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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw promotes 26 to partner in U.S. Offices
International law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of 26 new partners in the U.S. as part of 39 promotions worldwide. The appointments take effect from 1 January 2007.

The partner promotions in the U.S. are as follows:

CHICAGO

Richard M. Assmus, Intellectual Property

Richard joined the firm in 1998 following his graduation from the University of Michigan Law School and has worked in both the Washington, D.C. and Chicago offices. He advises on a broad range of intellectual property matters, including trademark prosecution and enforcement, copyright litigation, trade secrets litigation and trademark licensing.

Jeffrey M. Bruns, Tax Transactions

Jeff provides tax advice to a wide variety of clients in connection with the formation and operation of partnerships and limited liability companies, with an emphasis on transactions involving real estate assets. He also has substantial experience representing sponsors of real estate and private equity funds, as well as representing taxable, tax-exempt and foreign investors in such funds. In addition, he regularly provides tax advice in connection with the formation and operation of REITs. Jeff joined the firm in 1999 after graduating cum laude from the University of Wisconsin Law School.

Nathaniel Carden, Tax Controversy

Nate Carden specializes in matters of tax controversy and transfer pricing, emphasizing representation of corporate taxpayers in audit, administrative appeal and litigation settings. He also advises multinational clients on cross-border intangible property, service and financing transactions. Prior to joining the firm in 2002, Nate worked for McKinsey & Co. He previously served as law clerk to the Honorable Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Chris M. Gavin, Finance

Chris concentrates his practice on structured finance transactions, with a particular emphasis on residential mortgage-backed securities offered in the public and private markets and the establishment of residential mortgage loan warehouse facilities that issue extendable commercial paper. He also has extensive experience securitizing many other types of financial assets. Chris joined the firm in 1999.

Jonathan M. Grandon, Corporate

Jonathan represents buyers, sellers and financial intermediaries in connection with stock and asset acquisitions, divestitures, mergers, joint ventures, strategic alliances, financings, tender and exchange offers, shareholder arrangements and a variety of other transactions involving U.S., foreign and multinational corporations and other entities, both public and private. Prior to joining Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Jonathan was associated with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP from 2000 to 2004. He served as the note editor of the Michigan Telecommunications and Technology Law Review while he earned his J.D. from the University of Michigan Law School.

Britton B. Guerrina, Litigation

Britton specializes in representing public and private clients in complex litigation before state and federal courts as well as international and domestic arbitral tribunals. She has advised clients in a diverse range of matters, including contractual and joint venture disputes, insurance coverage, business torts, class actions, constitutional claims, Voting Rights Act and other statutory claims, and white-collar crimes. Prior to joining Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 2000, Britton served as law clerk to the Honorable Diane P. Wood, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Britton is also a Director of the Legal Aid Society and a Contributing Editor of The Green Bag.

Joshua P. Hanna, Real Estate

Josh joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's Chicago real estate group in 2004. A 1999 graduate of Northwestern University School of Law, Josh represents a diverse range of clients in real estate acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development, leasing and financing. He regularly represents large U.S. and foreign private equity funds and insurance companies in the acquisition and financing of multi-family, office, retail, senior housing and industrial facilities, and has significant experience in the hospitality industry advising buyers, operators and developers of hotels, golf courses, restaurants and nightclubs. Josh also represents lenders in construction and permanent loans, and structures joint ventures and ownership entities for various clients.

Dean Isaacs, Real Estate

Dean specializes in real estate transactions at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. He joined the firm in 1988 after working at Isham, Lincoln & Beale from 1986 to 1988. Dean graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law.

Jonathan Lewis, Litigation

Jonathan specializes in antitrust and trade regulation and litigation. Jonathan's antitrust experience includes (1) counseling clients on issues involving distribution matters (including franchising) and other business practices, substantive merger review and pre-merger integration planning, and (2) litigating claims of price fixing, exclusive dealing, tying, monopolization, and attempted monopolization. Jonathan has also represented clients in front of both federal and state antitrust enforcement authorities in investigations involving distribution practices, pre-merger review, and post-merger review. Jonathan received his B.A., with honors in economics, and Master of Public Management from the University of Maryland, and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan.

