Norton Rose Fulbright recognized in 2018 Legal 500 US guide
Global | Recognition | June 6, 2018
The 2018 Legal 500 US guide ranks Norton Rose Fulbright as a leading law firm in 35 national practice areas, including five top-tier firm rankings in the US.
Legal 500 also ranked eight of our US lawyers as leading national lawyers, named four lawyers as “next generation lawyers” and recommended another 92 lawyers for their work in a variety of practice areas.
Each US edition of The Legal 500 guide highlights law firms with a large national presence. Emphasis is placed on practice groups and teams as opposed to individual lawyers to spotlight the legal market based on the guide's "assessment of the overall strength and depth of a practice group."
With the exception of leading lawyers, Legal 500 does not rank individual lawyers and opts instead to highlight lawyers who are recommended in each practice area.
Listed below are the nationwide practice areas in which we are ranked:
| Practice area |
| Antitrust - Civil litigation/class actions: defense |
| Antitrust - Merger control |
| Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes |
| Dispute resolution - International arbitration |
| Dispute resolution - International litigation |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco) |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense |
| Dispute resolution - Securities litigation: defense |
| Finance - Project finance - Project finance - advice to lender |
| Finance - Project finance - Project finance - advice to sponsor |
| Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| Finance - Structured finance - securitization |
| Industry focus - Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| Industry focus - Energy regulatory: conventional power |
| Industry focus - Energy regulatory: oil and gas |
| Industry focus - Energy transactions: oil and gas |
| Industry focus - Energy: Renewable/Alternative |
| Industry focus - Energy: Transactions conventional power |
| Industry focus - Healthcare: life sciences |
| Industry focus - Healthcare: service providers |
| Industry focus - Transport: Aviation and air travel: finance |
| Industry focus - Transport: Shipping - finance |
| Intellectual property - Patent litigation: full coverage |
| Intellectual property - Trademarks: litigation |
| Intellectual property - Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: middle-market (US$500m-999m) |
| Media, technology and telecoms - Advertising and marketing: litigation |
| Real estate |
| Tax - International tax |
| Tax - US taxes: contentious |
| Tax - US taxes: non-contentious |
Below are the US lawyers who are honored as leading lawyers:
| Lawyer | Practice area |
| Mark Baker | Dispute Resolution - International arbitration |
| Noam Ayali | Finance - Project finance |
| Lawrence Larose | Finance – Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| William Wood | Industry focus - Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| Keith Martin | Industry tocus - Energy: renewable/alternative |
| Todd Alexander | Industry focus - Energy: renewable/alternative |
| James Tussing | Industry focus - Transport: Aviation and Air Travel - finance |
| William Bowers | Tax - US taxes: non-contentious |
Below are the US lawyers who are recommended in their respective practice areas:
| Lawyer | Practice area |
| Rodney Acker | Dispute resolution - Securities litigation: defense |
| Robin Adelstein | Antitrust - Civil litigation/class actions - defense |
| Todd Alexander | Finance - Project finance |
| Industry focus - Energy: renewable/alternative | |
| Industry focus - Energy: transactions - conventional power | |
| Noam Ayali | Finance - Project finance |
| Mark Baker | Dispute resolution - International arbitration |
| Dispute resolution - International litigation | |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense | |
| David Barrett | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: middle-market (US$500m-999m) |
| Jerry Bell | Industry focus - Healthcare: service providers |
| Howard Beltzer | Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Brad Berman | Industry focus - Transport: shipping - finance |
| Scott Berson | Finance - Structured finance: securitization |
| William Bowers | Tax - US taxes: non-contentious |
| William Cavanagh | Tax - International tax |
| Bob Comer | Industry focus - Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| Industry focus - Energy regulatory: oil and gas | |
| Andrew Coronios | Finance - Structured finance: securitization |
| Sean Corrigan | Industry focus - Transport: aviation and air travel |
| Beau Cox | Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes |
| Carter Crow | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action - consumer products (including tobacco) |
| Brian Devine | Industry focus - Transport: shipping - finance |
| Stephen Dillard | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense |
| Industry focus - Energy litigation: oil and gas | |
| Patrick Dolan | Finance - Structured finance: securitization |
| Thomas Dowdell | Industry focus - Healthcare: service providers |
| Vincent Dunn | Finance - Structured finance: securitization |
| Robert Eberhardt | Finance - Project finance |
| Industry focus - Energy: renewable/alternative | |
| Industry focus - Energy: transactions - conventional power | |
| Jessica Farley | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense | |
| Brian Fenske | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| David Foster | Antitrust - Merger control |
| Antitrust - Civil litigation/class actions: defense | |
| Jonathan Franklin | Antitrust - Civil litigation/class actions: defense |
| Deborah Gitomer | Industry focus - Energy transactions: oil and gas |
| William Greason | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Alicia Groos | Intellectual property - Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) |
| Charles Hall | Tax - US taxes: contentious |
| Thomas Hall | Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes |
