Daryl Lansdale Jr., an M&A and securities partner in San Antonio and Houston, has been elected to a four-year term as U.S. managing partner of Norton Rose Fulbright, succeeding Linda Addison.

Lansdale, who currently leads the firm’s U.S. business practice, will take on his new role Jan. 1. He will also succeed Addison as chair of the firm’s U.S. management committee.