Thomas A. Lidbury, Litigation

Tom specializes in litigation with emphasis on insurance coverage litigation, electronic discovery and records management, medical device and pharmaceutical litigation, mass tort defense, securities litigation, and commercial litigation. Tom has participated in a number of notable cases including: BASF AG v. Great American Assurance, 2006 WL 1235943 (N.D.Ill. May 8), Bank of America v. Terra Nova Insurance, 212 F.R.D. 166 (S.D.N.Y. 2002), Dow Chemical v. Fireman's Fund, 217 F.Supp.2d 816 (E.D.Mich. 2002) and Johnson v. LaRabida Children's Hospital, 2002 WL 31155045 (N.D.Ill. Sept. 27). Tom joined the firm in 1997.

Jason Schmitz, Intellectual Property

Jason specializes in all aspects of trademark law including trademark prosecution, trademark litigation in Federal Courts and trademark opposition/cancellation proceedings before the U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Jason also has experience in transactional work involving intellectual property assets including intellectual property licensing, mergers and acquisitions and intellectual property securitizations. He graduated from the DePaul College of Law in 1999 and joined the firm in 2000.

Joshua Yount, Litigation

Josh has worked on a number of trial and appellate matters in both state and federal courts since joining Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 2001. He has written appellate, summary judgment, dismissal, and class certification briefs and argued motions in state and federal courts. He also has deposed class representatives and party witnesses in federal litigation. Josh's specialties include class certification defense, securities law, and appellate procedure, though Josh also has experience in accountant's liability, antitrust, telecommunications, tort, contract, insurer defense, product liability, and white-collar criminal litigation.

HOUSTON

Jeffrey Andrews, Corporate

Jeffrey represents clients in the structuring and negotiation of information technology and business process outsourcing agreements, as well as licensing, development, marketing, distribution and strategic alliance agreements in high-tech industries. He also assists clients with intellectual property matters in merger and acquisition transactions, and the review of intellectual property rights portfolios in relation to corporate financing and joint venture transactions. Jeffrey joined the New York office of the firm in 2003 and moved to the Houston office in 2006.

Jeremy Gaston, Litigation

Jeremy has experience in the areas of appellate, commercial litigation, antitrust, intellectual property, class actions and securities law. He has been engaged in a number of notable cases while with the firm, including four at the Supreme Court of the United States level. Prior to joining Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 2004, Jeremy served as a law clerk to the Honorable Sandra Day O'Connor, U.S. Supreme Court and the Honorable Patrick E. Higginbotham, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Jeremy was named as a Texas Rising Star Super Lawyer in Texas Monthly (June 2005) and was voted one of Houston's Lawyers on the Fast Track (H Texas Magazine, 2004).

Michele Lew Gibbons, Corporate

Michele (Mitch) advises investment advisers, broker-dealers and investment funds, including private equity funds, hedge funds and registered investment companies on organizational, regulatory and transactional matters. She also represents investment advisers, broker-dealers and funds concerning mergers and acquisitions and portfolio transactions. Mitch joined the firm's New York office in 2002 and joined the Houston office in 2004. She is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and has published many articles in her field. She is a graduate of New York University School of Law and holds a masters degree from the Harvard University School of Government.

Tristan Propst, Finance

Tristan's practice focuses on banking and finance at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, where he advises a variety of clients, including both financial institutions and corporate borrowers, on commercial and project lending transactions with a particular emphasis on energy-related transactions and secured lending transactions. Tristan joined the firm as an associate in 1998. Tristan was a Judicial Clerk for the Court of Appeals of Georgia, and graduated from Tulane University Law School, where he was Notes and Comments Editor of the Tulane Law Review. Tristan also holds an MBA from the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University.

LOS ANGELES

Dani Vogt, Real Estate

Dani focuses on the representation of pension funds, insurance companies, REITs and other institutions in the acquisition and disposition of apartment and condominium projects, industrial buildings, office buildings and vacant real estate. She also works on joint ventures, representing pension funds, insurance companies, REITs and other institutions in the creation of partnerships and limited liability companies in connection with the development of retail, multi-family, industrial and office properties. Dani has also represented lenders and borrowers in permanent, construction and mezzanine loans. She is a graduate of the UCLA School of Law and joined the firm in 2003.

