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Davis Polk & Wardwell

Jeulin Family Takeover Bid for Fininfo
"Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Amber Fund as minority shareholder of Fininfo in connection with the €140 million management buyout of Fininfo and the subsequent reinvestment realized by the Jeulin family and Amber Fund in the acquisition vehicle, Financière Jeulin. Amber Fund is a NewYork-based hedge fund.

The buyout of Fininfo, structured as a public takeover bid, is the first step in a transaction that will lead to the transfer of Fininfo’s financial information business to Telekurs, a Swiss group, and the transfer of Fininfo’s knowledge management business to Financière Jeulin.

Fininfo is an international supplier of financial news services for financial institutions and companies. It is listed on Eurolist Paris. Telekurs is a market-oriented service organization in the fields of card-based payment transactions, electronic payment systems and international financial information.

The Davis Polk corporate team included partner Arnaud Pérès and associates Jean-François Louit and Jérôme Sibille, all of the Paris office."

07-16-2007

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Weil Gotshal Named to the National Law Journal’s Defense Hot List
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP was one of a select group of only ten firms included in The National Law Journal’s “Defense Hot List,” an annual survey honoring top defense litigation work. In compiling its list, The National Law Journal was seeking firms with an overall impressive track record that included at least one significant defense win within the last year. Several of Weil Gotshal’s cases were profiled, including the firm's representation of Johnson & Johnson in a matter in which the firm obtained a complete defense verdict against allegations of antitrust violations and $54 million in damages (before trebling); a defense of Nomura in Czechoslovakia; and a defense of Toyobo America Inc. in a product liability suit.

07-16-2007

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Carlton Fields

Carlton Fields Shareholder, James R. Wiley, Appointed to Board of Directors of Stageworks Theater
"Carlton Fields Tampa Shareholder, James R. Wiley, was recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Stageworks Theater.

Wiley chair’s the firm’s Labor and Employment Practice Group. He concentrates his practice in employment discrimination matters in both federal and state court. Wiley also practices before EEO agencies and handles arbitrations. He has developed a more general practice in complex federal litigation and appellate matters in federal court. Wiley received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Florida College of Law in 1983.

The mission of Stageworks is to provide the highest quality professional theatre experience which respects, ignites, and celebrates the human spirit. Stageworks strives to provide audiences with new and original performances, to reveal diverse cultures, to examine the fundamental issues of being human, and to provoke an appreciation for life. The Theater provides a learning and performing environment for multi-ethnic, emerging, and established artists throughout Florida. Wiley joins Stageworks at an exciting time as they build out donated space in the Channel district for their first permanent home, with an expected opening of September 2008."

07-16-2007

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Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Forum Club of the Palm Beaches Elects Alfred Malefatto President
Greenberg Traurig Shareholder Alfred Malefatto has been elected President of The Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, Florida's largest non-profit, non-partisan political and public affairs organization. The Forum Club functions to inform and educate the community's business, political and social interests and to promote participation in the democratic process. The club hosts meetings that feature prominent speakers, including former U.S. presidents and world leaders, on state, national and international matters. Speakers this past year included Florida Governor Charlie Crist and U.S. Senator Bill Nelson. Upcoming speakers will include Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.

"Having the opportunity to present world-class speakers and leaders to the Greater Palm Beach Community enhances the lives of our citizens at many different levels," Malefatto said. "I am excited at the opportunity and grateful for the fantastic team we have in place at The Forum Club who make it all happen. When the club began about three decades ago, membership was limited to 200. We are now at nearly 500 and have grown into Florida's largest non-partisan political and public affairs organization." Malefatto focuses his practice on environmental, land use and administrative law. He represents Fortune 500 companies, developers, small businesses and local governments in a variety of environmental permitting, enforcement and transactional matters, and land use proceedings. He received his J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law and his B.A. from New York University.

07-16-2007

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Venable Baetjer & Howard

Venable’s Baltimore Office Adds Five Attorneys From Saul Ewing
Venable LLP announced that it has added two new partners -- Herbert D. Frerichs and George F. Ritchie -- to its Baltimore office, as well as Bernard Rhee, of counsel, and associates Aida M. Lebbos and Guido J. Galvez. All five attorneys join from the firm of Saul Ewing LLP.

Mr. Frerichs is an experienced business lawyer with added tenure as an in-house corporate counsel. Mr. Ritchie is a litigator with an extensive background in products liability and commercial litigation.

Both Frerichs and Ritchie bring established practices and longtime client relationships to Venable. Mr. Frerichs advises businesses on corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, as well as joint ventures, private equity and debt financings. Since 1996, he has served as counsel for international food processor Perdue Incorporated. Mr. Frerichs had previously been corporate counsel for UNC, Inc., a publicly traded aerospace company.

