Norton Rose Fulbright recognized in The Legal 500 2021 US guide

United States Press release - Firm June 2021

The Legal 500’s 2021 US guide recognizes Norton Rose Fulbright as a leading law firm in 34 national practice areas, including five top-tier firm rankings.

Along with listing 113 recommended lawyers from our firm, The Legal 500 also ranked eight of our US lawyers as leading national lawyers, three as next generation partner, six as rising stars and six in its hall of fame for their work across a broad range of key industries and practice areas.

Now in its 14th year, each US edition of The Legal 500 guide highlights law firms with a 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, The 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

Listed in The Legal 500 Hall of Fame

Lawyer Practice Area
Todd Alexander Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
  Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
Keith Martin Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
James Tussing Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
William Bowers US Taxes: Non-contentious
Todd Alexander Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
Noam Ayali Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors

Honored as leading lawyers

Lawyer Practice area
Benjamin Koenigsberg Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power; Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
Glen Hettinger M&A: Middle-Market ($500M-999M)
David Kessler E-Discovery
Brett Young Product Liability, Mass Tort, and Class Action – Defense: Toxic Tort
Alyssa Vazquez Transport: Aviation and Air Travel – Finance
Brian Devine Transport: Shipping – Finance
Steve Jansma Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Automotive Transport
Howard Seife Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate

Named next generation partners

Lawyer Practice area
Kessar Nashat M&A: Middle-Market ($500M-999M)
Eric Daucher Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Rob Eberhardt Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors

Honored as rising stars

Lawyer Practice area
James Copeland Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Jessica Rodriguez Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
Ellie Norris Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Nicholas Santangelo Transport: Shipping – Finance
Kassandra Savicki Transport: Shipping – Finance
Anna Biegelsen Energy Regulation: Conventional Power

