Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

01/14/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/14/2026 05:56

Norton Rose Fulbright achieves 56 practice rankings in Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2026

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has posted another strong performance in the latest Legal 500 Asia Pacific Guide, reflecting the strength of its practices and multi-disciplinary offering.

The Legal 500 Asia Pacific is a leading independent publication which ranks the region's best firms and lawyers based on extensive research through interviews, peer reviews and client feedback. The guide highlights the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to clients.

Norton Rose Fulbright received 56 practice rankings, including a total of nine tier 1 rankings, including:

  • Australia - Dispute resolution: arbitration
  • Australia - Environment and planning
  • Australia - Infrastructure projects and construction
  • Australia - IT and telecoms
  • Australia - Restructuring and insolvency
  • Japan - Projects and energy: International firms and joint ventures
  • Singapore - Asset finance
  • Singapore - Capital markets: structured finance, derivatives and securitisation: Foreign firms
  • Singapore - White-collar crime: Foreign firms

The firm also enjoyed a new ranking for Singapore - Dispute resolution.

Additionally, 62 individual lawyers were ranked in the directory, including 10 new rankings across Australia and Singapore:

  • Competition and trade - Martyn Taylor - Leading partners (Australia)
  • Energy (transactions and regulatory) - Claire Forster - Leading partners (Australia)
  • Environment and planning - Rebecca Hoare - Leading partners (Australia)
  • Fintech and financial services regulatory - James Morris - Leading partners (Australia)
  • Fintech and financial services regulatory - Shen Low - Leading associates (Australia)
  • Intellectual property - Jackie O'Brien - Leading partners (Australia)
  • Native title - Ellen Whittred - Leading associates (Australia)
  • Natural resources (transactions and regulatory) - Gavin Scott - Leading partners (Australia)
  • Energy: foreign firms - Nick Merritt - Leading partners (Singapore)\
  • Energy: foreign firms - Andrew Digges - Next Generation Partners (Singapore)

Congratulations to all involved.

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