Mr. Frerichs has overseen all of the Perdue's recent acquisitions, including its investments in ethanol production and other emerging areas of agribusiness. "As Perdue continues to focus on renewable fuels and other agricultural sectors, I can draw from Venable's strong resources in that area, not least of which is the firm's Agriculture and Food Group, which includes former General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Nancy Bryson," said Mr. Frerichs.

A versatile litigator, Mr. Ritchie will largely focus on product, pharmaceutical and medical device defense work at Venable. Among his notable past wins, he helped spearhead a successful motion for summary judgment in Estate of White v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. That decision was cited by the U.S. Court of Appeals (4th Cir.) in affirming the trial court's grant of summary judgment in a subsequent individual smoking and health case in federal court in Maryland, curtailing the likelihood of future similar suits in the state.

Mr. Ritchie brings expertise in a wide range of other areas, including complex commercial and class action litigation arising out of mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and shareholder claims, as well as life sciences. He also plans to expand his patent litigation practice. "I enjoy learning about and working within many different business areas," he explained. "Litigation is just the point of departure."

Messrs. Rhee and Galvez focus their practices on intellectual property and business issues, assisting a number of life sciences and technology companies to develop and commercialize the intellectual property assets. Ms. Lebbos regularly counsels clients on patent and software licensing, trademark registration and protection, and advertising issues. She is experienced in representing life sciences and other technology companies formed around the intellectual property that results from university and federal laboratory research efforts.

Thomas Washburne, chair of Venable's Business Transactions Practice Group, and Geoffrey Garinther, head of the firm's Litigation Division, joined in welcoming the group to the firm.
"These experienced attorneys add even more muscle to two already powerful core practices," Mr. Washburne said. "Herb's experience in both the legal and practical business aspects of commercial transactions - including his ten-plus years working with one of the country's best-known food brands - will be invaluable to our corporate clients as they strive constantly to retain their competitive edge. Aida, Bernie and Guido bring a high level of intellectual property and technology transfer expertise that will allow Venable to better serve Baltimore's growing life sciences industry."
Mr. Garinther noted of Mr. Ritchie: "George possesses unusual range and flexibility as a litigator. With his successes representing major manufacturers and retailers in so many different types of actions - ranging from personal injury and wrongful death to defective design, patent infringement, and breach of contract - we see him immediately becoming an integral part of our national litigation team."
Mr. Frerichs received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Maryland School of Law (1988); his Masters of Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island (1985); and his B.S. from the United States Naval Academy (1980). After graduating from the Naval Academy, he served for five years as a surface warfare officer. Mr. Frerichs remains active in alumni affairs at the Academy. He also serves on the boards of directors for The Hippodrome Foundation, which brings Broadway shows to Baltimore, as well as the USS Constellation Museum, Living Classrooms Foundation and Business Volunteers Unlimited of Maryland. An appointee to the Appellate Courts Judicial Nominating Commission, Mr. Frerichs was named one of "Maryland's Legal Elite" by Baltimore SmartCEO magazine in 2006.

Also named one of "Maryland's Legal Elite," Mr. Ritchie is a member of the Business Litigation and Drug & Medical Device Committees of the Defense Research Institute. He received his J.D. from Notre Dame (1992) and his B.A. from Middlebury College (1988). He serves on the board of the non-profit, Baltimore Shakespeare Festival, which both produces plays and has an educational arm that introduces the subject to school children.

A registered patent attorney, Mr. Rhee received his J.D. from the University of Baltimore School of Law (2000) and his B.S. in pharmacy from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (1991).

Mr. Galvez is also a registered patent attorney, and received his J.D. from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law (2001). He holds an M.S. in Applied Molecular Biology (1997) and a B.S. in Biology (1995), both from the University of Maryland Baltimore County.

Ms. Lebbos received her J.D., cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law (2000) and her B.A. from Duke University (1988).

07-16-2007

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Liz Blattner Joins Visual Arts Board
Liz Blattner has been invited to join the board of DVAC – the Dayton Visual Arts Center – which is a lively, successful support group for regional artists and which receives funding from such sources as Ohio Arts Council, Cultureworks, the Montgomery County Arts District and broad community support. Recently the DVAC raised $600000 from private sources in just four months, funding a move to a new location in downtown Dayton.

07-16-2007

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Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP.

Tom Terp Again Honored With Inclusion in The Guide to the World's Leading Environmental Lawyers
Thomas T. Terp, a partner in the Litigation Department and chair of the Environmental Practice Group of Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, has once again been honored by inclusion in the Guide to the World's Leading Environmental Lawyers, published in London by the Legal Media Group.

Mr. Terp has been selected for this honor since its inception in 1994. The selection process involves in-depth research and gathering of comments from in-house counsel and peers world-wide. The final listing includes 370 lawyers from 31 different countries around the world.

07-16-2007

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