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."

Promotion details by practice area, including lawyer name and location, can be found below.

Antitrust and competition
Alex Cummings, Houston
Nuala Canavan, London

Banking and finance
Adele Gray, Melbourne
CJ Grey, Cape Town*
Georgie Field, London
Jonathan Crookes, London
Matthew Bambury, London
Michael Cockburn, Toronto
Olivia Cullen, London
Ryan Apar, New York

Corporate, M&A and securities
Caleb Segrest, Dallas
Charles St-Pierre, Montréal
David Bartlett, London
Fridoun Chee, Sydney
Joseph Palmieri, Toronto
Joshua Temkin, London
Julia Godolphin, Montréal
Matthew O'Shea, London
Pierre-Olivier Valiquette, Montréal
Shazi Askarpour, Dubai
Siyuan An, Los Angeles
Will Betts, Dallas
Wenzel Richter, Munich

Cybersecurity and data privacy
Ellen Blanchard, Dallas
Susana Medeiros, New York

Employment and labor
Francis Champagne, Montréal

Financial services and regulation
Rachael Hashmall, Denver

Government
Jiadi Liang, Canberra
Veronica Seeto, Canberra

Healthcare transactions
Maxwell Karasek, Chicago

Intellectual property
Daniel Posker, Sydney
John Poulos, Chicago
Paul Jorgensen, Toronto
Stephanie Schmidt, Austin

Litigation and disputes
Chris Cooke, San Antonio
Ellie Norris, Dallas
Emily Wolf, Austin
Ieronymos Bikakis, London
Jaime Wing, Minneapolis
Jessica Warwick, Ottawa
Joseph Bentley, London
Julie Lacourcière, Montréal
Kiasha Nagiah, Johannesburg*
Kristina Williams, Dallas
Lindsay Bec, Calgary
Meghan Fougere, Ottawa
Rita Nader-Guéroult, Paris
Terresa Feng, Montréal

Projects
Gabrielle Jacques, New York
Jeremy Tripp, Houston

Risk advisory
Jeremy Moller, Sydney

*Norton Rose Fulbright South Africa will become an independent firm as of March 31, 2026.