27 Jan 2026
Norton Rose Fulbright welcomes Richard Madris as partner in New York funds and asset management team
"Norton Rose Fulbright has hired Richard Madris as a partner in its New York funds and asset management team, where he will advise on fund formation and real asset funds including infrastructure, real estate, private equity, private credit and renewables."
Madris advises on fund formation and operations and on structuring fund investments, with a focus on real asset funds for clients in the infrastructure, real estate, private equity, private credit and renewables sectors. He regularly represents sponsors, asset managers, wealth management platforms and institutional allocators in the formation and operation of open-end and closed-end private funds, wealth management funds, distribution and platform issues, LP investments and secondaries, fund restructurings, GP-led transactions, and in structuring investments and joint ventures for funds, including the creation of permanent capital/evergreen fund structures for illiquid assets. He is particularly known for creating JPMorgan’s Infrastructure Investments Fund and has advised on more than US$25 billion in privately-held investments.
Madris joins Norton Rose Fulbright from Hogan Lovells following decades at Stroock in New York, where he played an integral role in the investment funds group and led its infrastructure funds practice. He is licensed in New York and earned his law degree cum laude from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review, and his bachelor’s degree cum laude from Cornell University.