Mark Norris

Mark's practice covers cross border inward investment, syndicated lending, structured export credit finance, structured trade and commodity finance, debt restructurings and asset finance. He has been recognised as "excelling" in structured export credit transactions and is praised for his "commercial and user-friendly approach."

Mark advises on ESG financings including hospitals, clean energy and transportation, and advises on financial crime, modern slavery, bribery and corruption issues in connection with trade and export finance. He led Sullivan’s response to the UK Government's consultation on UK Export Finance (UKEF)'s anti-bribery and corruption policy, with many of his recommendations accepted by the UK Government.

He has advised financial institutions, funds, corporate borrowers, agents and trustees, and national and supranational sovereign/quasi-sovereign organisations on award-winning finance transactions throughout Africa, Western, Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the CIS and the Middle East.

Mark has extensive sector experience in infrastructure financing across Africa including off-grid power, healthcare and transportation, and has lived and practised law in the Czech Republic (Prague), England (London), Germany (Düsseldorf and Frankfurt) and Russia (Moscow).

Mark is the Deputy Chair of the British Exporters Association (BExA) and sits on both BExA’s Executive Committee as well as UK Finance’s Export Finance and Trade Committees. He is ranked in Chambers UK, 2025 for Commodities: Trade Finance and is recognised as a ‘Leading Individual’ for Trade Finance by The Legal 500 UK, 2025.

Mark holds graduate and post-graduate degrees with honours from the London School of Economics.

Career

Joined Sullivan & Worcester in 2013

Memberships

Export Finance and Trade Committee, British Bankers Association Trustee, National Youth Agency Royal African Society Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Education

London School of Economics and Political Science, LLM, 2010 College of Law, Law Society Finals, 1989 College of Law, Common Professional Examination, 1988 London School of Economics and Political Science, BSc (Economics), 1987