Norton Rose

Norton Rose Group
Headquarters	London, United Kingdom
No. of offices	39[1]
No. of attorneys	Approximately 2,600
Major practice areas	General practice
Key people	Peter Martyr (Group Chief Executive) Don Boyd (Group Deputy Chief Executive) Stephen Parish (Chairman) John Coleman (Managing Partner, Norton Rose OR LLP) Rob Otty (Managing Director, Norton Rose South Africa) Kevin Mortell (Group Chief Operating Officer)[2]
Revenue	US$670M (2009/2010)[3]
Date founded	1794
Company type	Limited liability partnership
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Norton Rose

Norton Rose (officially Norton Rose Group) is an international legal practice offering a business law service from 39 offices^[1] across Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, Africa and the Middle East. The group comprises Norton Rose LLP, Norton Rose Australia, Norton Rose OR LLP, Norton Rose South Africa (incorporated as Deneys Reitz Inc), and their respective affiliates.

In June 2011, Norton Rose Group expanded to include two additional entities: Norton Rose OR LLP of Canada (formerly Ogilvy Renault LLP) and Norton Rose South Africa (formerly Deneys Reitz).

History

Norton Rose was founded in London in 1794. In 1998 the firm admitted its first two US-qualified partners. Norton Rose has grown its international practice, opening offices through organic growth or acquisitions, for example in Germany, The Netherlands, Greece, Italy, China, Dubai, and Australia. In 2007 Norton Rose converted to a limited liability partnership structure.

In January 2010, Deacons Australia joined Norton Rose Group and became Norton Rose Australia.

Following successful votes by the respective partnerships in November 2010, Canadian law firm Ogilvy Renault and South African law firm Deneys Reitz Inc joined the Group. The combination took effect on 1 June 2011.

On October 4, 2011, Norton Rose announced that its Canadian arm, Norton Rose OR LLP will merge with Macleod Dixon on January 1, 2012. Macleod Dixon, with offices in Calgary, Toronto, Moscow, Colombia, Venezuela and Kazakhstan will increase the size of the Norton Rose Group to approximately 2900 lawyers, with 43 different offices worldwide.

Main practice areas

Norton Rose's main practice areas include:^[4]

Acquisition finance Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) Antitrust, competition and regulatory Arbitration Asset finance Asset-based lending Asset management Aviation Banking and finance Business ethics and anti-corruption Capital markets Clean tech Climate change Commodities Communications, media and technology

Construction and engineering Corporate Debt capital markets Derivatives Employee benefits and executive compensation Employment and labour Energy Environment safety and planning Equity capital markets Financial institutions Financial services and markets FMCG Infrastructure Insurance Intellectual property International arbitration

Investment funds Islamic finance Litigation and dispute resolution Mergers and acquisitions Mining Nuclear Oil and gas Outsourcing Pensions Pharmaceuticals and life sciences Ports PFI/PPP Power Private equity Projects and project finance Rail Real estate

Regulatory and public law Restructuring and insolvency Retail and brands Roads Securities, regulation and enforcement Securitisation Shipping Structured trade and commodity finance Tax Technology and innovation Telecommunications Tourism and hospitality Transport US corporate finance WTO and international trade

Offices

Norton Rose has 39 offices in 23 countries across Asia, Australasia, Europe, the Middle East, Canada and South Africa.^[1]

External links

• Norton Rose
• Firm's rankings in Chambers and Partners UK,Chambers and Partners Global, Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners Student Guide.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Locations". Norton Rose. http://www.nortonrose.com/about-us/our-offices/. Retrieved 09 June 2011. 
2. ^ "Governance structure". Norton Rose. http://www.nortonrose.com/about-us/governance-structure/. Retrieved 09 June 2011. 
3. ^ . Norton Rose Group. http://www.nortonrose.com/files/annual-report-2010-31040.pdf. Retrieved 09 June 2011. 
4. ^ "Expertise". Norton Rose LLP. http://www.nortonrose.com/expertise/. Retrieved 09 June 2011.