Mr Norbruis will lead the Global Transaction Law practice at EY, working closely with Cornelius Grossmann, EY’s Global Law Leader, on building and managing EY’s fast-growing overall legal services offering across the world.
As Global People Partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP since 2011, he had responsibility for people related matters including recruitment, learning and development, diversity as well as partner development and leadership.
Mr Norbius, who has been a partner at Freshfields for 14 years, has practiced law for more than 30 years. Prior to that, he was a partner at Dutch law firm NautaDutilh.
His legal expertise is in public and private M&A transactions, joint ventures, corporate governance, corporate restructuring and capital market transactions. A Dutch lawyer by training, he has broad experience advising clients in domestic and cross-border transactions.
Commenting on the appointment, Mr Grossman said: “We are very pleased to welcome Richard into a senior leadership role in EY’s Law practice. His great experience in the Law services market will bring strong momentum to the ongoing global expansion of our Law practice.”
EY’s legal services capabilities have expanded significantly in the last 15 months, growing to more than 1,100 plus lawyers in 52 markets across the globe.
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