Recognized as recommended lawyers

Lawyer Practice area
Rodney Acker Securities Litigation: Defense
Robin Adelstein Civil Litigation: Class Actions – Defense
           Healthcare: Life Sciences
Marissa Leigh Alcala Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
           Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Todd Alexander Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy: Renewable / Alternative Powers
           Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
           Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Darryl Anderson Civil Litigation: Class Actions – Defense
Noam Ayali Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
           Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
           Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
Mark Baker International Arbitration
George Baptista Structured Finance – Securitization
Mario Barrera Education
Deanne Barrow Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
Jerry Bell Education
           Healthcare: Service Providers
Howard Beltzer Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
David Ben-Meir Patents – Litigation (Full Coverage)
Jim Berger Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
Anna Biegelsen Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
Mayling Blanco US Taxes: Contentious
Felicia Boyd Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
Geren Brown Structured Finance – Securitization
Reagan Brown Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
David Burton Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy: Renewable/Alternative Powers
           Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
           US Taxes: Non-contentious
William Cavanagh US Taxes: Contentious
           US Taxes: Non-contentious
Bob Comer Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
           Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
James Copeland Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Andrew Coronios Structured Finance – Securitization
Sean Corrigan Transport: Aviation and Air Travel Finance
Chris Cwalina General Commercial Disputes
           Cyber Law (Data Privacy and Data Protection)
Andrea D’Ambra eDiscovery
           Cyber Law (Data Privacy and Data Protection)
Eric Daucher Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
           Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Will Daugherty eDiscovery
D’Lesli Davis Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
           Healthcare: Life Sciences
Brian Devine Transport: Shipping – Finance
Becky Diffen Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
           Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
Stephen Dillard Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
Patrick Dolan Structured Finance – Securitization
Steve Dollar International Litigation
           Securities Litigation: Defense
Vic Domen General Commercial Disputes
Thomas Dowdell Healthcare: Service Providers
Rob Eberhardt Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
           Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Ikenna Emehelu Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
Michael Flamenbaum US Taxes: Non-contentious
Jonathan Franklin Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
Douglas Fried Education
Caileen Gamache Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
           Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
Toby Gerber Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Municipal
Brett Govett Patents – Litigation (Full Coverage)
Elana Hahn Structured Finance – Securitization
Kevin Harnisch International Litigation
           Securities Litigation: Defense
Fiona Henderson Transport: Aviation and Air Travel Finance
Glen Hettinger M&A Middle Market ($500M-$999M)
Scott Incerto General Commercial Disputes
Steve Jansma Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Automotive Transport
Debbi Johnstone Healthcare: Life Sciences
           Healthcare: Service Providers
Timothy Kenny Patents – Litigation (Full Coverage)
           Trademarks – Non-contentious (Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
David Kessler E-discovery
           Cyber Law (Privacy and Data Protection)
Matthew Kirtland International Litigation
Ben Koenigsberg Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
           Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
           Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
           Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
Robert Kovacev US Taxes: Contentious
Richard Krumholz General Commercial Disputes
           International Litigation
Layne Kruse Civil Litigation: Class Actions – Defense
           General Commercial Disputes
Bill Leone International Litigation
Daniel Leventhal Patents – Litigation (Full Coverage)
Eddie Lewis Environment: Litigation
Gene Lewis Mergers and Acquisitions Middle Market ($500M-$999M)
Andrew Lom Fintech
Jeff Margulies Environment: Litigation
           Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
Keith Martin Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power
           Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
           Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
           Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
Stacey Martinez Healthcare: Life Sciences
Mina Matin International Arbitration
John Mauel Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
Kevin Mayer Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Toxic Tort
Dan McClure Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
Thomas McCormack General Commercial Disputes
Scarlet McNellie M&A Middle Market ($500M-$999M)
Robert Morris US Taxes: Contentious
           US Taxes: Non-contentious
Stacey Murphy Education
           Healthcare: Service Providers
Kessar Nashat Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
           M&A Middle Market ($500M-$999M)
Denton Nichols International Arbitration
Kevin O’Gorman International Arbitration
Gerard Pecht International Litigation
           Securities Litigation: Defense
Saul Perloff Healthcare: Life Sciences
           Advertising and Marketing: Litigation
Carol Poindexter Healthcare: Life Sciences
Yvonne Puig Healthcare: Service Providers
Sam Ramer International Litigation
Jim Repass Patents – Litigation (Full Coverage)
           Trademarks: Non-contentious (Prosecution, Portfolio Management and Licensing)
Jessica Rodriguez Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
Steven Roosa General Commercial Disputes
Amanda Rosenberg Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
Andrew Roth Education
           Healthcare: Service Providers
Melanie Rother Energy Litigation: Oil and Gas
Nicholas Santangelo Transport: Shipping – Finance
Kassandra Savicki Transport: Shipping – Finance
Howard Seife Restructuring (Including Bankruptcy): Corporate
Ellen Sessions Securities Litigation: Defense
Bob Shapiro Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
           Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
David Shearer Structured Finance – Securitization
Gina Shishima Healthcare: Life Sciences
Jonathan Skidmore Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
           Healthcare: Life Sciences
Ronald Smith Fintech
Deborah Stern Structured Finance – Securitization
Jay Stiffler Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas
Peter Stokes International Litigation
Eric Tashman Structured Finance – Securitization
Will Troutman Environment: Litigation
Elliot Turner Civil Litigation: Class Actions – Defense
James Tussing Transport: Aviation and Air Travel Finance
Alyssa Vazquez Transport: Aviation and Air Travel Finance
Charles Walker Patents – Litigation (Full Coverage)
Elizabeth Weaver Environment: Litigation
Paul Weber Project Finance – Advice to Sponsors
           Energy: Renewable / Alternative Power
           Energy Transactions: Conventional Power
Joseph Williams Energy Regulation: Conventional Power
Kevin Yankowsky Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Toxic Tort
Brett Young Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Automotive
           Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Toxic Tort
           Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action Defense: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
Richard Zembek Patents – Litigation (Full Coverage)