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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Nutter hosts AIM seminar on Massachusetts Health Care Reform
Nutter hosted the Associated Industries of Massachusetts (AIM) and Commonwealth Connector for a forum on Massachusetts health care reform on March 23. The program, developed for Commonwealth businesses, introduced tools designed to enhance understanding and simplify compliance with the new law. It also featured discussion of its financial and administrative impact. Attendees were also briefed on how the changes will effect internal practices and how to stay informed of developments leading up to the July 1 implementation date. The forum was one of a series being held by AIM around the state.

The Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law, signed into law in April 2006, established the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority (Commonwealth Connector), an independent agency designed to connect individuals to insurance by offering affordable, quality insurance products.

03-23-2007

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Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP

Milbank Recognized for Completing Two of the Most Innovative Americas Deals in 2006
Celebrating the most innovative Americas region legal deals of 2006, International Financial Law Review (“IFLR”), awarded the international law firm Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP “Equity Deal of the Year” for its work on the MasterCard IPO and “Project Finance Deal of the Year” for its work on the Pocahontas Parkway financing. The awards were presented at the annual IFLR Americas Awards dinner on March 22 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York. IFLR is widely recognized as the premier magazine for in-house counsel and practitioners in the financial markets.

MasterCard IPO – “2007 Equity Deal of the Year”
The restructuring of ownership and governance structure of MasterCard Incorporated and MasterCard International, which included the largest IPO of the year, was one of the largest and most complex corporate transactions of 2006. Milbank, led by partners Mel M. Immergut and Thomas C. Janson, acted as counsel to the Board of Directors of MasterCard Incorporated and MasterCard International, advising on the recapitalization of MasterCard Incorporated as well as the creation and funding of a Canadian charitable trust that will own a portion of MasterCard’s stock. Milbank also provided advice regarding the use of approximately $1.8 billion of net proceeds from MasterCard’s $2.45 billion IPO to redeem capital stock held by existing shareholders. In addition to Messrs. Immergut and Janson, the Milbank team included partner Georgiana J. Slade, of counsel Jay W. Swanson and associate David S. Schwartz.

Pocahontas Parkway Financing – “2007 Project Finance Deal of the Year”
Milbank, led by partner Allan T. Marks, represented the lenders in structuring, negotiating and closing the $407 million acquisition financing for the Pocahontas Parkway toll road in Virginia. In addition to Mr. Marks, the Milbank team included tax partner Mark L. Regante and associates Michael Dayen, Joe Tisuthiwongse and Hayes Robbins.

Pocahontas Parkway is one of the few public-private partnership toll roads in the United States. The financing was innovative in its use of long-term, highly structured debt as well as its revenue sharing structure. Unlike other concessions, the Pocahontas Parkway provides for revenue sharing between the private toll road operator and the Commonwealth of Virginia. Most concessions mandate an upfront concession fee. This ground-breaking partnership will provide a source of long-term revenue for the state.

IFLR’s recognition of the Pocahontas transaction exemplifies Milbank’s record of leadership in toll road privatizations and public-private partnerships in the Americas. Last year, IFLR awarded Milbank “2006 Project Finance Deal of the Year” for its work for a range of lenders and underwriters on Chicago Skyway, among several other notable transactions. In addition, Chambers USA 2006 ranks Milbank and Los Angeles-based partners Allan T. Marks and Edwin F. Feo as leaders in the sector, citing their work on Chicago Skyway, the Dulles Greenway Toll Road, Monterrey-Cadereyta toll road in Mexico, and the SR 125 South toll road in California.

03-23-2007

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Appoints New Partner-In-Charge and Firm Practice Leader in its Washington, D.C. Office
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter L. Scher, 45, as Partner-In-Charge of its Washington, D.C. office and James Jochum, 41, as Firm Practice Leader of the Government & Global Trade Practice.The promotions come as a result of Kenneth Geller's transition from Partner-In-Charge of the Washington office to one of the firm's Vice Chairmen on June 1, 2007.

Mr. Scher joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's Washington, D.C. office in April 2000. In 2003, he became the Practice Leader for the Government & Global Trade Practice, which was recently recognized by ChambersUSA with a nomination for its Award for Excellence. He has been integral in the expansion of the Global Trade Practice in the U.S and Europe, and spearheaded the recent opening of the firm's Hong Kong office.Prior to joining Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Scher served as United States Special Trade Negotiator, holding the rankof Ambassador from 1997 to 2000. During his service as Special Trade Negotiator, he was one of the lead negotiators with China on their accession to the World Trade Organization. He previously served as Chief of Staff for the Office of United States Trade Representative, the U.S. Department of Commerce and Senator Max Baucus, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee. During the 2004 presidential election, Mr. Scher was the Campaign Manager for Democratic Vice Presidential nominee, John Edwards.

"Peter has been instrumental in the development of the Government & Global Trade Practice, as well as our expansion in Brussels and China," commented Geller. "I am certain that his outstanding professional accomplishments, extensive management experience and strong leadership skills will lead to further growth and success for our D.C. office."

Jim Jochum will replace Scher as the Firm Practice Leader for the Government & Global Trade Practice. He joined the Firm in January 2005 after serving as a senior trade official in the Administration of President Bush, including service as the Assistant Secretary for Import Administration as well as Assistant Secretary for Export Administration in the U.S. Department of Commerce. Prior to his service in the Bush Administration, Jochum held senior positions on Capitol Hill, including Majority Counsel to the United States Senate Banking Committee and Trade Counsel to Senator Charles Grassley.

