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Covington & Burling, P.C.

Litigator Michael Schlanger Returns to Covington
Covington & Burling LLP announced today that Michael Schlanger has joined the firm as a partner in the litigation practice group. He will be resident in the firm's Washington office, where he practiced as a litigation associate in the 1970s.

Mr. Schlanger represents companies and individuals in high-risk civil litigation, both trial and appellate, often involving allegations of intentional wrongdoing against classes of customers, employees or public bodies. The cases typically include claims of fraud under federal and state statutes (e.g., RICO, securities, consumer protection), antitrust, IP infringement, ethic violations, or retaliatory personnel action for alleged "whistleblowing". For more than 30 years, Mr. Schlanger has practiced as a trial counsel before judges, juries, and arbitration panels nationwide. He also has served as appellate counsel in most federal circuits and in the United States Supreme Court.

"We are simply delighted to have Michael return home to Covington," said Stuart Stock, chair of the firm’s management committee. "He was a terrific lawyer, an esteemed colleague and a good friend throughout his first tour of duty at the firm, and we welcome him back with great enthusiasm."

Mr. Schlanger stated, "I was born and raised as a lawyer at Covington, and I have spent my career endeavoring to live by the high professional standards taught to me and many generations of young lawyers at the firm. In my heart, I never left Covington, and I am deeply honored to be invited to return home."

Mr. Schlanger is a graduate of Columbia College and The George Washington University School of Law. Since 1983, he has served as a Trustee of the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

03-05-2007

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Covington & Burling, P.C.

Securities Litigator David Bayless Joins Covington’s San Francisco Office
Covington & Burling LLP announced today that David Bayless has joined the firm as partner. He will be resident in the firm’s San Francisco office.

Mr. Bayless was the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s San Francisco office from 1994 to 1999, during which time he was responsible for all enforcement and regulatory matters within that office’s multi-state jurisdiction. His practice focuses on SEC enforcement work, internal investigations, and private securities class action litigation. Mr. Bayless has extensive experience in SEC investigations involving financial reporting and accounting fraud allegations as well as insider trading. He also represents broker-dealers and investment advisers and their employees in enforcement actions by the SEC and NASD.

The arrival of Mr. Bayless further strengthens Covington’s highly respected white collar and securities litigation practices. The firm regularly represents clients in high-stakes investigatory, regulatory, derivative, criminal and civil securities actions. Six of our securities litigators are former federal prosecutors with extensive experience representing clients before the SEC, the securities and commodities exchanges, banking regulators and the United States Department of Justice.

“We are very pleased to welcome David to Covington,” said Stuart Stock, chair of Covington’s management committee. “David is a terrific lawyer who brings a tremendous depth of experience and expertise in both the SEC enforcement and private securities litigation arenas,” said Don Brown, managing partner of the San Francisco office. “He is the perfect West Coast complement to our securities practice,” said David Martin, co-head of Covington’s securities practice group and former Director of the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance.

“Covington & Burling is one of the nation’s premier corporate, regulatory and litigation firms,” said Mr. Bayless. “This is a great opportunity to join a team of lawyers of stellar reputation and unsurpassed collegiality and extend my SEC enforcement practice to a loyal client base.”

Mr. Bayless is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and Oberlin College. He also holds a Ph.D from Cambridge University.

03-05-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Wong & Partners Advises Kingdom Hotel Investments on its USD124 Million Acquisition of MAS Hotels & Boutiques Sdn. Bhd., the Owner of the Four Seasons Resort, Langkawi, Malaysia
Baker & McKenzie announced today that its member firm in Malaysia, Wong & Partners, represented Kingdom Hotel Investments (KHI) in its acquisition of 100% of the share capital of MAS Hotels and Boutiques Sdn. Bhd. (MHB), which owns the Four Seasons Resort, Langkawi, from Malaysian Airline System Berhad (MAS).

KHI, through its affiliate, Kingdom Langkawi B.V., and MAS entered into a conditional Share Purchase Agreement for the sale of 10 million ordinary shares of RM1.00 each, representing 100% of the entire allotted and issued share capital of MHB on 1 March 2007. The total consideration for the shares, which includes the settlement of debt owed by MHB to MAS, and is subject to certain adjustments, is RM435 million (approximately USD124 million).

This acquisition is considered a landmark transaction for Malaysia and its hotels, resorts and tourism industry due to the size of the transaction, the nature of the asset (the Four Seasons Resort, Langkawi is widely regarded as one of Malaysia’s most exclusive resort hotels) and as it marks the first significant investment in Malaysia by KHI. KHI’s founder, chairman and substantial shareholder is Prince Al-Waleed bin Talal bin AbdulAziz AlSaud of Saudi Arabia.

The transaction was led by M&A partner Munir Abdul Aziz and tax partner Adeline Wong, who were assisted by associates, Gwendoline Choy, Karen Teo and Lucy Chang. The Wong & Partners team worked primarily with Ken Kerr and Patricia Lee in KHI's Singapore office.

03-05-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie LLP Appointed as Legal Adviser to BBC Trust
Baker & McKenzie, London, has been appointed as legal adviser to the BBC Trust on regulatory matters. The Trust is the BBC’s new, independent governing body.

