Norton Rose Fulbright appoints experienced banking and finance partner Brad Robinson in Melbourne

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright today welcomes banking and finance partner Brad Robinson in Melbourne.

Brad has extensive experience advising on asset-based, structured, corporate and project finance transactions, for clients including financial institutions, major corporates and government.

He has assisted banks, private credit funds and other stakeholders on warehouse and term securitisations and other structured financings including regulatory capital relief and balance sheet management transactions. His project finance advice for sponsors, financiers and governments has spanned a broad range of sectors including rail, roads, hospitals, schools, prisons, water, social and affordable housing, and student and worker accommodation.

Brad joins from Corrs Chambers Westgarth where he led the securitisation practice.

Norton Rose Fulbright Australia country head Alison Deitz commented:

"The addition of a partner of Brad's calibre is part of our continuing investment in the firm's banking and finance capability, alongside the strong adjacent practices of projects, funds, financial services and restructuring. Brad's experience as a trusted advisor to private credit, financial institutions, corporates and governments will help the firm continue to grow its Asia-Pacific and global offering and assist our clients pursuing the growing opportunities in the asset-based and structured finance spaces."

Brad Robinson commented:

"I'm excited to be joining Norton Rose Fulbright at a time of significant growth in its Asia-Pacific banking and finance practice. Regulation is driving a fundamental shift in the provision of credit away from banks towards non-bank lenders and other forms of private credit. Asset-based finance has been at the core of this shift and we are experiencing unprecedented inflows of global capital looking to participate in Australian private credit opportunities. The firm's global platform and strength in asset-based and structured finance provides an ideal position from which to support my existing Australian clients and also to work with colleagues to assist clients across the globe looking to deploy capital in the Australian market."

This announcement follows the 2025 appointment in Australia of partners Michael Gajic and Ashley Rose (public M&A and equity capital markets, Sydney) in June; and Kristina Mihalic (government, Canberra) in February. On 1 January 2026, Adele Gray (banking and finance, Melbourne), Fridoun Chee (corporate, M&A and securities, Sydney), Jiadi Liang and Veronica Seeto (government, Canberra), Daniel Posker (intellectual property, Sydney), and Jeremy Moller (risk advisory, Sydney) were promoted to partner in Australia.