NEW YORK

Jason S. Bazar, Tax Transactions

Jason advises domestic and international clients on the tax aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and restructurings, as well as general corporate and international tax matters. In addition, he counsels clients with respect to the tax aspects of cross-border and domestic financings, leasing transactions, securities offerings and other capital markets transactions. Jason joined the firm in 2001.

Ariel M. Dybner, Real Estate

Ariel is a member of the firm's real estate group and focuses on representing institutional lenders in real estate transactions throughout the United States. He also is experienced in managing acquisitions and dispositions of real estate, and the real estate aspects of complex corporate and finance transactions. Ariel joined the firm in 2003. He graduated from Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and served as an articles editor on the Columbia Business Law Review.

Christopher Horn, Finance

Christopher's practice is focused on structured finance transactions, with an emphasis on asset-backed securities offerings in the public and private markets. He has experience securitizing a wide variety of financial assets, and is a recognized expert in the securitization of auto receivables. He has presented at numerous professional seminars and conferences and has authored several articles on various securitization-related topics. Christopher joined the Chicago office of the firm in 1998 and moved to the New York office in 2005.

Matthew Ingber, Litigation

Matthew represents issuers, underwriters and individual officers and directors in various federal securities class actions and NASD and NYSE arbitrations. He performs internal corporate investigations on behalf of management and audit committees, and represents corporations and corporate executives in white-collar criminal matters and related civil and administrative proceedings. Matthew's litigation practice before state and federal courts encompasses general commercial disputes, insurance coverage actions, derivatives litigations, and lender liability actions. Matthew has published several articles in the area of securities litigation. He joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 1998 after graduating from George Washington University Law School, where he served as Articles Editor of the George Washington Journal of International Law and Economics.

Michael Morelli, Real Estate

Michael's practice is concentrated in the area of real estate finance with an emphasis on domestic and international finance transactions for the hotel, gaming and leisure industries. He also has significant experience representing buyers and sellers in property acquisitions and dispositions throughout the United States. Michael joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 2002. He is a graduate of Fordham University School of Law where he was a member of the Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal.

Claudius O. Sokenu, Litigation

Claudius concentrates his practice in the areas of securities litigation, SEC enforcement, white-collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, NASD, NYSE and other SRO enforcement and arbitration proceedings, and general complex commercial litigation. He has handled matters that require concurrent representation in the civil, criminal and political spheres. Prior to joining Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 2001, Claudius was a Senior Counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement. He has lectured and published extensively in the area of securities litigation and enforcement; in 2005, the Association of the Bar of the City of New York appointed Claudius to serve on the Task Force on the Role of Attorneys in Corporate Governance.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Daniel T. Brown, Litigation

Dan concentrates his practice on securities enforcement defense, securities litigation, white-collar criminal defense and regulatory counseling. Dan has represented financial institutions and other corporations as well as individuals in a variety of matters before the Securities and Exchange Commission, NASD, New York Stock Exchange and various U.S Attorney's offices. His experience encompasses regulatory investigations, internal investigations, and civil and criminal litigation, including trial work. Dan previously held the position of branch chief in the Midwest Regional Office of the SEC, Division of Enforcement. He was also associated with other corporate law firms. Dan began his legal career with an appointment as a law clerk to the Honorable James L. Latchum, United States District Court, District of Delaware. Dan joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 2005.

Adriaen M. Morse Jr., Litigation

Adriaen's practice focuses on securities enforcement defense, securities litigation and regulatory counseling. Adriaen represents public companies, individuals and entities in investigations before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other federal and state regulatory entities. He also represents clients in litigation, arbitration, criminal grand jury investigations, and other white-collar criminal matters involving securities laws. Adriaen has represented clients in joint investigations and actions by U.S. and European Union securities regulators and criminal authorities investigating potential civil and criminal violations of securities laws in several jurisdictions by companies and individuals. Earlier in his career, Adriaen served as a Marine infantry officer before becoming a Marine judge advocate. Adriaen has previously been associated with other corporate law firms and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Division of Enforcement as Senior Counsel. Adriaen joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 2005.

