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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Paul, Weiss Named a Top Law Firm for Diversity by Multicultural Law Magazine
Paul, Weiss was recently named one of Multicultural Law magazine's 2007 top 100 law firms for diversity. Multicultural Law magazine is dedicated to ensuring workplace diversity and highlighting the roles that minorities and women play in today's business world.

02-28-2007

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McGuireWoods LLP

McGuireWoods Lawyers in Charlotte Named to Business North Carolina's "Legal Elite"
Business North Carolina magazine named two lawyers in McGuireWoods LLP’s Charlotte office to its annual “Legal Elite” list, published in the January 2007, issue. Among members of the North Carolina State Bar, only three percent are selected annually for the magazine’s “Legal Elite.” The two partners recognized are Thomas E. Cabaniss and John C. Fennebresque.

Cabaniss was recognized as a “Legal Elite” in the bankruptcy category. With respect to bankruptcy issues, he concentrates on all aspects of chapter 11 reorganizations with an emphasis on complex transactions, representing secured creditors and debtors.

Fennebresque was recognized as a “Legal Elite” in the category of business. He concentrates in the areas of banking, finance and corporate law. He has represented major banking institutions for more than 32 years.

Business North Carolina mailed nearly 18,000 ballots, one to each member of the North Carolina State Bar residing in the state. The ballot asks members to rate other lawyers, but does not allow them to vote for themselves. Past winners become members of the Legal Elite Hall of Fame and are ineligible to be named again.

02-28-2007

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Foley & Lardner

Sharie Brown Leads Panel Discussion on "Life as an Attorney of Color in a Law Firm" at Georgetown
Foley Partner Sharie Brown will participate in a panel discussion at Georgetown on March 1, 2007 on "Life as an Attorney of Color in a Law Firm." Other panel members include Vineeta Bathia, associate with Foley, as well as two attorneys from Gibson Dunn and Dow Lohnes.

02-28-2007

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Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP

Patent Firms of the Year
Finnegan Henderson captured #1 rankings for both patent prosecution and patent contentious work among U.S. law firms for the fifth consecutive year in Managing Intellectual Property’s annual survey of the world’s leading IP law firms.

The firm was also named as #1 for patents among foreign firms in Japan.

The MIP survey is is based on research and interviews with hundreds of clients and practitioners in 65 different jurisdictions around the world.

02-28-2007

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Two Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Attorneys Named in the PA-Report 100
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC government relations professionals Dan Beren and Chuck Kolling were named in this year's Pennsylvania Report 100, The Pennsylvania Report's annual list of top 100 people who affect policy and politics in Pennsylvania.

Within its summary of entries, The Report describes Beren as a "long standing player who is head of the giant law firm Buchanan Ingersoll lobbying shop," and Kolling is described as "still the first to whom governments in western Pennsylvania turn for help in Harrisburg."

About Beren

Daniel E. Beren is Chairman Emeritus of the State Government Relations Section of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC. He has experience both as a legislator and as a lobbyist.

As a legislator, Beren served for 10 years as a distinguished member of Pennsylvania's General Assembly, gaining positions of seniority on a variety of important committees, including Transportation, Judiciary, Mines and Minerals, State Government, Elections and Apportionments, Rules and Urban Affairs.

Beren's legislative effectiveness was held in high regard on both sides of the aisle; Philadelphia Magazine rated him "among the handful of first-rate state legislators" during that period. He was selected by his peers for inclusion in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

During Beren's years as chairman of the Government Relations Section, the section has expanded from a three-person group in Harrisburg to one of the largest government relations sections in any law firm in Pennsylvania.

About Kolling

Charles J. Kolling, Jr. is a government relations consultant for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and has been representing a number of public and private clients, before the legislative and executive branches of Federal, State and local governments for 30 years. He was a consultant with Klett Rooney Lieber & Schorling for 10 years before it joined Buchanan Ingersoll in 2006.

Kolling was a member of the Strategy 21 Economic Development and Strategic Investment Partnership working groups and the Pittsburgh/Allegheny County Investment Coordination Staff Group, which advised a committee comprised of the Allegheny County Chief Executive and the Mayor of Pittsburgh, as well as various business leaders, regarding strategies to encourage economic development in Southwestern Pennsylvania. He has worked on every major economic development initiative in Pittsburgh and Allegheny County in the last three decades.

In addition, Kolling is a past member of the Steel Industry Heritage Corporation Board of Directors and has served on Senator Arlen Specter's Service Academy Candidate Civilian Review Committee, which makes recommendations to the senator on individuals under consideration for nomination to the United States Military, Naval and Air Force Academies. He served as a delegate to two Democratic National Conventions and as an alternate elector in the Presidential Electoral College.

02-28-2007

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Adds Three to Tax Practice In D.C.
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC announced today that a team of three tax attorneys has joined the firm in its Washington, D.C., office. The addition of shareholder Janine H. Bosley immediately follows that of Joan L. Rood and Annemarie G. McGavin, who joined the firm in January as counsel and senior attorney, respectively.

