Norton Rose Changes Leadership Structure to Boost Collaboration

Norton Rose Fulbright said it has adopted a new leadership structure that encourages lawyers to collaborate across regions.

Managing partners of five regional arms will serve on a global management committee, under a structure the firm began testing a year ago. The firm installed two global managing partners to oversee the overall operation.

“We in essence removed a layer of management so we could drive the business forward a bit more nimbly,” Jeff Cody, a global managing partner along with Peter Scott, said in an interview.

Norton Rose has been looking to ...