Baker & McKenzie's work will advise on the Trust's fair trading policies and give public and competition law advice in connection with the Trust's evaluation of the BBC Executive's proposals to launch new or significantly changed services, such as the proposals to offer TV services in the UK on-demand. The Firm is also advising the Trust on other initiatives, such as the BBC's proposal to launch a UK free-to-air digital TV satellite platform.

Samantha Mobley, Partner at Baker & McKenzie, said: ''Winning this important client is further evidence of the success we have had because of the combination of our strong competition practice and our highly rated public law expertise.''

Commenting on Baker & McKenzie's appointment, Nicholas Kroll, Director, BBC Trust, said: “The BBC Trust sets the strategic direction of the BBC and ensures it meets its public purposes. It has a range of regulatory tools to help it do this, including the Public Value Test. The Trust must take decisions in the best interests of licence fee payers, after independent and careful analysis of all the evidence available. We are pleased to have engaged Baker & McKenzie as legal advisors to the BBC Trust to help us with this work.

03-05-2007

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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Strauss Named Chair of Jewish Community Federation Campaign
Cleveland partner David Strauss has been named general chair of the Jewish Community Federation of Cleveland’s 2008 Campaign for Jewish Needs. The annual Campaign funds social service and education programs through 16 agencies in Cleveland, as well as national and international Jewish agencies.

As a member of Federation’s board of trustees, Strauss has served on several Federation committees, including endowment, allocations, legal, and community planning. He is also a past chair of Federation’s budget committee, which allocates the annual campaign’s earnings.

Strauss, who practices primarily in the areas of real estate transactions, partnership matters, and tax planning, has been an active volunteer for the Federation’s annual campaigns, including working as a special gifts solicitor and vice chair and co-chair of the Attorneys and Accountants Division of campaign.

Strauss is also a past president and life trustee of Jewish Family Service Association and has served on the boards and is a life trustee of Menorah Park Center for Senior Living and a former trustee of B’nai Jeshurun Congregation. Nationally, he was on the board of the Council of Jewish Federations, which has since merged with other agencies to become United Jewish Communities. In the general community, he has served on the boards of the Cleveland Ballet and Playhouse Square Foundation.

"It is an honor to be asked to assume this leadership role for the Federation," said Strauss. "With it comes great responsibility and an enormous challenge—to continue the tremendous success of last year’s annual campaign which raised over $30 million. With the generous support the Jewish community in Cleveland has always shown, and the tireless efforts of the campaign volunteers and staff, I am confident we will reach this year’s goal.

03-05-2007

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Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, L.L.P.

Kevin J. Kotch Speaks at ABA Litigation 2007 Insurance Coverage Committee CLE Seminar
Kevin J. Kotch, an associate in the Litigation Department of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP served as a speaker at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) “Section of Litigation 2007 Insurance Coverage Committee CLE Seminar.” The seminar was held March 1-3 at The Westin La Paloma in Tucson, Arizona. Kotch was one of the speakers for the March 1 Plenary Session entitled “Insurance Coverage for Liability from the Loss or Theft of Sensitive Customer Data.”

Kotch concentrates his practice in the areas of insurance coverage litigation, white collar criminal defense and commercial litigation. Kotch earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Temple University (1993), where he was an editor for the Law Review and the International and Comparative Law Journal. He received his Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, in physics from Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA (1990). He has extensive experience representing insurance policyholders in a wide variety of disputes.

03-05-2007

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Obermayer, Rebmann, Maxwell & Hippel, L.L.P.

Kevin J. Kotch Hosts E-Commerce and Cyberspace Committee Presentation
Kevin J. Kotch, an associate in the Litigation Department of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP was the featured speaker for the E-Commerce and Cyberspace Committee of the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s brownbag lunchtime presentation on Friday, February 23, 2007. The presentation was held at the offices of Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP in Philadelphia. The one hour substantive discussion was entitled, “Is Your Client Covered for the Loss or Theft of Sensitive Customer Data?: Traditional Insurance and the Emerging Network Risk Coverage.”

Kotch addressed the risk management aspects of potential computer network intrusions facing law firms and their clients. He described where clients might find coverage under the traditional policies and discussed the emerging types of insurance coverage known as Network Risk Insurance and the nature and extent of their protection. Kotch explained the terms of Network Risk Insurance products as they relate to liability, public relations expenses business interruption, cyber-extortion and other matters as well as highlighted the general types of information that insurers are seeking during the application process. He also reviewed the class action that was recently filed against TJX Companies for failing to protect customer data from computer hackers in the context of insurance coverage and discussed newly enacted legislation that requires, among other things, notification to all affected clients and customers in the event of loss or theft of data.

Kotch concentrates his practice in the areas of insurance coverage litigation, white collar criminal defense and commercial litigation. Kotch earned his Juris Doctor degree, cum laude, from Temple University (1993), where he was an editor for the Law Review and the International and Comparative Law Journal. He received his Bachelor of Science degree, magna cum laude, in physics from Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA (1990). He has extensive experience representing insurance policyholders in a wide variety of disputes. He was a featured speaker at the American Bar Association’s (ABA) “Section of Litigation 2007 Insurance Coverage Committee CLE Seminar” held recently in Tucson, Arizona.

03-05-2007

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