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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten Partner Marilyn Selby Okoshi Named Among Leading Lawyers for Capital Markets and Corporate Finance in Asia-Pacific Region for Second Straight Year
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year, Marilyn Selby Okoshi, a New York-based partner in the Firm’s Financial Services Practice, has been named among the leading lawyers in the areas of Capital Markets and Corporate Finance for the Asia-Pacific region by the Asialaw Leading Lawyers survey. The full results of the survey will be published in June in the 2007 edition of Asialaw Leading Lawyers and will be accompanied by an editorial overview of the top lawyers in each practice area.

The Asialaw Leading Lawyers survey has been conducted annually since 1995 by Asia Law & Practice, a specialist division of Euromoney Institutional Investor. In this year’s survey, over 16,000 law firm clients and legal professionals were invited to nominate lawyers who, in their opinion, have consistently excelled in particular fields of legal practice over the past year.

“We are very pleased that Marilyn has been recognized with this prestigious and well-deserved honor,” said Vincent A.F. Sergi, Katten’s National Managing Partner. “Her comprehensive knowledge and experience, representing clients in Japan and other Asian countries is second-to-none.”

Ms. Selby Okoshi focuses her practice on investment funds and managers, finance, structured finance, derivatives and financial products. She concentrates on, and has significant experience in, the organization and representation of on-shore and off-shore hedge funds and private equity funds. Specifically, she advises funds and fund investors with respect to derivatives, loan transactions, loan trading, financial products and investments in Japan and other Asian countries. She also has experience as lender and borrower counsel in traditional bank loans, private placements of securities and structured transactions, and has advised clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, securities offerings and general corporate matters.

Ms. Selby Okoshi is fluent in English, Japanese and Mandarin Chinese and has spoken in Japan on offshore hedge fund offerings. She has authored articles for numerous publications regarding the United States regulation of hedge funds and spoken at conferences on hedge fund regulation and OTC derivatives. Ms. Selby Okoshi is chair of the Governance Committee and co-chair of the Legal Peer Advisory Council of 100 Women in Hedge Funds.

Katten’s Financial Services Practice represents a large number of the world’s premier hedge funds and money managers, major investment and commercial banks, leading firms and insurance companies, and several international exchanges. The Firm’s more than 60 financial services attorneys regularly address the latest innovations in financial products and business strategy and the latest changes in the regulatory environment.

This depth of experience with both institutional users of the markets and financial intermediaries allows the Firm’s financial services attorneys to provide creative ideas while being responsive to the practical and economic needs of its clients.

05-09-2007

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Godfrey & Kahn

FORMER APPLETON PAPERS EXECUTIVE PAUL J. KARCH JOINS GODFREY & KAHN’S CORPORATE PRACTICE GROUP
The law firm of Godfrey & Kahn, S.C. is pleased to announce that Paul J. Karch has joined the firm as a shareholder and member of the Corporate Practice Group in the firm’s Madison office. He will advise and support businesses on transaction, growth, financing and corporate legal needs.

Prior to joining the firm, Karch worked for 13 years at Appleton Papers Inc. in Appleton, Wis., in various executive roles, including general counsel and vice president of administration, and as a member of the Board of Directors. As general counsel, he led a large transaction team in the $810 million purchase of 100% of the company by an employee stock ownership plan from its former European parent, Arjo Wiggins Appleton (AWA). Appleton’s innovative use of this structure is the largest buyout of its kind in U.S. corporate history.

Prior to joining Appleton, Karch was a partner with Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps in San Diego. He has been a prominent civic leader and has served as chairman of the board of ThedaCare, Inc., Easter Seals of Wisconsin and the Appleton Education Foundation. Karch was born in Baraboo, Wis., and received his bachelor’s degree in economics from Harvard College and his law degree from Harvard Law School

05-09-2007

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields appoints new head of banking and new partner
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer announced today that David Winfield has taken over as head of the banking group in London. David has been a partner in the firm since 1995 and has worked in the firm's London and New York offices.

Martin Hutchings has also joined the partnership with effect from 1 May 2007. Martin has a broad banking practice encompassing all aspects of banking work with an emphasis on leveraged finance, acquisition finance and property finance.

