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Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

Third Party Administrator Alliance Signs Michael Best & Friedrich LLP for Legal Services
The Third Party Administrator Alliance—known as the TPAA—has signed an agreement with Wisconsin-based Michael Best & Friedrich LLP to provide legal services for its member TPAs.

According to Peggy Wolford, vice president of business development for the TPAA, “Michael Best & Friedrich has significant experience in the employee benefits field and has represented TPAs, brokers, consultants and employers. Their understanding of this industry from every angle makes them a valuable partner for our members.”

In addition to individual services, TPAA members will have access to a “group legal” purchasing model to cover issues that will likely affect all members. This model should lead to reduced legal expenses for participating members. Also, Michael Best offers teleweb and telephone seminars as well as an “extranet” for housing documents that can be accessed 24/7. “We believe our firm and the TPAA are an excellent fit,” says John Barlament, Attorney and Partner with Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. “Most large law firms also have very high hourly billing rates and most small firms do not have the additional resources available in-house when needed. At Michael Best, we can rely on our full-service corporate and litigation departments to assist with various TPA issues such as mergers and acquisitions and litigation. Combined with our dedication to and knowledge of the industry, we will be a great partner for the TPAA members.

02-19-2007

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McCarthy Tetrault, L.L.P.

Bernard Lord, Former New Brunswick Premier, Joins McCarthy Tétrault
McCarthy Tétrault is pleased to announce that the Honourable Bernard Lord has joined the firm as Senior Counsel after a decade of provincial politics in New Brunswick where he was Premier for two back-to-back majority governments. He stepped down as Leader and MLA on January 31, 2007.

Bio: Bernard Lord

"I entertained offers from several national and regional firms and organizations," Mr. Lord said. "I chose McCarthy Tétrault because it’s such a great fit. I like the firm’s strong national platform and the opportunity it gives me to contribute to the whole firm’s top-tier client roster. I am also pleased to add that I will maintain my residence in New Brunswick and commute to McCarthy Tétrault’s offices across the country."

"We have a rich history of attracting and developing young leaders from many spheres including the political arena," said Iain Scott, McCarthy Tétrault’s Chair and CEO. "We are looking forward to having Bernard’s leadership, counsel and expertise with public-private partnerships, energy, health and other important areas, which will be of significant value to our clients."

Marc-André Blanchard, Regional Managing Partner (Québec) added: "Bernard Lord, who became New Brunswick’s youngest elected premier at 33, is an inspiring leader with vision and energy. He has a strong understanding of the country and we look forward to having him serve our firm-wide client base with the same dedication and passion with which he served New Brunswick."

Mr. Lord received his Bachelor of Common Law from the Université de Moncton in 1992 and was called to the New Brunswick bar in 1993. He also holds an honorary doctorate of laws from the University of New Brunswick and honorary doctorate degrees from the Université de Moncton and St. Thomas University.

With close to 700 lawyers practising in Canada’s major financial centres, as well as London, U.K., McCarthy Tétrault delivers integrated business law, litigation, tax law, real property law, and labour and employment law services nationally and globally. We advise on the largest and most complex transactions and cases involving Canadian and foreign interests, and actively listen to our clients to understand their needs, their business and their industry. We provide a single, client-focused team that capitalizes on our size and scale to deliver customized legal services that help clients achieve their goals. Authoritative legal directories rank McCarthy Tétrault among the world’s top law firms. Experience the McCarthy Tétrault difference and discover first hand how our integrated competencies, depth of knowledge, expertise and experience can be your competitive advantage.

02-19-2007

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Haskell, Slaughter, Young & Gallion, L.L.C.

HASKELL SLAUGHTER EXPANDS INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE TEAM WITH ADDITION OF NEW COUNSEL
Haskell Slaughter Young & Rediker, LLC announces the expansion of its International Law and Immigration practice team with the addition of Hyun-Zu ("Yonni") Kim, who has joined the firm as Of Counsel. Ms. Kim, a native of Seoul, Korea, was educated at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Hamburg University in Hamburg, Germany. She received an LL.M. in Banking and Financial Law from Boston University School of Law in May 2001, after spending five years in a variety of positions in Frankfurt, Seoul and New York City as part of a post-graduate practical law training rotation program supervised by the State Court of Hessia at Frankfurt. Ms. Kim, a member of the New York State Bar, will focus her practice on international business transactions and economic development activities involving Korean and German businesses and Southeastern companies doing business in those countries. She will be based out of the firm's Montgomery office.