Robert Varnell, Litigation

Robert practices in the area of labor and employment litigation and counseling. He represents employers in trial and appellate litigation in federal and state courts and in arbitrations and specializes in collective action/class action litigation. Robert has extensive experience handling a broad range of matters including those involving the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley "whistleblower" provision, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and employment contract disputes. Prior to joining Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 2005, Robert served as the Deputy Solicitor of Labor for the U.S. Department of Labor, where he was responsible for litigation and regulatory matters related to labor and employment issues.

12-07-2006

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw promotes 13 to partner in Europe
International law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is pleased to announce the appointment of 13 new partners in Europe as part of 39 promotions worldwide. The appointments take effect from 1 January 2007.

The partner promotions for Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in Europe are as follows:

London - Kate Ball-Dodd
Kate advises on a wide range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions (with particular focus on public takeovers), equity fund raisings, joint ventures, corporate governance and regulatory matters. Kate was seconded to EMI Music from 2001 to 2002. She joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 1997 from Eversheds, London.

London - Philippa Casey
Philippa is a litigation lawyer focusing on international commercial disputes. She specialises in international arbitration, both institutional (including ICC, LCIA, LMAA and ICSID) and non-administered. She also acts for clients in litigation matters, including in particular, disputes arising out of cross-border contracts, such as distribution and franchise agreements, as well as domestic litigation matters including warranty claims and claims concerning the construction and enforcement of commercial agreements. Philippa qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate in 2005 and regularly advises on all aspects of litigation and arbitration practice and procedure including in relation to the use of evidence in overseas proceedings, confidentiality issues and validity of dispute resolution agreements. She joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP in 1997 as a trainee.

London - Jonathan Crawford
Jonathan is an experienced corporate lawyer with a particular focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions and international joint venture transactional work. He is also a member of the firm's Telecoms, Media & Technology Group - his experience in telecoms and technologies work ranging from multi-jurisdictional project work to commercial agreements. Jonathan joined the firm in 1998 from DLA.

London - Paul de Bernier
Paul is a U.S.-qualified lawyer and advises on general corporate and securities law matters, including representing public and privately-held companies in the fields of mergers and acquisitions, public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, private equity, corporate governance and regulatory compliance. He has particular expertise in cross-border business combination and capital markets transactions. Paul joined the Los Angeles office of the firm in 1999 and moved to the London office in 2004.

Frankfurt - Dirk-Peter Flor
Dirk-Peter is promoted to partner in the finance group in Frankfurt, having joined the firm in 2005. He advises clients in relation to real estate finance and distressed debt, domestic and cross-border acquisition finance, banking laws and regulation, domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions private equity and other general corporate activity.

London - Nicholas Kynoch
Nick advises a broad range of banks and financial institutions on a diverse range of regulatory and commercial issues. These include the development of new products and services, inter-institutional agreements and customer documentation, handling regulatory investigations, designing internal systems and controls and advising with respect to ongoing compliance with FSA rules. Nick also advises on the regulatory aspects of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures in the financial services industry, as well as the establishment of new authorised entities. He joined the firm in April 2001, having previously practised in New Zealand.

London - Nick Marshall
Nick joined the firm in 1998 from Irwin Mitchell, and advises on transactional real estate matters. His main focus is advising institutional investors, and more recently international investor clients, on their structured real estate acquisitions in the UK. This includes advising a leading Irish property investor on significant investments into the UK over the course of 2006.

Paris - Olivier Parawan
Olivier is promoted to partner in the tax group in Paris. He joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP in 2005 from Ernst & Young Société d'Avocats. Olivier advises on all aspects of domestic and international tax, including private equity/LBO and cross-border acquisitions.

Frankfurt - Heiko Penndorf
Heiko joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP in Frankfurt in 2004 from Ashurst. Qualified as both a lawyer and a tax adviser, he specialises in banking products such as securitisation, structured finance and real estate finance. Since joining Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw he has advised on the tax-optimised acquisition of certain non-performing loan portfolios.