Bosley, who previously served as chair of law firm Ice Miller's D.C. office, and McGavin, who served as liaison for clients to the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Internal Revenue Service, both focus primarily on employee benefit and ERISA law. Rood, who spent 13 years within KPMG's National Tax Practice, focuses primarily on developing complex tax strategies.

"The addition of these three prominent D.C. tax attorneys demonstrates Buchanan's commitment to maintaining its strength in this area," states John Warner, co-managing shareholder of the firm's D.C. office and co-chair of the firm's Tax Section. With more than 50 attorneys, Buchanan's Tax Section is one of the largest among national law firms.

About Janine H. Bosley

Bosley focuses her practice on employee benefits and ERISA law. She has handled a wide range of qualified and nonqualified employee benefit plan and executive compensation issues, including IRS section 401, 403(b) and 457 plans, ESOPs, corrections under the EPCRS and VFC programs, plan compliance and bankruptcy matters as well as plan design and development.

Bosley has served as the managing principal and one of the founders of Bosley Hutzelman, a boutique law firm focusing on employee benefits. Prior to starting Bosley Hutzelman, she was a senior attorney in the Office of Chief Counsel of the Internal Revenue Service. While at the IRS, Ms. Bosley was involved in major benefits litigation in the U.S. Supreme Court, most federal circuits and the U. S. Tax Court.

Bosley received her J.D. degree from the University of Miami Law School and her M.P.A. and B.S.B.A. degrees from the University of Miami. She is a member of the Virginia Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association the American Bar Association and the ESOP Association. She is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, United States Tax Court, United States District Court for the District of Columbia and United States District Court and Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

About Joan L. Rood

Rood has written many internal and external articles on Internal Revenue Service (IRS) practice, procedure and controversy issues, developed and taught courses on IRS practice, procedure and controversy subjects; supervised multiple professionals who drafted materials explaining tax strategies and services; and developed marketing plans for tax strategies and services.

Prior to KPMG, Rood was a senior trial attorney for the IRS Office of Chief Counsel in Washington, D.C. She advised attorneys and other professionals on cutting edge tax accounting issues in controversy or under litigation. Rood reviewed Tax Court briefs for district counsel attorneys, prepared sensitive appeal recommendations and petitions for certiorari, and trained IRS agents on technical concerns involving tax accounting issues.

Rood obtained her L.L.M. degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1991 and her J.D. degree, with honors, from University of Florida School of Law. She received her B.B.A. degree, magna cum laude, from Stetson University.

About Annemarie G. McGavin

McGavin concentrates her practice on employee benefit and ERISA law. She has experience with 401, 403(b) and 457 plans, ESOPs, corrections under the EPCRS and VFC programs, and plan compliance. She previously served as liaison for clients to the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Internal Revenue Service. McGavin has also served as benefits counsel to entities engaging in mergers and acquisitions.

McGavin received her J.D. degree from George Mason University School of Law and her B.S.E.E. degree from Lehigh University. She is a member of the American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, the District of Columbia Bar Association and the ABA Section of Taxation. She is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia, Virginia and before the U.S. District Court and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

02-28-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie Advised on InterContinental Hotels Group Expansion to Ukraine
Baker & McKenzie announced today that it advised LLC “Yaroslaviv Val”, the Ukrainian owner and developer of a 5-star hotel complex, to be operated by InterContinental Hotels Group.

Baker & McKenzie’s local and international real estate practitioners assisted LLC “Yaroslaviv Val” in structuring the transaction, and drafting and negotiating a set of agreements for the management of InterContinental Kyiv. The deal was closed in Kyiv last week.

The Baker & McKenzie real estate team consisted of Serhiy Piontkovsky (Partner), Adrian Moore (Partner, Geneva), Mykola Stetsenko (Associate) and Hennadiy Voytsitskyi (Associate).

InterContinental Kyiv will be a hotel complex of approximately 280 suites with spa, fitness center, several lounges, shops, restaurants and bars. It will be constructed at the very heart of Kyiv on Velyka Zhytomyrska Street (close to St. Michael's and St. Sophia) and is scheduled for completion in summer 2008. InterContinental Kyiv joins the family of InterContinental Hotels Group, which owns, manages, leases or franchises through various subsidiaries 3,680 hotels and 543,775 guest rooms in nearly 100 countries and territories worldwide.

Serhiy Piontkovsky, real estate partner of the Kyiv office commented: “We are delighted to help LLC “Yaroslaviv Val” join InterContinental’s global portfolio—one of the world’s largest hotel operations to enter the Ukrainian travel and leisure market. Baker & McKenzie is a ‘natural choice’ for our client because of our vast experience in acting for owners and operators throughout Europe, especially in Ukraine.”

This is the third international hotel expansion deal Baker & McKenzie advised on in Ukraine, following St. Sophia Hyatt Regency Kyiv, where the Firm acted for the owner, and Hilton Kyiv, in which the Firm advised Hilton.

InterContinental Hotels Group was advised by DLA Piper Ukraine.

02-28-2007

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