Ms. Kim's association with Haskell Slaughter reflects the firm's continuing commitment to helping clients meet the changing demands of international business. Haskell Slaughter's International Law and Immigration practice team represents both Southeastern companies competing in the global marketplace and foreign businesses looking to expand in the United States, as well as assisting U.S. and foreign clients with their immigration needs. The firm is the only Alabama member of TAGLaw, a worldwide network of law firms that pools the resources of 150 law firms in over 90 countries to provide member firms' clients with sophisticated legal services wherever their needs may arise.

02-19-2007

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Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Firm Attorneys Named ”Indiana Super Lawyers”
Fifty-eight attorneys from Barnes & Thornburg LLP’s Indiana offices are among this year’s Indiana Super Lawyers®, a listing that will appear in the March issue of Indianapolis Monthly magazine.

John R. Maley, a partner in the Indianapolis office, ranked third overall in Indiana. He has been listed in the top three for the last four years. Stanley C. Fickle and Kristin G. Fruehwald, both of Indianapolis, were listed in the top 50.

Three attorneys made the list of top 25 female super lawyers. They are Jan M. Carroll, Anne DePrez and Kristin Fruehwald, all of Indianapolis.

Indiana Super Lawyers® are hailed by Law & Politics as the top attorneys in their respective practice areas, selected by their peers throughout the state. The list also is published in Indiana Super Lawyers, an annual magazine mailed to every lawyer in the state of Indiana. Barnes & Thornburg’s Super Lawyers include.

02-19-2007

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King & Spalding

King & Spalding's February E-Learn Seminar Brings the Firm's Washington Heavyweights Together to Discuss Congress' New Look
As part of King & Spalding’s monthly E-Learn Series, an hour-long web seminar entitled "A Look at the New Congress: What Lies Ahead on the Hill?" will be offered to King & Spalding clients on February 20, 2007 at 12:30 p.m. EDT. The seminar will address the new congressional leadership, its developing relationship with the Administration and the prospects for legislation and oversight activity in 2007 - 2008. The expert panel will feature a number of King & Spalding's Washington insiders, including former Senator Daniel R. Coats; former Chief of Staff to Speaker Nancy Pelosi, George C. Crawford; former General Counsel of the House of Representatives, Thomas J. Spulak; and former Senior Investigative Counsel, Senate Finance Committee, Daniel F. Donovan. The program will be moderated by Senior Partner, Theodore M. Hester.

The seminar will be presented online from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. EDT. Clients of the firm will be able to participate online, or may view the program at the firm’s offices in Atlanta, Houston, London, New York, and Washington, D.C. Participants in the King & Spalding E-Learn Series generally receive CLE credit for attending the program.

The following questions will be addressed at the February 20 seminar:

* What are the Democratic, Administration and Republican perspectives?
* What is the impact of the new rules of fundraising activity, gifts and interaction between members, staff and lobbyists?
* How will the changes in Congress affect businesses?
* What is planned for the aggressive congressional oversight agenda?

Speakers
Senator Dan Coats is a senior counsel in King & Spalding's Public Policy and Government Advocacy Practice Group. Senator Coats joined King & Spalding after serving as U.S. Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from August 2001 to February 2005. A former member of Congress, Senator Coats represented Indiana in the United States Senate from 1989 to 1999, and in the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 1988.

George C. Crawford is a senior government relations advisor in King & Spalding’s Public Policy and Government Advocacy Practice Group where he works with the firm’s clients to develop and implement strategies to successfully achieve their legislative policy goals. Prior to joining King & Spalding, Mr. Crawford most recently served as Chief of Staff for House Democratic Leader, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) where he was the principal advisor on policy, political and procedural matters.

Daniel F. Donovan is a counsel with King & Spalding's Public Policy and Government Advocacy Practice Group in Washington, D.C. Mr. Donovan joined King & Spalding after serving as Senior Investigative Counsel to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance in the United States Senate from 2003 to 2007. He has extensive investigative experience and his practice focuses on representing clients being investigated by Congressional committees and on other compliance and enforcement actions by federal and state healthcare enforcement and regulatory agencies.

