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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Barnes & Thornburg LLP Elects 13 Partners Firmwide
Barnes & Thornburg LLP has elected 13 attorneys as partners in three of its offices. Following are the new partners for 2007:

Grand Rapids

* Jeffrey G. Muth, Litigation Department

Indianapolis

* Rebecca L. Ball, Intellectual Property Department
* Kepten D. Carmichael, Business Department
* Christopher P. Felts, Business Department/Governmental Services and Finance Department
* Kirk E. Grable, Governmental Services and Finance Department
* William A. Hahn, Litigation Department
* John T.L. Koenig, Labor and Employment Law Department
* P. Jason Stephenson, Energy, Telecommunications, Transportation and Public Utilities Department
* T. Joseph Wendt, Litigation Department

South Bend

* Brien P. Crotty, Litigation Department/Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring Department
* Damon R. Leichty, Litigation Department
* Michael P. Palmer, Labor and Employment Law Department
* James W. Tuesley, Business Department

02-26-2007

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Alston & Bird LLP

Stephanie A. Kennan to Join Heath Care Legislative Public Policy Group
Alston & Bird LLP announced today that Stephanie A. Kennan has joined the Washington, D.C., office as a senior policy advisor in the firm’s Health Care Practice, where she will assist clients in developing, designing and implementing their legislative and regulatory strategy.

“For more than two decades, Stephanie has focused on critical health care related issues,” said Frank “Rusty” M. Conner, partner-in-charge of the firm’s Washington, D.C., office. “Her strong policy background and nuanced understanding of important health issues will complement our health care team and benefit our clients. We are pleased she has joined the firm and look forward to her contributions to the health care practice.”

Most recently, Ms. Kennan was the Senior Health Policy Advisor to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. In this capacity she worked on the Senate Finance, Budget and Aging Committees and helped develop legislation focusing on end-of-life care such as Medicare physician payment, Medicare Part D, drug research and payment and health insurance matters. Ms. Kennan’s professional accomplishments also include the introduction of the first bipartisan prescription drug bill, the development and passage of bipartisan budget amendments funding prescription drugs and uninsured initiatives and collaboration with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) on reimbursement issues related to medical devices and drugs.

“Alston & Bird’s reputation as one of the most distinguished health care practices in the country and the firm’s top-tier client roster will allow me to work on a variety of important health issues facing the nation today,” said Ms. Kennan. “I’m excited by the opportunity to work with such a distinguished group of health care professionals.”

Ms. Kennan will join Alston & Bird’s well established health care policy team, which includes such notables as former United States Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle; former United States Senator Bob Dole; Tom Scully, the former Bush administration official who headed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; and Marilyn Yager, a former deputy assistant to the president under the Clinton administration. The group is comprised of 60 attorneys and is one of the largest of such practices among U.S. law firms. They are instrumental in developing law that involves health care regulation and policy on Medicare fraud and abuse, the Stark Law, health care compliance, HIPAA privacy and security requirements, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement, Medicare fast track and slow track terminations and appeals, antitrust issues, EMTALA and numerous other administrative matters affecting health care entities.

Before joining Senator Wyden’s office, Ms. Kennan served in senior jobs for a number of high-profile associations and for a member of Congress. She earned her M.A. in creative writing from Johns Hopkins University and her B.A. in American Government and Foreign Affairs from The University of Virginia.

02-26-2007

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Krieg & De Vault, L.L.P.

Krieg DeVault Named a “Best Place to Work in Indiana” by the Indiana Chamber
Today the Indiana Chamber of Commerce announced that Krieg DeVault LLP is one of fifty Indiana companies to be designated a “Best Place to Work in Indiana” for creating a productive environment in which employees feel valued.

The program honors the top companies in the state, as determined through employer reports and comprehensive employee surveys. Winners were selected from two categories: small to medium-sized companies of between 25 and 249 employees, and large-sized companies consisting of 250 or more employees. Krieg DeVault is listed in the small to medium-sized companies category.

“Our culture is an important component of our success as a firm. This honor not only speaks to the environment and culture that exists at Krieg DeVault, but also to the character of the people that work at the firm,” said Michael E. Williams, Managing Partner.

02-26-2007

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King & Spalding

King & Spalding Among the Nation's Top Law Firms Representing Syndicated Loan Lenders, According to Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation Year-End Rankings
Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation (Reuters LPC) has announced that King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, ranked 11th by number of deals and 15th by volume for its representation of US lenders on syndicated loan transactions. In 2006, the firm advised various lenders on 53 syndicated deals worth more than $23 billion.

King & Spalding's 53 lender side deals span a wide variety of financing transactions, including:

* Representation of SunTrust Bank as administrative agent and SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc. as lead arranger in providing $105 million first lien/ $25 million of second lien project financing for the development, engineering, construction, testing and operation of an ethanol production and grain processing facility.

* Representation of General Electric Capital Corporation as administrative agent and GE Capital Markets, Inc. as lead arranger in providing $170 million of senior secured credit facilities in connection with the recapitalization of a global staffing company in anticipation of an initial public offering.

* Represention of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as Co-Lead Arrangers, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, in connection with a $1 billion senior term credit facility for Transocean Inc., the world’s largest offshore drilling company.