| Kevin Harnisch | Dispute resolution - Securities litigation: defense |
| Glen Hettinger | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Thomas Hirsch | Industry focus - Energy regulatory: oil and gas |
| Charles Hord III | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A - middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Scott Incerto | Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes |
| Steven Jansma | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: automotive/transport |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense | |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense | |
| Paul Keller | Intellectual property - Patent litigation: full coverage |
| Timothy Kenny | Intellectual property - Trademarks: litigation |
| Intellectual property - Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing) | |
| Matthew Kirtland | Dispute resolution - International arbitration |
| Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco) | |
| Benjamin Koenigsberg | Finance - Project finance |
| Andrius Kontrimas | Tax - International tax |
| Richard Krumholz | Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes |
| Dispute resolution - International litigation | |
| Layne Kruse | Antitrust - Civil litigation/class actions: defense |
| Antitrust - Merger control | |
| Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes | |
| Stephen Kuntz | Tax - US taxes : contentious |
| Tax - US taxes: non-contentious | |
| Lawrence Larose | Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| Bill Leone | Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations |
| Daniel Scott Leventhal | Intellectual property - Patent litigation: full coverage |
| Gene Lewis | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: middle-market (US$500m-999m) |
| Jeffrey Lewis | Intellectual property: Patent litigation: full coverage |
| Andres Liivak | Industry focus - Healthcare: life sciences |
| Mitchell Lubart | Real estate |
| Jeffrey Margulies | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: consumer products (including tobacco) |
| Media, technology and telecoms- Advertising and marketing: litigation | |
| Keith Martin | Finance - Project finance |
| Industry focus - Energy regulatory: conventional power | |
| Industry focus - Energy: renewable/alternative | |
| Industry focus - Energy: transactions - conventional power | |
| Stacey Martinez | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense |
| Dispute resolution - Product Liability, mass tort and class action: Automotive/transport | |
| Michael Masri | Tax - US taxes: non-contentious |
| Industry focus - Energy regulatory: conventional power | |
| John Mauel | Industry focus - Energy transactions: oil and gas |
| Julie Mayo | Industry focus - Energy transactions: oil and gas |
| Daniel McClure | Industry focus - Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| Thomas McCormack | Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes |
| Michael Metteauer | Intellectual property - Trademarks: litigation |
| Marilyn Mooney | Industry focus - Healthcare: life sciences |
| Robert Morris | Tax - US taxes: contentious |
| Kessar Nashat | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Sheldon Nussbaum | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) |
| Kevin O'Gorman | Dispute resolution - International arbitration |
| Dispute resolution - International litigation | |
| Mark Oakes | Dispute resolution - Securities litigation: defense |
| Gerard Pecht | Dispute resolution - Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense |
| Dispute resolution - International litigation | |
| Dispute resolution - Securities litigation: defense | |
| Saul Perloff | Intellectual property - Trademarks: litigation |
| Media, technology and telecoms - Advertising and marketing: litigation | |
| Yvonne Puig | Industry focus - Healthcare: life sciences |
| Industry focus - Healthcare: service providers | |
| Christy Rivera | Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal |
| Kassandra Lydia Savicki | Industry focus - Transport: shipping - finance |
| Howard Seife | Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Gina Shishima | Industry focus - Healthcare: life sciences |
| Jonathan Skidmore | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: pharmaceuticals and medical devices - defense |
| Jane Snoddy Smith | Real estate |
| Michael Solomita | Intellectual property - Patent litigation: full coverage |
| Jay Stiffler | Industry focus - Energy transactions: oil and gas |
| Peter Stokes | Dispute resolution - Securities litigation: defense |
| Louis Strubeck | Finance - Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate |
| Steven Suzzan | Industry focus - Healthcare: life sciences |
| M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m) | |
| Eric Tashman | Finance - Structured finance: securitization |
| Jasper Taylor | Tax - US taxes: contentious |
| James Tussing | Industry focus - Transport: Aviation and air travel – finance |
| Charles Walker | Industry focus - Healthcare: life sciences |
| Intellectual property - Patent litigation: full coverage | |
| Julie Pateman Ward | Industry focus - Transport: shipping - finance |
| Daniel Wellington | Antitrust - Merger control |
| Joseph Williams | Industry focus - Energy regulatory: conventional power |
| William Wood | Industry focus - Energy litigation: oil and gas |
| Brett Young | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense |
| Dispute resolution - Product Liability, mass tort and class action: Automotive/transport | |
| Richard Zembek | Intellectual property - Patent litigation: full coverage |
Below are the US lawyers who are named next generation lawyers:
| Lawyer | Practice area |
| Beau Cox | Dispute resolution - General commercial disputes |
| Kessar Nashat | M&A/corporate and commercial - M&A: middle-market (US$500m-999m) |
| Alyssa Vazquez | Transport: Aviation and air travel - finance |
| Brett Young | Dispute resolution - Product liability, mass tort and class action: toxic tort - defense |