John Chrisman, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, in Dallas.Norton Rose Fulbright Adds International M&A, Capital Markets Pro in Dallas
UT Law grad John Chrisman worked in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and other parts afar before returning to Texas as a Norton Rose partner.
September 10, 2019 at 06:48 PM
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After working on four continents over three decades, international M&A and capital markets lawyer John Chrisman has returned to Texas, joining Norton Rose Fulbright as a partner in Dallas. He came from Clyde & Co's Dubai office.
"I was very interested in relocating back to the United States. It seemed time, and Texas has just blossomed so much. I felt my practice would fit with Norton Rose," said Chrisman, whose first day was Sept. 3.
The dealmaker said he wanted to return to Dallas—the city where he graduated from high school—and he was looking for a firm with a larger corporate practice and more heft in financial centers than his prior firm.
"I feel very lucky and blessed to have the opportunity," he said, noting that he expects to work closely with internationally focused lawyers in the firm's Houston and New York offices.
A spokesman for Clyde & Co did not immediately respond to a comment on Chrisman's departure.
Chrisman said his M&A practice primarily involves non-U.S. companies buying companies in the United States, principally in the financial services, information technology, oil and gas and natural resources sectors. Additionally, he does capital markets work on the equity and debt sides.
Over the years, he's done work for many big investment banks including Citi, Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, UBS and Credit Suisse First Boston, along with a number of local and regional banks. Chrisman said he has worked on numerous initial public offerings in India, and is working on some deals bringing Chinese clients to the Middle East.
Chrisman said he somewhat lucked into a legal career that took him around the world. After graduating from the University of Texas School of Law in 1988, he became an associate at Sullivan & Cromwell in Los Angeles. Within a few months, he was transferred to London, then to Melbourne, and then to Hong Kong.
Along the way, he was also based in Sydney, Singapore, and added more stints in London and Hong Kong—working for four other firms—before he joined Clyde & Co in 2016. He worked in the firm's Hong Kong and Dubai offices.
Gene Lewis, head of Norton Rose's U.S. business practice, said in a press release that Chrisman not only improves the firm's cross-border capabilities in Asia, Canada, Europe and Australia, but his experience can be leveraged to expand the firm's Latin American equity and capital markets practices.
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