estate (1); restructuring (1); and tax (1).

Jeff Cody, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Managing Partner and US Managing Partner, said:

“Growing the partnership is a focus of our firm, and one of the best ways to do that is to promote our own highly qualified and talented rising stars. Congratulations to these outstanding lawyers, who will continue to contribute to our firm’s success.”

The promotions span 18 of the firm’s 53 offices around the world. The countries with the most promoted partners this year are the US (22), Canada (18) and the UK (11).

Peter Scott, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Managing Partner and EMEA Managing Partner, said:

“We provide clients around the world with exceptional and seamless service across key practices and sectors. Our new partners demonstrate our impressive global reach and range, and congratulations to them all.”

Promotion details by practice area, including lawyer name and location, can be found below.

Antitrust and competition

Abraham Chang, Houston
Jamie Cooke, London

Banking and finance

Ben Carrozzi, London *
James Kent, London
Charlotte Hickman, London
Jessica Melville, London
Joe Mooney, Calgary
Thomas Nichols, Montreal
Aditya Rebbapragada, Singapore
Alexandra Somerset, London
Alvin Wong, Hong Kong **

Corporate, M&A and securities

Simon Baker, London
Ajit Dhillon, Vancouver
Evan Hardee, Dallas
James Lacey, New York
Rachel Lesmerises, Montreal
Mark Maurice, London
Pier-Olivier Poisson, Montreal
Lauren Salloway, Toronto
Rohan Sridhar, Melbourne
Sean Wallace, Calgary
Vanessa Ward, Sydney
Amelia Zhang, Houston

Cybersecurity and data privacy

Ji Won Kim, Los Angeles
Travis Walker, Toronto

Employment and labor

Jesika Silva Blanco, Houston
Joseph Cohen-Lyons, Toronto
Paul Macchione, Toronto

Healthcare regulatory, policy and litigation

Jeff Wurzburg, San Antonio

Intellectual property

Jeremy Albright, Austin

Litigation and disputes

Erika Anschuetz, Toronto
Erin Brown, Ottawa
Kate Ergenbright, Houston
Mike George, London
Alicia Grant, San Antonio
Veronica Portillo Kendrick, Dallas
Ashley Kuempel, Austin
Nathan Lapper, Vancouver
Anthony Lauriello, New York
Joey Piorkowski, Dallas
Geoff Poelman, Calgary
Marc Robert, Paris
Brad Rutledge, Houston
Jean-Simon Schoenholz, Ottawa
Sean Topping, New York
Aimee Vidaurri, San Antonio
Eva Yang, Los Angeles
Noah Zucker, Montreal

Projects

Deanne Barrow, San Francisco
Matt Hacking, London

Public finance

Stepan Haytayan, Los Angeles
Matt Lee, Austin
Matt McCabe, Dallas

Real estate

Liam Oster, Vancouver

Restructuring

Gemma Long, London

Tax

Nikki Hildebrand, Vancouver

* Will relocate to Singapore in January 2025
** Pending customary local regulatory approvals