Large law firms are continuing to grow in the Midwest and the Southeast and remain committed to adding dealmakers, even as the broader economic picture remains murky. Norton Rose Fulbright is the latest Big Law firm getting a boost on all those fronts, with a six-partner pickup in insurance and technology transactions from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner.

Norton Rose has doubled its lawyer head count in the Midwest, the firm noted, after opening a Chicago office last year and announcing Tuesday it will add four partners in transactional and regulatory insurance in St. Louis as well as two partners in technology transactions in Atlanta, all from BCLP.