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Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

Brady Speaks at Federal Circuit Bench and Bar Conference
"Kevin F. Brady, a partner in the firm’s Business Law Group and leader of the Electronic Discovery practice, was a panelist on the Ethics Panel at the 2007 Federal Circuit Bar Association’s Ninth Annual Bench and Bar Conference in Cambridge Maryland.

The panel was entitled “Ethical Considerations in Practice in the Federal Circuit Community” and explored civility, ethics and professionalism for all sectors of the Court’s jurisprudence.

Kevin was asked to serve on this panel because of his continuous dedication to the American Inns of Court movement for over twenty years, many of which have been in a position of leadership on a local and national level."

06-30-2007

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Balch & Bingham LLP

Balch's Corporate & Financial Services Sections get New Chairmen
"The Firm's Management Council has asked Colin Luke to chair the Corporate Section and Clark Watson to chair the Financial Services Section. Foster Clark and Hamp Boles are rotating out of those positions in order to devote more time to helping those Sections and the Firm strengthen and develop client relationships.

Clark Watson commented on his new position by stating, “I am grateful for this new opportunity to be of service to the clients, attorneys and staff of Balch & Bingham. No one can ever replace Hamp Boles, the premier banking lawyer in Alabama, who has done a masterful job of building and leading the firm's financial services practice. He has been and will continue to be a tremendous asset to our Section and to the firm as a whole. With the many changes that are taking place in banks and other transaction-intense industries, we have both great opportunities and significant challenges as we plan for our future success. I look forward to working with the very talented lawyers of the Financial Services Section in all of the firm's offices as we provide the best possible representation to existing clients and to the new clients that we hope to bring to the firm.”

Colin Luke expressed his feelings of gratitude towards Foster Clark and his outlook on his new position by stating, “Our Firm has been extremely fortunate to have benefited from Foster Clark’s leadership of the corporate section for a number of years. Foster has worked tirelessly to promote Balch & Bingham and its transactional capabilities. Importantly for the Firm, Foster has distinguished himself with the National Association of Bond Lawyers and has achieved the high honor of being selected as the president-elect of NABL. With the assistance of everyone in the corporate section, I would hope to follow in Foster's footsteps and to take the corporate section to even higher levels of service and notoriety. Balch & Bingham's corporate practice has a very bright future, and I am excited to be associated with it. "

06-30-2007

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Jones Day, P.C.

Chambers USA Awards Jones Day Intellectual Property Practice National "Rank 1" Honors
Chambers USA has awarded the Jones Day Intellectual Property Practice National "Rank 1" honors for 2007. In addition, 9 Jones Day intellectual property lawyers were recognized as "America's Leading Lawyers for Business". This year's guide was based on more than 7,000 interviews with U.S. in-house and outside counsel.

The Firm also received National "Rank 1" practice honors for the Antitrust, Labor & Employment, Product Liability, and Retail practices. More details of Jones Day's rankings are available on the publisher's web site,

06-30-2007

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

BlackRock Buys Quellos' Fund-of-Hedge Funds Business
Skadden is representing BlackRock, Inc., the asset management firm, in its acquisition of the fund-of-funds business of Quellos Group, LLC, a Seattle investment firm, for approximately $1.7 billion.

With the transaction, expected to close in October 2007, BlackRock will establish a presence in the area of alternative investments. Its fund-of-funds business will include hedge funds, private equity and real assets.

06-30-2007

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Basell Polyolefins to Acquire U.S. Chemical Company for $9.6 Billion
Skadden is representing Basell Polyolefins, the international chemicals producer based in the Netherlands, in its $9.6 billion acquisition of Huntsman Corporation, a chemical company based in Salt Lake City.

According to a June 26 statement from Basell, "The combined company will have an extensive geographic footprint, with operations on all continents of the world, and will be well positioned in fast-growing markets such as China, India, Eastern Europe and Latin America. In 2006, Basell and Huntsman had combined revenues of more than $26 billion and employed approximately 20,900 people."

Basell, the world's largest producer of polypropylene and advanced polyolefin products, is owned by Access Industries, which is controlled by Len Blavatnik, the U.S.-based industrialist with investments in energy, petrochemicals, aluminum, media and real estate. Huntsman is one of the world's largest manufacturers of differentiated chemicals and pigments.

06-30-2007

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Consortium Takes Nuveen Investments Private
Skadden is representing Nuveen Investments, Inc. as regulatory counsel in its approximately $6.4 billion going-private acquisition by a consortium led by Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC, a private equity firm. Skadden is also representing Goldman, Sachs & Co. as financial advisor to the Special Committee of Nuveen's board in this transaction. Nuveen is an investment management firm.

06-30-2007

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Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Luxottica Group Acquires Oakley
Skadden is representing Oakley, Inc., the California-based retailer of sunglasses and sporting apparel, in its approximately $2.1 billion acquisition by Luxottica Group S.p.A., the Italy-based multinational designer of upscale eyeglasses and sunglasses. Oakley is a specialist in sports performance optics. Skadden has handled a variety of matters for Oakley for more than 15 years, including the firm's initial public offering.

06-30-2007

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