Norton Rose Fulbright

Firm Details:

Managing Partner: Jeff Cody

Number of partners in Latin America: 9

Number of other lawyers in Latin America: 20

International Offices:

Amsterdam, Athens, Austin, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Brussels, Bujumbura**, Calgary, Canberra, Cape Town, Casablanca, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Dubai, Durban, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Harare**, Hong Kong, Houston, Istanbul, Jakarta*, Johannesburg, Kampala**, London, Los Angeles, Luxembourg, Melbourne, Milan, Minneapolis, Monaco, Montréal, Munich, New York, Nairobi**, Ottawa, Paris, Perth, Piraeus, Québec, Riyadh*, San Antonio, San Francisco, Shanghai, Singapore, St. Louis, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, Vancouver, Warsaw, Washington DC

*associate office

*alliance

Firm Overview:

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm with deep roots in Latin America. It provides the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. It has more than 3,000 lawyers and other legal staff based in Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

Norton Rose Fulbright is recognised for its industry focus across all of the key sectors: financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; transport; technology; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets. Through its global risk advisory group, the firm leverages its industry experience with its knowledge of legal, regulatory, compliance and governance issues to provide its clients with practical solutions to the legal and regulatory risks facing their businesses.

Wherever it is, Norton Rose Fulbright operates in accordance with its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity. It aims to provide the highest possible standard of legal service in each of its offices and to maintain that level of quality at every point of contact.

Norton Rose Fulbright Verein, a Swiss verein, helps coordinate the activities of Norton Rose Fulbright members but does not itself provide legal services to clients. Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in more than 50 cities worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg.

Main Area of Practice:

Financial Institutions:

Norton Rose Fulbright advises many of Latin America’s leading banks, asset managers, private equity firms and other financial investors and insurance companies on their domestic and international operations. The firm’s lawyers are renowned for their creative strategies and practical approach to solving clients’ issues.

Energy, Infrastructure & Resources:

Norton Rose Fulbright’s energy, infrastructure and natural resources experience is a key strength in Latin America. The firm’s clients are engaged in resource exploration and extraction, project development, energy generation and transmission, transportation and commercialization. Major multinational corporations, commercial banks, government bodies, ECAs and multilaterals in the oil and gas, mining, electric and regulated utilities, water, wind, solar, geothermal and nuclear power industries rely on the firm’s global team for its wide range of experience, innovative approaches and deep knowledge. Norton Rose Fulbright’s lawyers have historically played integral roles in many of the region’s most significant energy and infrastructure projects, particularly financing and privatisations.

Transport:

Norton Rose Fulbright has a long-standing track record of innovation in the transport sector, with asset finance lawyers experienced in all forms of finance and leasing structures and dispute resolution, litigation specialists with knowledge of all forms of court and arbitration forums and a corporate capability spanning M&A, private equity, joint ventures, strategic alliances and other forms of business organisation.

Technology:

Norton Rose Fulbright advises leading and emerging companies throughout the technology, business services, communications, media, entertainment and consumer markets sectors. The firm’s teams provide a global service to clients in both established and emerging markets.

Life Sciences & Healthcare:

Norton Rose Fulbright serves a range of innovative pharmaceutical, medical device and biotechnology companies as well as investors in the sector. The firm provides advice on the full range of legal issues that arise in the industry, from regulatory and compliance strategy to litigation and corporate transactions.

Consumer Markets:

Norton Rose Fulbright’s consumer markets lawyers offer clients market-leading legal advice across the consumer, retail, automotive and leisure sectors. The team comprises lawyers from across the global practice, bringing together leading practitioners with deep experience ranging across all legal disciplines, including corporate, M&A and securities, antitrust and competition, litigation and disputes, employment and labor, environmental law, tax, regulation and investigations, intellectual property and real estate. The firm’s clients include many of the world’s most prestigious brands, luxury goods and automotive manufacturers, food and beverage producers and consumer goods manufacturers, as well as wholesalers and retailers.