As Norton Rose Fulbright enters Chicago with 11 attorneys from K&L Gates, DLA Piper and Polsinelli, its location in the Windy City carries substantial symbolic weight.

Rather than setting up shop alongside the city’s traditional legal powerhouses and the significant number of recent arrivals in The Loop, the global giant has picked out the Fulton Market district, a former warehouse area on the city’s Near West Side, for its 12th office in the U.S. and 53rd location worldwide.