With a client base encompassing major financial institutions, healthcare conglomerates, and tech corporations, the Norton Rose Fulbright team is well-equipped to advise on domestic and cross-border M&A in the public and private spheres. The practice’s offering covers a wide array of transactions, ranging from multibillion dollar cross-border deals to mid-market M&A within the US. Dallas-based team co-lead Scarlet McNellie heads up the firm's corporate and M&A practice, and is an expert in leading on divestitures and spin-off transactions, while co-head Sheldon Nussbaum, who is based in New York, chiefly handles corporate governance matters, leading the firm's business practice. Houston lawyer Brian P Fenske covers IPOs and venture capital financings, and St. Louis-based Kevin Fischer assists private equity funds with corporate transactional issues. Kevin Friedmann acts on behalf of start-up companies in seed stage and angel financings from Chicago, and both Kessar Nashat and Steve Suzzan focus on joint ventures and corporate governance matters in New York.
Key clients
- Stellar Bancorp, Inc.
- IRG Acquisition Holdings
- InfraRed Capital Partners
- Wellstar Health System, Inc.
- Enerflex Ltd.
- Taylor Maritime Investments
- Majic Wheels Corp.
- Pure Health Capital
- DigiAsia Bios Pte. Ltd.
- SRIVARU Holding Ltd.
- Aeries Technology
- Shell USA
- Crusoe Energy Systems
- Intercontinental Wealth Management
- CrowdOut Capital
- Yuga Labs
- LongueVue Capital
- The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
- Peerless Oil & Chemicals, Inc.
Work highlights
- Advised Stellar Bancorp, Inc. on its $1.5bn all-stock merger of equals with Allegiance Bancshares Inc., a similar entity.
- Advised IRG Acquisition Holdings, a partnership between Invenergy, CDPQ and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure, on the $1.5bn purchase of a 1,365-megawatt unregulated, contracted renewables portfolio from American Electric Power.
- Advised Wellstar Health System, Inc. on its $797m acquisition of Augusta University Health System , the academic health system affiliated with the University of Georgia and the Medical College of Georgia, as well as in the structuring a long-term affiliation agreement between Wellstar and the University.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Scarlet McNellie, Sheldon Nussbaum