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White & Case, LLP

White & Case Awarded Asian Legal Business Thailand Deal Firm of the Year
White & Case is pleased to announce that the Firm's Bangkok office, White & Case (Thailand) Ltd., has been awarded the Asian Legal Business Thailand Deal Firm of the Year at the Asian Legal Business Southeast Asia Law Awards. The award was presented to White & Case at the Asian Legal Business Southeast Asia Law Awards Ceremony, a black-tie dinner that was held tonight at Marina Mandarin Hotel in Singapore.

In addition, White & Case took a major role on the Asian Legal Business SE Asia Structured Finance & Securitisation Deal of the Year: IndoCoal Exports. White & Case represented IndoCoal Exports (Cayman) Limited, a special purpose vehicle, PT Bumi Resources Tbk, the largest coal mining and exporting company in Indonesia, and three of its subsidiaries (PT Kaltim Prima Coal, PT Arutmin Indonesia and IndoCoal Resources (Cayman) Limited) in one of the largest Asian private placement transactions to date. The fixed rate notes — called the "Floating Rate Notes, Series 2006-2" (the Series 2006-2 notes) were issued by IndoCoal Exports (Cayman) Limited on October 3, 2006 under a modification of its structured export notes (SENs) program established in 2005. The SENs are backed by existing and future coal sale receivables of the Bumi Resources subsidiaries.

06-29-2007

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw Ranked by Legal 500 in Nine Litigation Areas, Firm Top Ranked in Supreme Court & Appellate and Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing
Two litigation practices at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP have received top ranking from Legal 500 among all U.S. law firms that "demonstrate frequent success before the Supreme Court." The Supreme Court & Appellate and Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing practices are recognized for their skill, performance, talent, range of experience and unparalleled knowledge of how to deal with the federal appellate courts. "The firm's impressive credentials extend beyond pure courtroom skills, and a broad range of attributes makes the firm a premier operator," noted the commentary in the recently released Volume 3 of the Legal 500 U.S. In addition, the firm's Antitrust, Environment, Patent Litigation, Securities Litigation and Telecommunications practices were also recognized.

The Supreme Court & Appellate Practice Group is ranked as the leading appellate practice in the United States. It is the oldest and largest Supreme Court & Appellate practice in the country, and offers "genuine national coverage" with 26 partners, four counsel, 30 associates and three academic affiliates. "It is this depth of bench compared to its rivals that marks it out as a rock-solid top-tier player," according to Legal 500. Frequent appearances by the firm's attorneys before the Supreme Court are noted, with a total of 196 cases argued there including nine in the three most recent terms, plus hundreds more in appellate courts across the country. Client satisfaction is described as extremely high; one client is quoted that Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is "a go-to firm for any appellate work." Others praise the firm's thorough legal research, excellent analysis, crisp and clear writing and briefs that rarely need extensive editing.

The firm's Tax Controversy & Transfer Pricing practice also received top ranking for its team of 35 lawyers recognized for their expertise and outstanding performance on cases involving such issues as cross-border transfer pricing, economic substance issues and the tax treatment of tangible and intangible assets in acquisitions. Legal 500 describes the firm's "dedicated team peopled by trial lawyers and litigators who spend all of their time on tax matters" and notes they have collectively litigated more than 100 tax cases. Clients are quoted as extremely pleased with the competence and thorough nature of the work as well as the "excellent job of representing clients' interests."

These rankings are proof of our endless dedication to client service," said James D. Holzhauer, Chairman of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. "They also demonstrate the skill and expertise of the highly-talented professionals within these practices as well as our continued leadership among global law firms."

06-29-2007

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Mayer Brown LLP

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw advises W S Atkins plc on the disposal of its UK-based property agency Lambert Smith Hampton
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP's London corporate group has advised W S Atkins plc on the disposal of its UK-based property agency business, Lambert Smith Hampton (LSH), to De Facto 1498 Limited. Completion is subject to regulatory approval being obtained. The initial consideration, based on an enterprise value of £46.5 million, has been satisfied partly in cash and partly by the issue of a vendor loan note.

