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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie Advises Standard Chartered Bank on the Establishment of its Private Banking Business in Hong Kong and Singapore
Baker & McKenzie’s financial services team in Hong Kong and Singapore recently advised Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited and Standard Chartered Bank (collectively, “SCB”) in relation to the establishment of its private banking business in Hong Kong and Singapore.

In addition to Hong Kong and Singapore, SCB has announced plans to open private banking centres in 10 other locations by the end of June, including Beijing, Shanghai, Seoul, New Delhi, Mumbai, Dubai, London and Jersey. SCB’s private banking business will target business entrepreneurs and senior executives with US$1 million to US$50 million in assets.

The Baker & McKenzie team was led by partner Milton Cheng in Hong Kong and Angela Lim in Singapore. The team was responsible for advising on legal and regulatory issues relating to the establishment of private banking operations, including working on the customer documentation and compliance and operations manuals and advising on related regulatory and compliance issues.

Commenting on the deal, Milton Cheng, who heads Baker & McKenzie’s financial services team in Hong Kong, said, “We are delighted to have had the opportunity to assist SCB on the launch in Hong Kong and Singapore of its private banking business. We are similarly excited by the growth prospects of the wealth management sector across Asia, and with our complementary footprint and resources across the region, we hope that we can continue to assist SCB in its development and expansion of this new business line.”

07-19-2007

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Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.

Chenevert Accepted Into Leadership Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge Corporate & Securities partner Scott Chenevert has been selected to participate in the Baton Rouge Area Leadership Program as a member of the class of 2007. Baton Rouge Area Leadership was founded as a program of the Baton Rouge Area Chamber to prepare a diverse group of professionals for leadership positions in the community. The program takes place over a nine-month period, with class members meeting once a month for lectures, discussions, field trips, and practical exercises pertinent to community issues. The 30-35 program participants are accepted on the basis of demonstrated leadership ability through career or community achievements, concern for the future of the Baton Rouge area, and commitment to the program. The Baton Rouge Area Chamber has graduated over 700 professionals from the program since it began in 1985.

07-19-2007

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Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.

Martin Elected Executive Vice President of New Orleans Opera Association
After serving for three years as treasurer of the New Orleans Opera Association, Jones Walker partner Ted Martin was elected the association's executive vice president in June 2007. The association's mission is to provide the finest operatic performances possible to New Orleans, the State of Louisiana, and the Gulf and River Regions.

07-19-2007

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Jones Day, P.C.

Jones Day Advises Wavecom on its Convertible Bond Offering and Listing on Eurolist by Euronext Paris
The international law firm Jones Day advises Wavecom - a worldwide leader in embedded industrial wireless communication solutions for automotive, machine-to-machine, and mobile professional applications – in its offering of bonds convertible into and/or exchangeable for new or existing shares (OCEANE) due by January 1, 2014, listed on Eurolist by Euronext Paris.

As a result of the success of the Wavecom offering with investors, the aggregate amount of the OCEANE shares was increased up to EUR 80.5 million, including the exercise in full by HSBC Bank plc, the Sole Lead Manager and Bookrunner, of its over-allotment option.

Wavecom was advised by Jones Day's Paris Office:

- Linda Hesse, Olivier Edwards, Frank Martin Laprade, Robert Mayo, Geoffroy Pineau-Valencienne and Stefanie Magner.

HSBC Bank plc was advised by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in Paris:

- Marc Castagnède, Florent Bouyer and Raphaël Dalmas.

07-19-2007

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Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

Tehsheng (Abby) Ma Joins Jaeckle Fleischmann
Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP, a law firm with offices in Buffalo, Amherst and Rochester, New York, and Phoenix, Arizona, is pleased to announce that Tehsheng (Abby) Ma has joined the Firm as an Associate in the Firm's Immigration and Corporate practice groups. Ms. Ma will practice from the Firm's Buffalo office.

Ms. Ma concentrates her practice in the area of immigration law, with an emphasis on business and corporate based immigration and matters. Ms. Ma is fluent in Mandarin Chinese and will enhance the Firm's capability to provide legal services to companies with Asian operations.

She received her L.L.M. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, her L.L.B. from the National Taiwan University Law School and her B.A. from the World University of Journalism and Communication. Ms. Ma currently serves as a legal advisor for the Chinese Club of Western New York and is a member of the Chinese Business Association of Toronto, Ontario. She is admitted to practice law in the state of New York and is a member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association and the American, Erie County, New York State and Women's Bar Associations.

07-19-2007

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Akerman & Senterfitt, Attorneys At Law

Akerman Scores Higher in Minority Law Journal's Diversity Scorecard
Akerman Senterfitt continues rising up the diversity rankings in 2007, ascending to #27 in the Minority Law Journal's Annual Diversity Scorecard. The publication determined the rankings by surveying 255 of the largest and highest-grossing firms in the country, including the 250 largest firms as ranked by The National Law Journal and five additional firms from The American Lawyer’s Am Law 200. In 2006, Akerman ranked #36 in the Diversity Scorecard.

Akerman's longstanding commitment to diversity has gained increasing recognition for its diversity, especially in recent years. In 2007, Diversity & the Bar magazine named the firm among the Top Law Firms for Women, and the firm's Diversity Committee Chair, Joseph Hatchett, was presented with the Spirit of Excellence Award from the American Bar Association's Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession.

In 2006, the Minority Corporate Counsel Association presented the firm with the Thomas L. Sager Award for diversity leadership, and MultiCultural Law magazine named Akerman the Top Law Firm for Hispanic Americans for the second year in a row. In 2006, the firm also received a diversity award from the Greater Miami Society for Human Resource Management, which recognizes local organizations that foster an inclusive work environment in which all employees are inspired to contribute their best, strengthened by their different perspectives, backgrounds and life experiences. In 2005, Diversity Chair Joseph Hatchett was inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame, in recognition of his more than 40 years of dedication to the cause of justice and equality before the courts of the United States of America, and on behalf of the African-American community.

The Akerman Senterfitt client list includes nearly 100 corporations that belong to the "Call to Action – Diversity in the Legal Profession." These companies have made a commitment to actively look for law firms that distinguish themselves in diversity issues, and to end or limit relationships with firms whose track records reflect a lack of meaningful interest in diversity.

07-19-2007

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Stone, Pigman, Walther & Wittmann, L.L.C.

Dana Shelton Named Vice Chair of the LSBA's Public Utilities Section
Dana Shelton has been elected to serve as Vice Chair of the Louisiana State Bar Association's Public Utilities Section. She will serve a two year term.

07-19-2007

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