London - Lauri-Lynn Pursall
Lauri advises on a wide range of corporate matters specialising particularly in corporate finance, equity capital markets, public takeovers, mergers, acquisitions and disposals, and regulatory advice. She joined the firm in 2001 from Jowell, Glyn & Marais Inc, Johannesburg.

London - Miles Robinson
Miles joined Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in 1996 as a trainee, and advises on commercial litigation and dispute resolution matters. While specialising in product liability issues, his experience covers a wide variety of disputes, particularly in the chemical, pharmaceutical and coatings industries. He has also recently acted for clients in high profile matters in such diverse sectors as music, automotive, construction and logistics. On the product liability side, Miles' experience includes defending large scale group litigation actions in the pharmaceutical and agrochemicals industries, and advising on product recall issues.

Frankfurt - Heinrich von Bünau
Heinrich is promoted to partner in the corporate group in Frankfurt. He joined the firm in 2000 as an associate and specialises in mergers and acquisitions with particular emphasis on cross-border mergers & acquisitions and transactions in the real estate sector. Heinrich also regularly advises on reorganisations and joint ventures as well as investment law.

London - Henrietta Walker
Henrietta advises on corporate and commercial matters, focusing particularly on mergers and acquisitions and other transactional work. She has extensive experience advising on domestic and cross-border transactions. Henrietta also advises on joint venture and shareholders arrangements as well as general commercial contracts, including outsourcing arrangements. She has spent time seconded to clients, both during her training contract and following qualification. Henrietta joined the firm as a trainee in 1996 and qualified into the corporate department in 1998.

Paul Maher, London Senior Partner and Vice-Chairman elect, commented: "By promoting this number of talented lawyers to partner we are sending a strong message to the market that we anticipate significant and continued growth here in Europe and globally. Our clients can rest assured that we are investing properly in our people to serve them better and for our lawyers it illustrates solid prospects for home grown talent and laterals alike.

12-07-2006

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Foster Pepper PLLC

Washington State Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Sound Transit and King County in I776 Case
State, the State Supreme Court solidly reaffirmed basic and longstanding constitutional principles affecting local governments, and upheld Sound Transit’s continued collection of its local voter-approved motor vehicle excise tax (MVET).

In a case stemming from an earlier challenge to I-776 (passed in 2002), the Court ruled that the State Constitution’s contract clause (art.1, §23) prevents an initiative from impairing the contractual obligation between Sound Transit and its bondholders. This decision reaffirms Sound Transit’s authority to continue collecting the full amount of its MVET as long as its 1999 bonds remain outstanding.

According to the Court’s 8-1 opinion: “The purpose of the contract clause is to lend certainty to the reliability of contractual pledges. Such certainty is essential to the ability of state and local governments to obtain credit through the capital markets. We find that [I-776] reduced the Sound Transit bondholder's security. Accordingly, we hold that [I-776] impermissibly impairs the contractual obligations between Sound Transit and the bondholders. Thus, I-776 has no legal effect of preventing Sound Transit from continuing to fulfill its contractual obligation to levy the MVET for so long as the bonds remain outstanding.” Maj. Op. at 43.

This ruling is significant because, in the Court’s words, “If we accepted the intervenors' invitation to fundamentally alter our contracts clause jurisprudence, we would imperil the ability of state and local governments to finance essential public works projects such as elementary schools, fire stations, highways, and bridges, by casting considerable doubt on the reliability of pledged funding sources. We decline to do so.” Id.

The case also involved challenges to Sound Transit’s formation, statutory authority and governance structure, all of which were soundly rejected by the Court. Finally, the Court addressed a claim for interest on vehicle licensing fees (VLFs) that had been collected by the Counties, but were refunded over three years ago. The Court summarily rejected this argument because, unlike other types of refunds, there is no statute that permits the payment of interest on VLF refunds.

