Key Takeaways
- • Richard Madris joins Norton Rose Fulbright as partner in the funds and asset management group at the New York office, bringing more than two decades of experience in fund formation and transactions.
- • $25 billion in deal experience: Madris has advised on more than US$25 billion in privately-held investments throughout his career, with a particular focus on infrastructure, real estate, private equity, private credit, and renewables sectors.
- • JPMorgan Infrastructure Investments Fund credential: Madris is known for creating JPMorgan's Infrastructure Investments Fund, a leading open-end global infrastructure fund, and regularly represents major institutional sponsors and asset managers.
- • Strategic expansion for Norton Rose Fulbright: The hire reflects the firm's commitment to expanding its investment funds and asset management capabilities in New York and across its global platform, according to Global and US Managing Partner Jeff Cody.
- • Institutional client focus: Madris's practice encompasses fund formation and operations, LP investments, secondaries, GP-led transactions, and evergreen fund structures for illiquid assets across institutional allocators, wealth management platforms, and leading sponsors.
Summary
Norton Rose Fulbright announced on January 27, 2026, that Richard Madris has joined the firm as a partner in its funds and asset management group in the New York office. The appointment signals the global law firm's strategic effort to strengthen its investment funds practice amid growing institutional demand for complex fund structuring and operations.
Madris brings extensive credentials in advising institutional investors and asset managers on high-profile fund formations and transactions. Throughout his career, he has advised on more than US$25 billion in privately-held investments, with particular expertise in real asset funds spanning infrastructure, real estate, private equity, private credit, and renewables. He is recognized for creating JPMorgan's Infrastructure Investments Fund, a leading open-end global infrastructure fund that serves as a marquee credential in the institutional asset management space.
His practice scope encompasses the full lifecycle of private fund management: fund formation and operations, structuring of fund investments, LP investments and secondaries, GP-led transactions, fund restructurings, and creation of permanent capital and evergreen fund structures for illiquid assets. Madris regularly represents sponsors, asset managers, wealth management platforms, and institutional allocators in connection with both open-end and closed-end private funds, positioning Norton Rose Fulbright to capture more sophisticated institutional deal flow in these areas.
According to Jeff Cody, Norton Rose Fulbright's Global and US Managing Partner, the hire reflects the firm's "continued commitment to expanding our investment funds and asset management offerings in New York and across our global platform." Cody highlighted that "his longstanding client relationships with institutional players, coupled with more than two decades of experience in fund formation and transactions, will only fortify our market position." The appointment underscores the competitive dynamics within BigLaw, where firms compete aggressively for established partners with deep institutional relationships and a track record managing multibillion-dollar transaction volumes.
Madris brings extensive credentials in advising institutional investors and asset managers on high-profile fund formations and transactions. Throughout his career, he has advised on more than US$25 billion in privately-held investments, with particular expertise in real asset funds spanning infrastructure, real estate, private equity, private credit, and renewables. He is recognized for creating JPMorgan's Infrastructure Investments Fund, a leading open-end global infrastructure fund that serves as a marquee credential in the institutional asset management space.
His practice scope encompasses the full lifecycle of private fund management: fund formation and operations, structuring of fund investments, LP investments and secondaries, GP-led transactions, fund restructurings, and creation of permanent capital and evergreen fund structures for illiquid assets. Madris regularly represents sponsors, asset managers, wealth management platforms, and institutional allocators in connection with both open-end and closed-end private funds, positioning Norton Rose Fulbright to capture more sophisticated institutional deal flow in these areas.
According to Jeff Cody, Norton Rose Fulbright's Global and US Managing Partner, the hire reflects the firm's "continued commitment to expanding our investment funds and asset management offerings in New York and across our global platform." Cody highlighted that "his longstanding client relationships with institutional players, coupled with more than two decades of experience in fund formation and transactions, will only fortify our market position." The appointment underscores the competitive dynamics within BigLaw, where firms compete aggressively for established partners with deep institutional relationships and a track record managing multibillion-dollar transaction volumes.
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