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Norton Rose and Chadbourne to Combine

February 21, 2017

Another global law firm is in the making. BigLaw firm, Norton Rose Fulbright, and smaller Chadbourne & Parke of New York have announced that they will merge in the second quarter. The firm name will remain Norton Rose Fulbright.

 

The newly formed firm will have over 4,000 lawyers in 58 offices spanning 32 countries - this includes more than 1,000 in the United States, with over 300 lawyers in New York. It’s expected have $2 billion in revenue, which would place it as the #6 biggest grossing firm in the U.S., according to The American Lawyer’s 2016 figures.

 

NORTON ROSE, with around 3,400 lawyers in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and India is the product of a 2012 merger between the Houston-based law firm Fulbright & Jaworski and the British firm Norton Rose.

 

CHADBOURNE is well-known for its energy and project finance practice, litigation, and government affairs, staffing the prominent lawyer Abbe Lowell, who has represented political figures such as Jack Abramoff and John Edwards and has close ties to the Clintons.