"Jim's substantial government and trade experience make him a natural choice to head this practice group.We have the highest confidence that under his leadership the Government & Global Trade group will continue to help clients gain and maintain an advantage in the global marketplace," said Geller.

The Government & Global Trade Practice has professionals in Washington, D.C., Brussels and Beijing, including former trade negotiators, senior U.S., European, and Russian Government policy officials and international trade lawyers with broad experience in all aspects of international trade.The Practice offers strategic advice and counseling, advocacy and representation to companies seeking to gain and maintain an advantage in the global marketplace and represents clients in public law, in lobbying at the federal, state, and local levels, and in public finance.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's Washington office was the fastest growing of D.C.'s top 25 law offices in 2006. The office now boasts 180 attorneys and is well known for its leading Antitrust, Appellate and Supreme Court, Environment, Financial Regulatory, Government Contracts, Litigation, Outsourcing, Real Estate, Tax, SEC Enforcement and White Collar practices.

03-23-2007

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP advises Capital & Counties on £127.5 million Royal Opera House Retail Block Acquisition
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP's London real estate group has advised Liberty International subsidiary, Capital & Counties on its £127.5m acquisition of the retail element of the Royal Opera House in London's Covent Garden.

Capital & Counties has acquired four long leasehold interests which encompass retail units with frontages onto James Street, the Covent Garden Piazza and Russell Street and which include such well known names as Nine West, Fred Perry, the Disney Store and Bik Bok.

London real estate partner James Dodsworth led the Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw team advising Capital & Counties, with support from real estate partner Peter Sugden, and assistants Richard Tilbrook and Anna Butler. The seller was advised by Jonathan Rickard of Addleshaw Goddard.

James Dodsworth commented: "This was a headline transaction for a significant client which demonstrates the strength of our group's capabilities."

Gary Marcuccilli, Director of Capital & Counties commented: "The retail units in the Royal Opera House block are amongst the most prime in Covent Garden and this acquisition expands our ownership to encompass the northern side of the Market and James Street which serves as the "front door" to the Covent Garden Market itself. The value of our holdings in Covent Garden now total over £620m."

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw also advised Capital & Counties last summer in relation to its £421m acquisition of a portfolio of 31 properties in the Covent Garden area from the Covent Garden Market Limited Partnership. The portfolio included the iconic Covent Garden Market itself and the Jubilee Hall.

03-23-2007

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Kirkland & Ellis

Kirkland & Ellis LLP Advises Paxar in $1.3 Billion Sale
Kirkland & Ellis LLP is advising Paxar Corporation in a $1.3 billion transaction that was announced today.

Avery Dennsion Corporation (NYSE: AVY) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of Paxar Corporation (NYSE: PXR) for $30.50 per share or approximately $1.34 billion.

Kirkland partners Stephen Fraidin, Jeffrey Symons, Mark Kovner, Marimichael Skubel and Scott Price advised Paxar on this transaction.

03-23-2007

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Weil Gotshal Receives Multiple Honors at IFLR Americas Awards - Business Finance & Restructuring Practice a Double Winner
The International Financial Law Review (IFLR) hosted its second annual Americas Awards ceremony on March 22, 2007 at the Waldorf Astoria in New York, recognizing the work of law firms from all over North America for some of the most ground-breaking deals of 2006. Weil Gotshal received top honors in two categories, winning Restructuring Deal of the Year for our representation of Credit Suisse as agent for the bank consortium in the Owens Corning bankruptcy, and Restructuring Team of the Year, an award that recognized the outstanding work of the firm’s Business Finance & Restructuring practice in 2006.

The firm was also short-listed in three other categories: (1) Debt and Equity-Linked Deal of the Year for our representation of JPMorgan, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs in the secured financing for Ford Motor Company; (2) Equity Deal of the Year for our representation of Genesis Funding Limited and Genesis Lease Limited in the only known concurrent securitization and initial public offering and (3) Private Equity Deal of the Year for Cerberus’ winning bid in the auction of General Motors Acceptance Corporation. The firm represented GMAC in the auction.

IFLR has been a pre-eminent source of information on legal developments for banks, financial institutions, corporations, law firms and senior in-house counsel from all over the world for the past 25 years.

03-23-2007

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Securities Team Advises Two Clients in Offerings in the Global Capital Markets
Our client Swiss Reinsurance Company launched, and priced a day later, its third offering of hybrid securities – a £500 million (US$975 million) Perpetual Step Up Note offering using a Dutch repackaging vehicle, giving it "D" basket equity credit. In addition, Consol Glass (of South Africa) launched and priced a €420 million offering of 7.625% First Priority Senior Secured Notes. The securities team included Mark Bergman, Gabor Molnar, Jillian Lutzy, Sabrina Fox, Emilia Simonelli and Patricia Vaz de Almeida, and paralegal Luke Clow, with a team from New York, which included Cheryl Ashman, Stan Grigoryev, Bhavna Thakur and Ramy Wahbeh, and paralegal Liana Rebollo. Jeffrey Samuels and Sonia Inamdar provided tax advice on these transactions.

03-23-2007

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