The firm has also focused significant resources in the energy industry, handling 17 lender-side syndicated energy-related deals in 2006.

King & Spalding's Finance practice, based in the firm's Atlanta, London and New York offices, provides services to lenders, investors and borrowers in connection with a wide variety of financings and other commercial transactions. In the 2007 edition of IFLR 1000, King & Spalding’s bank lending practice was one of only 21 recommended in the United States, and its debt and equity capital markets practice is one of only 28 recommended in the United States.

02-26-2007

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King & Spalding

King & Spalding Represents The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. (“Cristal”) in $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Millennium Inorganic Chemicals Business from Lyondell Chemical Company
King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, represented The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. (“Cristal”) in its $1.2 billion acquisition of Lyondell Chemical Company’s Millennium Inorganic Chemicals business, which was announced today. The Millennium Inorganic Chemicals business is the world’s second largest producer of titanium dioxide, with manufacturing locations in Australia, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.

With major offices in the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia and Singapore, Cristal is the only producer of titanium dioxide in the Middle East and North Africa and exports its products to more than 70 countries.

Additional details about the transaction can be found here: www.prnewswire.com/news/index_mail.shtml?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-26-2007/0004534287&EDATE=

The King & Spalding lawyers leading the team for CRISTAL are:

Michael J. Egan, Partner, Atlanta
William R. Parish, Partner, Houston
John L. Keffer, Partner, London

Other members of King & Spalding’s team include the following:

Corporate
John L. Tobin, Associate, Houston
Elana Herman, Associate, Houston
Tara L. Teeter, Associate, Houston
Marcus A. Young, Associate, London
Paul W. White, Associate, London

Antitrust
Jeffrey S. Spigel, Partner, Washington, D.C.

Employee Benefits
Donald S. Kohla, Partner, Atlanta
Laura M. Nolen, Associate, Atlanta
Pulina Whitaker, Associate, London

Environmental
Les A. Oakes, Counsel, Atlanta
Rita B. Barker, Associate, Atlanta

Finance
Margaret E. (Peggy) O’Neil, Partner, New York
Jennifer E. Daly, Associate, New York

Intellectual Property
Michael S. Pavento, Counsel, Atlanta

Litigation
Jane C. Luxton, Partner, Washington, D.C.
Meghan Magruder, Partner, Atlanta
Brian A. White, Associate, Atlanta

Real Estate
Peter M. Oxman, Partner, Houston
Richard F. Heaton, Associate, Houston

Tax
Robert G. Woodward, Partner, Atlanta
Kevin G. Conway, Partner, London
Michael H. Plowgian, Associate, Atlanta

02-26-2007

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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

Frost Brown Todd Attorney Appointed as Visiting Professor at Siberia's Novosibirsk State University
Edmund J. Adams, Of Counsel to Frost Brown Todd LLC, has been appointed by the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg, Austria, as a Visiting Professor of Bankruptcy Law at Novosibirsk State University near Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia’s third largest city.

The appointment, for two weeks in March, is one of approximately 40 in the Center’s Senior Lawyer Program this spring. The program is in its second full year. The engagement in Novosibirsk will be preceded by a one week orientation period at the Center’s Salzburg facilities in late February.

Adams will be conducting a seminar on Chapter 11 bankruptcies in America, to give the students from Siberia, Mongolia and Kazakhstan an opportunity to compare their business bankruptcy system to that in the United States.

“This will be an exciting experience for my wife Cindy and me,” said Adams. “I hope to convey a sense of the entrepreneurial spirit in America, how our court system functions, and especially how in major business bankruptcies, so much is resolved through negotiation rather than litigation.”

Adams is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy. He has represented clients in numerous Chapter 11 cases during his legal career, serving as the partner-in-charge at Frost Brown Todd in the Federated Department Stores, Eagle-Picher Industries, Cincinnati Microwave, Cordage of Cincinnati and Endicott-Johnson Shoe Chapter 11 cases, among others.

02-26-2007

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields Advises Linde on Sale of INO Therapeutics
Linde AG has agreed to sell INO Therapeutics, its wholly owned subsidiary, to a newly-formed company led by New Mountain Capital, the US private equity firm. Under the terms of the agreement, Linde will receive approximately €380m in cash and a 17 per cent stake in the newly-formed company, which will combine INO with Ikaria Inc., a private, U.S. biotechnology company.

INO operates in the critical care market and focuses on the development, marketing, and selling of proprietary drug-device combination products targeted at in-hospital treatment of respiratory diseases and other related ailments in the critical care market through inhaled nitric oxide therapy.

International law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising Linde in the transaction.

The Freshfields team was led by New York corporate partner Matthew Herman, and included the following US/European team:

New York: Quirijn Biesheuvel (associate, corporate), Sheena Singla (associate, corporate) and Lara Brook (associate, corporate)

Washington DC: Claude Stansbury (partner, Tax), Paul Yde (partner, ACT) and Tom Ensign (associate, ACT)

London: Richard Lister (partner, Intellectual Property), Jodie Flynn (counsel, Intellectual Property) and Giles Pratt (associate, Intellectual Property).

02-26-2007

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