An additional amount of up to £10 million will be payable (in the form of an additional loan note with similar terms to the original loan note) depending on the financial performance of LSH in the year ending 31 March 2008.

De Facto 1498 Limited is a company backed by LSH Management and Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance (BoSIF). W S Atkins is a leading multi-disciplinary consultancy group. This sale furthers Atkins' strategy of focusing on core activities and provides funds for future investment.

London corporate partner Richard Page led the Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw team assisted by corporate assistants Stephen Beales and Gabriel Olearnik.

06-29-2007

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten National Managing Partner Serves on ABA Panel on Women of Color in the Legal Profession
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP National Managing Partner, Vincent A.F. Sergi, along with several other leaders in the area of law firm diversity, participated in an American Bar Association panel discussion on women of color in the legal profession on Tuesday, June 19. The ABA’s Women of Color in the Legal Profession: Success Strategies for Law Firms provided a forum for law firms to discuss the issues which have impacted their ability to retain female attorneys of color, as well as best strategies and practices to address those issues.

The program was a follow-up to the 2006 ABA Commission on Women in the Profession study, Visible Invisibility: Women of Color in Law Firms. This groundbreaking study highlighted statistical and real life examples of obstacles that women of color face in large law firms.

As National Managing Partner, Mr. Sergi has played a prominent role in the promotion of diversity at the Firm and in the legal profession. Under his direction, the Firm has created a Diversity Committee and developed its initial Diversity Commitment Statement and Strategic Diversity Plan. It has also created and executed a number of national initiatives aimed at the promotion, development and retention of minority attorneys in the legal profession. These include the establishment of a firm-wide Minority Attorney Retreat, a firm-wide Minority Newsletter, “Connecting Katten,” as well as a minority scholarship program which awards merit-based scholarships to incoming minority summer associates. The Firm also recently created Katten’s Leadership Forum for Women of Color, the first of its kind in the nation, to provide the Firm’s minority female attorneys with the tools they need to succeed in their careers at the Firm. Earlier this year, Mr. Sergi also appointed partner Leslie D. Minier as the Firm’s first-ever Chief Diversity Partner.

The ABA panel was moderated by Pamela J. Roberts, chair of the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession. In addition to Mr. Sergi, other panelists included Paulette Brown, partner and Chief Diversity Officer of Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP and Chair of the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession’s Women of Color Committee; Susan R. Lichtenstein, Corporate Vice President and General Counsel of Baxter International Inc.; Christina M. Tchen, partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP; and Charlotte L. Wager, Director of Professional Development and partner at Jenner & Block LLP.

06-29-2007

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Keating, Muething & Klekamp PLL

Helen F. Bean to Serve Valley Learning Center and Greater Cincinnati Human Resources Association
Helen F. Bean, an associate in the Labor & Employment Group at Keating Muething & Klekamp (KMK), was recently appointed to the Board of Directors for the Valley Learning Center, Inc. (VLCI) and to the position of Diversity Chair for the Greater Cincinnati Human Resources Association (GCHRA).

VLCI is a not-for-profit training and business incubation program focused on enabling its clients to successfully enter/re-enter the workforce. VLCI is also the sponsor of the Mountain Top Economic Summit: a conference designed to forge partnerships between business, church and civic leaders which will lead to jobs and prosperity through economic development projects. This year’s Summit dates are September 27-29, 2007 and will be held at the Sheraton Cincinnati North Hotel. Ms. Bean will be serving with the Board of Directors to oversee the organization’s strategic plans and ensure that those plans are achieved.

The GCHRA is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of the human resource management profession. Ms. Bean will be responsible for the design and implementation of the Diversity Plan for GCHRA. She will serve as a resource by communicating information to the Membership, promoting diversity, and publicizing successful examples of diversity by member companies.

Ms. Bean has experience in representing and advising clients in the areas of employment discrimination and harassment, retaliatory discharge, and mediation. Her litigation experience includes trial work in state and federal courts and appellate advocacy. Ms. Bean also conducts on-site training. She is experienced in Human Resource Development and is certified by the American Society for Training and Development as a Certified Professional in Learning and Performance.

