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Carlton Fields

Family Law attorney, Mark P. Rabinowitz, Invited to Speak at the Florida Association of Private Investigators Annual Conference
Carlton Fields is pleased to announce that Family Law shareholder, Mark P. Rabinowitz, will be a guest speaker at the Florida Association of Private Investigators Annual Conference on July 28, 2007 in Orlando, Florida.

Rabinowitz is Board Certified in Marital and Family Law. He is experienced in the representation of clients in divorce matters with issues concerning child custody, child support, property evaluation, paternity actions, and equitable distribution of marital assets. He received his B.A., with honors, from Brooklyn College in 1971 and his J.D. from the University of Mississippi School of Law in 1974.

06-27-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

First Property Trust Lists on the Australia Pacific Exchange (APX)
Baker & McKenzie advised Australian Social Infrastructure Fund (ASIF) on its listing on the Australia Pacific Exchange (APX) on 22 June 2007.

The Baker & McKenzie team was led by Richard Lustig with support from Lewis Apostolou, both Melbourne-based corporate Partners. Austock Corporate Finance Limited acted as the financial adviser.

ASIF is the first listing of a property trust on the APX, and listed with a market capitalisation of $80 million. ASIF was established in 2001 and invests in social infrastructure assets. With 1450 unitholders, ASIF's listing was a compliance listing which did not require a prospectus or product disclosure statement for "spread" or secondary trading purposes.

The APX is a small stock exchange, and imposes fewer cost and logistical constraints on listings providing an easier entry level compared to the ASX.

Vin Harink, CEO of Austock Property Management Limited, the responsible entity for ASIF said, "The listing provides a secondary trading mechanism for ASIF investors in a transparent and more liquid context. It also provides a potential springboard for ASIF to grow moving forward through future share issues in a listed environment."

Richard Lustig said "The listing demonstrates that ASIF, like certain other unlisted bodies, are well suited to transition to a listed environment. APX is ideal for small to medium sized companies and property trusts/syndicates who have the benefit of sponsor coverage. This is similar to the position of companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in the United Kingdom."

06-27-2007

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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Harvey Named Member of Cincinnatus Association
Cincinnati partner Robin Harvey has been named a member of the Cincinnatus Association. Ms. Harvey will focus on addressing a variety of regional social issues through her civic leadership activities with the Cincinnatus Association.

According to the Cincinnatus Association, "The quality of life in the City of Cincinnati and in the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area is among the highest in the United States and can be further improved." To that end, Ms. Harvey and other Cincinnatus Association members will look at the structure of local government, the quality of public education and economic development, with the goal of enhancing the long-term vitality of the region.

At Baker Hostetler, Ms. Harvey serves as the litigation coordinator for the firm's Cincinnati office. She handles business litigation including securities, corporate and contract cases, as well as the defense of employment cases and mass product liability actions.

Ms. Harvey is active in many civic and charitable organizations. She chairs the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Cincinnati Board of Overseers and serves on the College's Board of Governors. She is a member of the United Way de Tocqueville Society Women's Leadership Initiative Steering Committee and serves as chair-elect of the Friends of Cedar Village.

06-27-2007

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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Blum Addresses Global Financial Integrity Program
Jack Blum, Of Counsel in the Washington, D.C., office was invited by the Global Financial Integrity program (GFI) to be a speaker at its "Illicit Financial Flows: The Missing Link in Development" conference, held on Thursday, June 28 in Washington, D.C. The conference is sponsored by GFI and the Hills Program on Governance at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Blum is a member of a panel which will address "The Push and Pull of Globalization."

The goal of the conference will be to encourage the World Bank and other international funding institutions to conduct their own examination of capital flows into and out of poor nations with the intent of generating a clear picture of illicit financial transactions affecting these nations and, ultimately, to initiate efforts to curtail this practice.

GFI is an independent research group devoted to analyzing and illustrating the challenges posed by illicit offshore financial systems and the maladies they enable in the areas of global development and governance.

06-27-2007

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Thompson & Knight LLP

T&K Attorney Named Chair of ABA Section of Taxation Real Estate Committee
The international law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to congratulate Partner Kevin Thomason on being named Chair of the Real Estate Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Taxation. His term begins July 2007.

Thomason is a Partner in the Tax Practice Group in Thompson & Knight's Dallas office. He provides advice and counseling on partnership, corporate, and real estate tax issues, with an emphasis on tenant-in-common syndications, master limited partnerships, and like-kind exchanges. Thomason has served on the Committee since 2000, serving as Vice Chair since 2003. Prior to that, he served as Chair of that Committee's Subcommittee on Estate Planning for Real Estate and Chair of the Continuing Legal Education Subcommittee of the Partnerships and LLCs Committee of the ABA Section of Taxation.

About the ABA Section of Taxation's Real Estate Committee

The mission of the ABA Section of Taxation is to lead and serve their members, the legal profession, and the public to achieve an equitable and efficient tax system. The Real Estate Committee remains the focal point in the Section for discussions that extend to a broad area of transactional legal and tax planning practice involving the tax aspects of acquisition, subdivision, construction, ownership, financing, and disposition of real estate.

06-27-2007

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Thompson & Knight LLP

T&K Ranked as Top U.S. Firm
The international law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is proud to announce its recognition as one of the top Texas law firms in the prestigious 2007 Chambers USA legal directory. Chambers USA exclusively lists law firms and attorneys who are strongly recommended from in-depth interviews with peers and clients. Rankings in the U.S. directory are assessed on specific criteria, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness, diligence, and commitment.

Thompson & Knight was ranked among Texas' top firms in the fields of Antitrust, Banking and Finance, Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation, Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Real Estate, Tax Law and Litigation, and Technology.

Additionally, 18 attorneys of the Firm were recognized for their expertise in specific practice areas. These include:

Antitrust - Gregory S.C. Huffman
Banking and Finance - James W. McKellar, John W. Rain
Bankruptcy - Rhett G. Campbell, David M. Bennett
Commercial Litigation - Timothy R. McCormick
Environmental - Scott D. Deatherage, James B. Harris, James C. Morriss III
Intellectual Property - Bruce S. Sostek, Herbert Hammond
Labor and Employment - Stephen F. Fink
Real Estate - Harry M. Roberts Jr., M. Lawrence Hicks Jr
Tax Law and Litigation - Emily A. Parker, R. David Wheat, John R. Cohn
Technology - Dallas Parker

06-27-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Advises The Blackstone Group on Its Landmark IPO
Simpson Thacher has advised Blackstone on its $4.8 billion initial public offering of common units representing limited partner interests in The Blackstone Group L.P. (including common units purchased by the underwriters pursuant to their over-allotment option) and on its concurrent sale of $3 billion of non-voting common units to an investment vehicle established by the People’s Republic of China with respect to its foreign exchange reserves. The common units began trading on June 22, 2007 on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BX.”

The Blackstone IPO – the largest U.S. IPO in five years and one of the largest in history – was underwritten by a syndicate of underwriters led by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Lehman Brothers Inc. and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

06-27-2007

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