Norton Rose Fulbright

Norton Rose Fulbright is highly regarded for the breadth of its DCM practice, which handles project bonds, debt restructuring, corporate trust matters, Islamic Finance,  Canadian issuance, and sovereign bond offerings. The group led by Peter Young, who handles debt transactions under both English and New York law, is 'technically strong and pragmatic, and provides real-time practical advice'.  Young recently acted for a major development finance institution as the initial purchaser of two large emerging market ESG-linked bonds, showing the firm's prominent position in the sustainable finance market. EMEA chair Farmida Bi is a key adviser on Islamic finance, while Peter Noble is best known for advising Canadian issuers and their dealers in the international debt markets. He recently acted for a Canadian bank on $25bn in issuance its EMTN and global covered bonds programmes. Corporate trust specialist Kirstin Russell and Andrew Coote, whose work includes project bonds and sukuk, also play key roles in the practice.