David Winfield said, 'It is an exciting time to take this role as head of the banking team. We have had a very successful year, which has seen strong growth in our lender and private equity practices. Our partners continue to raise the profile of the practice and to work with our restructuring team on complex workouts. We will continue to see an increase in the scale of these high quality practice areas.

'We are also very pleased to welcome Martin as a new partner. Martin trained with the firm and is a terrific addition to our talented group of young partners,' he said.

David Winfield takes over the role from Edward Evans, who has held the role for nine years and will continue as a member of the group.

05-09-2007

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Fowler, White, Boggs & Banker, Attorneys At Law

Darren Farfante Receives Certification as Creditor’s Rights Law Specialist
Darren D. Farfante, an attorney with the law firm of Fowler White Boggs Banker, has been certified as a Creditor’s Rights Law Specialist by the American Board of Certification (ABC). ABC certification encourages attorneys to strive toward excellence, and recognizes those attorneys who have met ABC's rigorous standards.

Mr. Farfante practices in the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group. His areas of practice include tax controversies, bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, and contract disputes. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Farfante was a trial attorney for the United States Department of Justice, Tax Division in Washington, D.C.

05-09-2007

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

RICHARD LEVIN JOINS CRAVATH TO HEAD NEW RESTRUCTURING AND INSOLVENCY PRACTICE
Richard Levin will join Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP as a partner to head the Firm's newly established restructuring and insolvency practice. Rich, who served as counsel to a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee from 1975 to 1978, was one of the principal authors of the Bankruptcy Code and the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978. He has significant experience guiding debtor and non-debtor clients through insolvency restructuring or reorganization, structuring and negotiating complex deals involving bankrupt companies and, where necessary, directing litigation in support of the negotiations. Rich joins Cravath from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he was a partner in that firm’s corporate restructuring department.

05-09-2007

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Schnader Attorney At Law

Schnader Attorneys Involved with New Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual
Nancy Winkelman, co-chair of Schnader's Appellate Practice Group and co-founder and first president of the Bar Association of the Third Federal Circuit, is the co-editor and a chapter author of the Third Circuit Appellate Practice Manual, published in April 2007 by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute. The manual also features several chapters authored by members of Schnader's Appellate Practice Group, including the Honorable Arlin M. Adams, the Honorable Timothy K. Lewis, Bruce P. Merenstein, Deena Jo Schneider, Carl A. Solano, and Paul H. Titus.

The manual covers every aspect of the appellate process, and includes chapters on when an appeal should be taken, understanding the record on appeal, the complexities of motions practice, the scope and standards of review on appeal, the significance of precedent and how to identify issues, appellate brief writing, and oral argument. Its authors offer practical insight and guidance on what is often a challenging area of practice for even the most experienced attorney. Additionally, the manual features a foreword by longtime Third Circuit Judge Ruggero J. Aldisert — himself a highly-respected jurist and author on appellate advocacy — and a dedication to former Third Circuit Chief Judge Edward R. Becker written by current Third Circuit Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica. Ms. Winkelman's co-editor is James C. Martin of Reed Smith.

The members of Schnader's Appellate Practice Group serve both as appellate advocates and as appellate advisors. At the trial court level, Schnader's appellate attorneys regularly apply both analytic and advocacy skills on significant dispositive motions, in post-trial proceedings, and in advising about how best to preserve issues for appeal and to position them for optimal appellate review.

05-09-2007

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Salans

Salans advises 21 Centrale Partners in the acquisition of Sud Robinetterie Industrie (SRI)
The international law firm Salans advised 21 Centrale Partners, an investment fund, within the context of its purchase of the French company, Sud Robinetterie Industrie.

Based in Marseille, Sud Robinetterie Industrie is an independent group specialised in the design, manufacturing and marketing of high-tech trunnion mounted ball valves. The group's main customers are oil and gas companies and international manufacturers, as well as large-scale industrial clients. Sud Robinetterie posted a 2006 turnover of nearly 50 million euros.

The Salans Paris team advising 21 Centrale Partners included:

* Paul Morel and Jean-Marc Grosperrin, Partners, assisted by Julia Slama for M&A issues
* Frédéric Gros, Partner, assisted by Stéphanie Curiel, Sophie Chevallier and Hannae Seghrouchni for finance and operational issues
* Thierry Renaud de la Faverie, Partner, assisted by Cécile Szymanski and Pascale Tisset for corporate issues

05-09-2007

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