06-29-2007

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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Katten Bolsters Commercial Finance Practice with Addition of Janu Sivanesan as Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP today announced that Janu Sivanesan has joined the Firm as a partner in its Commercial Finance Practice. Ms. Sivanesan is the third partner to join the Firm’s New York office in less than a month. David Hertzog, a partner in the Corporate Practice, and Real Estate partner Bernadette Herward Davida joined the Firm in June.

Prior to joining Katten, Ms. Sivanesan was a partner in the Corporate Group of the New York office of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP. Prior to that, she was an associate in the Private Equity Group at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.
Ms. Sivanesan’s practice involves a wide range of corporate transactions, from mergers and acquisitions to corporate finance. She has extensive experience in private debt and equity financings, including leveraged buyouts and acquisition financing, mezzanine financing, secured and unsecured credit facilities, inventory and receivables financing, securitizations and project finance. Ms. Sivanesan also has a background in public offerings of debt securities, including a variety of tax-exempt financings, serving in a number of capacities, including bank counsel and borrower's counsel.

Ms. Sivanesan also has experience in cross border corporate transactions, including those in the areas of manufacturing and outsourcing. A native of India, she has firsthand experience on issues relating to business operations in that country.
Ms. Sivanesan earned her B.A. in Business Administration, magna cum laude, from Kennesaw State University and her J.D., cum laude, from the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. She is admitted to practice in New York, District of Columbia and Georgia.

Katten’s Commercial Finance Practice is nationally recognized and represents a broad range of banks, investment funds and financial institutions making a wide variety of debt investments in enterprises of all types and sizes, across a broad range of industries. Its well-established “senior” lending practice involves the representation of administrative agents, lead arrangers and bookrunners in syndicated senior secured and unsecured financing transactions consisting of conventional asset based loans or cash flow loans. Proceeds of such financings are used to support.

leveraged buy-out, recapitalization, acquisition, consolidation and refinancing transactions. In addition, members of the Firm’s Commercial Finance Practice regularly represent banks, investment funds and financial institutions in a wide variety of mezzanine investments and so-called Term B Loans and Second Lien Term Loans, including secured and unsecured mezzanine debt investments, direct mezzanine equity investments and warrant purchases and issuances, related equity co-investments and standalone equity investments, so-called one-stop senior and mezzanine facilities, and first lien and second lien credit facilities. Our experience and activeness in the market provide us with unique insight and knowledge as to intercreditor and subordination arrangements. With the breadth and depth of Katten’s many disciplines, it represents clients throughout the various levels of the capital structure and during all stages of a deal, including initial structuring, restructuring and insolvency stages. Members of the group also work closely with attorneys from Katten’s Corporate and Real Estate Practices, counseling clients in connection with their borrowing needs.

06-29-2007

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Hunton & Williams, LLP

Hunton & Williams Attorneys Named Virginia Super Lawyers
Hunton & Williams LLP is pleased to announce that 63 lawyers in the firm’s McLean, Norfolk and Richmond offices have been named to the 2007 edition of Virginia Super Lawyers magazine. The Super Lawyer selections, representing only 5 percent of Virginia attorneys, are based on peer recommendations and independent research.

Partner Allen C. Goolsby of the firm’s business practice group graces the magazine’s cover and is featured in a four-page article that details his noteworthy 39-year legal career. The article notes that Goolsby is considered by many to be “the father of Virginia corporate law.”

Stuart A. Raphael, a partner with the firm’s litigation and intellectual property practice group, is also profiled in the publication for his experience arguing before the U.S. Supreme Court.

In addition to being named to the Super Lawyers list, Gregory N. Stillman, Allen C Goolsby, Joseph C. Kearfott, Thomas G. Slater Jr., and Hill B. Wellford Jr. were named among the “Top 50 Virginia Super Lawyers.” Goolsby is also included among the “ Top 10 Virginia Super Lawyers.” Patricia K. Epps and Marguerite R. “Rita” Ruby were among the “Top 25 Female Virginia Super Lawyers.”

Super Lawyers are nominated annually and evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement. According to Virginia Super Lawyers, more than 19,000 lawyers statewide were invited to recommend the candidates.

06-29-2007

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