Norton Rose Fulbright Elects Dallas-Based U.S. Managing Partner

Norton Rose Fulbright has elected Jeff Cody from its Dallas office as its new U.S. managing partner, effective at the start of 2020.

He succeeds Daryl Lansdale, who oversaw the global firm’s 2017 combination with Chadbourne & Parke as well as growth in other regions. Cody also will replace Lansdale as chair of the firm’s U.S. management committee.

Cody, the firm’s chief administrative partner for the U.S., will in his new role lead operations and strategy in the U.S. as well as in offices in Sao Paulo and Mexico City.

He’s “not closing any doors” on expanding in the areas ...