Norton Rose Fulbright Announces 51 New Partners in Its 2026 Global Promotions Round

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today confirmed that 51 of its lawyers globally will be promoted to partner, effective January 1, 2026.

This year’s class spans 12 practice areas across the firm, including litigation and disputes (14), corporate, M&A and securities (13), banking and finance (8), intellectual property (4), antitrust and competition (2), cybersecurity and data privacy (2), projects (2), government (2), employment and labor (1), financial services and regulation (1), healthcare transactions (1) and risk advisory (1).

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

“Growing our partnership continues to be an important focus for the firm. These individuals have demonstrated exceptional client focus, technical excellence and a genuine commitment to collaboration across our global platform. We’re proud to welcome them to the partnership and look forward to the impact they will continue to make.”

The promotions are distributed across 22 of the firm’s 53 offices around the world. The highest number of new partners are located in the US (18), Canada (12) and the UK (10).

Peter Scott, Norton Rose Fulbright’s Global Managing Partner and Managing Partner, Europe, Middle East and Asia Pacific, said:

“Our clients rely on us to deliver seamless, high-quality service wherever they operate, and this new partner class reflects the breadth and depth of talent that underpins that promise. Each of our new partners has earned this milestone through outstanding work and dedication to the firm. Congratulations to all of them on this achievement.”

Maxwell Karasek – Healthcare transactions 

John Poulos – Intellectual property