Holly Stebbing > Norton Rose Fulbright > London, England > Lawyer Profile

The energy, infrastructure and natural resources team at Norton Rose Fulbright is well placed to handle cross-border work by virtue of its large international network and the firm has a strong record in both developed and emerging markets. It has recently been handling a number of LNG mandates, advising on the full life cycle of projects, from inception, to financing, to operational and commercial matters. Rob Marsh heads the team which includes Holly Stebbing, a key name for litigation and disputes. Alistair Black joined from Dentons in November 2021 and brings development and finance expertise and experience in a range of energy projects. Nick Prowse left for an in-house role at Luton Rising and Neil Miller retired.

Norton Rose Fulbright has ‘a fantastic commodities disputes practice with some market leading partners, and it is involved in some of the most high-profile cases‘. The firm ‘provides well-resourced teams that are very able to handle the most complex litigation in this field‘. In the disputes and litigation practice led by the ‘unflappable, disarmingly intelligent‘ Holly Stebbing, commodities are a key focus. The firm provides legal advice across the commodities supply chain to financial institutions, commodity trading houses, national and international mining and energy companies. Stebbing focuses on disputes in the energy and natural resources sector, particularly on Africa, while Ruth Cowley, Antony Corsi, international arbitration specialist James Rogers and commercial litigator Harriet Jones-Fenleigh are among the partners for whom commodities constitutes a significant proportion of their caseload.

Norton Rose Fulbright‘s core team acts for financial institutions, corporations, governments and state-owned entities from sectors such as financial institutions, energy, infrastructure, technology, life sciences and healthcare. Arbitration head Sherina Petit is highly focused on India-related matters; James Rogers acts in arbitrations seated in Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East (in addition to London); Patrick Bourke is ‘a brilliant strategist‘; and Holly Stebbing focuses on disputes in the energy, infrastructure and natural resources sectors. Matthew Buckle was recently made partner; and at associate level senior Joseph Bentley and India Furse are experienced team members.