Norton Rose Fulbright receives 13 Tier 1 rankings in The Legal 500 UK 2027

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has posted a strong performance in the annual Legal 500 UK directory, reflecting the success of its practices across all major industry sectors and great bench strength.

These rankings assess the strengths of law firms in the over 150 jurisdictions and are based on a series of research criteria, including feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.

The firm has been awarded a total of 68 UK practice area rankings, of which 13 are Tier 1, including:

• Finance: Islamic finance
• Finance: Trade finance
• Finance: Transport finance and leasing
• Industry focus: Emerging markets
• Projects, Energy and Natural Resources: Infrastructure: Project finance and development
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Mining and minerals
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Oil and gas
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Power (including electricity and nuclear)
• Projects, energy and natural resources: Renewables
• Real estate: Commercial property: corporate occupiers
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Fintech: corporate and commercial
• TMT (technology, media and telecoms): Fintech: Regulatory
• Transport: Aviation

104 of its UK-based lawyers have been ranked individually, nine of whom were ranked for the first time this year:

• Serene Allen - Transport: Aviation - Leading associates
• Samir Bensaker - Finance: Securitisation - Next Generation Partners
• James Lockwood - Dispute resolution: Banking litigation: investment and retail - Next Generation Partners
• Daniel Metcalfe - Projects, energy and natural resources: Mining and minerals - Leading partners
• Victoria Morton - Finance: Securitisation - Next Generation Partners
• Sufia Saqib - Employment: Health and safety - Leading associates
• Mandip Sagoo - Insurance: Insurance and reinsurance litigation - Leading partners
• Aleksandra Semykina - Finance: Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans - Leading associates
• Oliver Stacey - Industry focus: TMT - Leading partners

Norton Rose Fulbright provides the world's preeminent corporations and financial institutions with a full business law service. It has more than 50 offices, globally, with more than 3000 lawyers and legal staff. Its two UK offices are located in London and Newcastle.