Foster Pepper attorneys Tom Ahearne, Ramsey Ramerman and Alice Ostdiek represented Pierce County, King County, the City of Tacoma and others in this suit; Hugh Spitzer and Will Patton wrote an amicus curiae brief on behalf of the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) and the Washington State Association of Counties (WSAC). Foster Pepper serves as bond counsel to Sound Transit.

12-07-2006

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Fenwick & West, LLP

Fenwick Redefines Color of Money
Fenwick & West's efforts to improve diversity were the subject of a recent front-page article in The Recorder entitled, "Fenwick Redefines Color of Money." In the article, Kay Hodge, chair of the American Bar Association's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity, called the firm's efforts "an innovative and creative step."

The article also quotes UCLA law professor Richard Sander, who critically analyzed diversity and minority presence in large firms, concluding that the low number of black partners could be blamed, in part, on larger firms' inadequate training and mentoring of their minority associates. However, not all firms are being criticized by Mr. Sander.

Fenwick & West established a program two years ago that is "very promising," according to Mr. Sander.

Fenwick & West committed itself to increasing diversity by creating a program that asks each partner to participate in at least three of 12 activities which support minority recruiting and associate mentorship. Associates are then expected to evaluate the impact each partner has on the firm's diversity efforts. Furthermore, the firm established significant bonuses for the partners who are active in supporting diversity at the firm.

Laurence Pulgram, Chair of the Copyright Litigation Group, said, "The fact that diversity became one of a relatively low number of things that can — in and of itself — trigger a bonus I think particularly communicates the firm's seriousness of purpose." Adding, "It communicates that the firm means what it says in its desire to increase diversity in the workplace. It raises your own consciousness. You ask, 'What more can I do?' That gradually, incrementally, makes a difference, when 80 partners are asking themselves this. It adds up."

When asked about this program, Fenwick & West Chairman Gordon Davidson said, "It's the right thing to do." He then explained, "It's also just plain good for business. Our clients care about diversity."

The success of this program can be seen in a 2005 survey of 240 law firms conducted by Minority Law Journal. Fenwick & West ranked sixth.

12-07-2006

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Dechert LLP

Dechert LLP Advises ACM Shipping Group plc on AIM Admission and Related £7.5m Placing
International law firm Dechert LLP advised ACM Shipping Group plc ("ACM") on its recent admission to AIM and related £7.5m placing.

ACM is an integrated oil transportation broker, facilitating seaborne trade in crude oil and petroleum products worldwide. It is one of the leading international tanker brokers and provides a range of services including spot/period chartering, derivatives brokerage, finance, sale and purchase, new buildings and demolition.

Corporate partner Sean Geraghty led the Dechert team advising ACM, assisted by corporate associates Andrew Harrow and Chris Brierley. The Dechert team also included partner David Gubbay and associate Dan Hawthorne (tax), partner Charles Wynn-Evans, associates Emma Byford and Karen Ferries (employment) and associate Sarah Musgrave (real estate).

12-07-2006

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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP

Curtis Partner Eduardo A. Cukier has been appointed Special Professor of Law at the Hofstra University School of Law
Curtis partner Eduardo A. Cukier has been appointed Special Professor of Law at the Hofstra University School of Law. He will teach a course on International Taxation during the 2007 spring semester.

12-07-2006

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Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, L.L.P.

Republic of Korea in Notes Offering
Cleary Gottlieb represented the Republic of Korea (the "ROK") in its €375,000,000 4.250% notes due 2021 and US$500,000,000 5.125% notes due 2016. The notes were listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange and registered with the SEC. The offering closed on December 7.

The ROK global notes included Collective Action Clauses (CACs), which are designed to promote expeditious and orderly restructurings and workout procedures for sovereign debtors should a sovereign debt crisis ever occur. One of the most important CACs in the ROK notes is a majority amendment clause, which allows the holders of 75% of the outstanding principal amount of the notes to approve changes to the payment terms and other key provisions of the notes.

This offering was a takedown from the ROK’s $5 billion debt shelf registration statement filed with the SEC in September 2004. Barclays Capital, Citigroup, Credit Suisse and The Korea Development Bank were the joint lead managers and bookrunners for the transaction.

12-07-2006

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