Norton Rose Fulbright has named Dallas-based corporate partner Ken Stewart as its new global chair, a move that the firm says signals the importance of the U.S. market to the international organization.

“The U.S. is still 50 percent or more of the legal market around the world,” says Stewart. His new role, he says. will be to “interface with clients and my colleagues around the world and do a good job of making sure our clients are well-served.”