Theodore M. Hester is a senior partner in King & Spalding's Public Policy and Government Advocacy Practice Group. Over the past twenty years, Mr. Hester has developed particular expertise representing clients being investigated by congressional committees and the Government Accountability Office, including high profile investigations of Bridgestone/Firestone, the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games, GlaxoSmithKline (Paxil®), and Purdue Pharma (OxyContin®).

Thomas J. Spulak is a partner in the Public Policy and Government Advocacy Practice Group at King & Spalding's Washington, D.C. office. With over 20 years of experience in Washington, Mr. Spulak has worked both in Congress and in the private sector. In his current practice, he assists clients with legislative, regulatory and executive branch solutions to a wide range of legal and business matters, particularly those emphasizing congressional rules and procedure, congressional tax, budget and appropriations and congressional ethics, and federal election law.

02-19-2007

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Media statement
Freshfields wishes to clarify the position of its new Infrastructure and Transport Group and the significance it accords to project finance and the know how of its project finance lawyers.

* We have recently established a new sector group by drawing together several smaller but increasingly aligned sector groups. The new sector group will be called the Infrastructure and Transport Group (ITG), which includes infrastructure, transport, defence and public sector work. Finance partner Nick Bliss and corporate partner Edward Braham will be co-heads of the new group.
* Our global sector groups draw specialists from all practice areas to form client and industry-focused teams to deliver a complete service to clients in these sectors. Partners in our practice groups can be members of one or more sector groups as well, depending on the industry sectors in which their clients operate.
* As is well known, infrastructure is a 'hot' asset class and we have acted in the leading deals in this area. In the UK, for example, we acted for the winning purchaser for BAA, Associated British Ports and Anglian Water.
* With the creation of ITG we are aligning ourselves further with the market in terms of what our clients are doing. Attention is shifting to investment in brownfield infrastructure assets and we have many clients who have established, or are in the course of establishing, infrastructure funds or teams. These include all the major banks, well known infrastructure investors and long term investors. This market shift plays to our core M&A and project finance strengths, combining asset class and financing knowledge (project finance) and acquisition skills (M&A).
* Our London project finance practice remains an integral and successful part of our global finance practice, which is core to the service our clients expect from us. Our project finance partners will continue working on high profile deals. Our project finance practice enjoys high rankings in the leading legal publications with several leading practitioners.
* Going forward there will be increasing focus on areas such as secondary activity in projects (acquisition, disposal and restructuring) as well as the primary project origination market, and we are still very much involved in high profile greenfield (or primary) projects, for example, Galileo, the EU backed next generation satellite communications and navigation system, the UK's M25 London Orbital road project, roads in Russia (including the St Petersburg Western High Speed Diameter), the recently closed Gautrain project (a new rail link from Johannesburg to Pretoria and Johannesburg Airport to Sandton), the new Dublin Metro project and Port Mann/Highway 1 in British Columbia, Canada, as well as a range of greenfield projects in the Gulf and a variety of other non OECD countries.

Notes for editors

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm providing a comprehensive worldwide service to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.

02-19-2007

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Fowler, White, Boggs & Banker, Attorneys At Law

Leadership Positions Announced at Fowler White
At their recent annual meeting, the shareholders of Fowler White Boggs Banker elected Carl Joseph Coleman to the Board of Directors. Mr. Coleman served as the head of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group and practices in the firm’s Fort Myers office. Rhea F. Law was re-elected to the Board for a 3-year-term.

The remaining members of the Board of Directors and Corporate Officers continuing their terms include: E. Jackson Boggs-Chairman of the Firm, John D. Emmanuel, Joseph Lopez and John “Mac” Stipanovich. Rhea Law was re-elected President and CEO and John D. Emmanuel was elected Secretary/Treasurer.

In addition to the board elections, Jeffrey P. Winkler was appointed chairman of the Litigation Department. W. Donald Cox has been named Firm General Counsel.

Mark C. Greene was selected chair of the Technology and Products Liability Group. David C. Lockwood was named chair of the Employment Law and Workers’ Compensation Practice Group and Paul Pizzo was named to head the firm’s Commercial Litigation Practice Group, succeeding Mr. Coleman.

02-19-2007

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