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Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Sean McGuinness Joins Chadbourne & Parke as Counsel
The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Sean P. McGuinness has joined the Firm as counsel in the Washington, DC office. Mr. McGuinness will draw on his experience serving major clients in his new role as a member of Chadbourne’s corporate department.

“Sean’s 25 years of legal experience in Washington have given him an exceptional understanding of the business and regulatory issues faced by clients in that environment,” said Chadbourne Managing Partner Charles O’Neill. “He is an outstanding addition to Chadbourne’s practice in Washington.”

Mr. McGuinness, 52, most recently a partner at the Washington law firm of Fleischman & Walsh LLP, has specialized in transactional matters for the oil and gas industry involving securities offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. He has also represented a wide range of corporate clients, including companies in the telecommunications industry, on M&A transactions, public and private securities offerings, securities law compliance, corporate governance, negotiations of commercial transactions and the corporate aspects of bankruptcies.

“Sean knows Washington inside and out, and he can guide clients through the most complicated corporate transactions. His experience in key areas will greatly strengthen our corporate practice,” said Chadbourne Washington Office Managing Partner Andrew Giaccia.

Mr. McGuinness holds a B.S, magna cum laude, in philosophy and mathematics from Tufts University and a J.D. from Georgetown University, where he was Executive Editor of The Georgetown Law Journal.

06-18-2007

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Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

Unitholders of Satelites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. Retain Firm; Invite Involvement of Other Unitholders
Bracewell & Giuliani announced today that it has been retained by Unitholders of Satélites Mexicanos, S.A. de C.V. ("Satmex") who own, in the aggregate, more than 225,000 Trust interests under Satmex's Trust Agreement. Bracewell's clients represent more than 50 percent of the economic equity interests of Satmex and more than a 70 percent interest in the total "Bondholder Shares" issued and outstanding.

Certain Unitholders and Bracewell have had preliminary meetings with Satmex representatives. The Unitholders intend to help the company explore available strategic and financing options for the purpose of maximizing value for the company and its shareholders. Such options could include the implementation of a more efficient capital structure and other steps that strengthen the business to enable more robust value creation and realization.

06-18-2007

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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

CHAMBERS GUIDE TO LEADING LAWYERS NAMES 62 AT AKIN GUMP
Sixty-two partners at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP have been designated as leaders in their respective fields in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.

Based entirely on market research and the recommendations of general counsel and lawyers in private practice, Chambers USA identifies the top practitioners in more than 30 commercial areas of law.

About Chambers & Partners:

Since 1969, Chambers and Partners has published world-famous guides to the legal profession, including Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Chambers UK. The company bases its rankings of leading lawyers on a year-long survey of the legal profession, in which a team of highly qualified and experienced researchers conducts in-depth, unbiased research. Chambers’ research is audited annually by the British Market Research Bureau.

06-18-2007

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Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Sullivan & Cromwell Receives 2007 Chambers USA Awards for Excellence
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is pleased to announce that Chairman H. Rodgin Cohen was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his “outstanding contribution to the legal profession” at the 2007 Chambers USA Awards for Excellence last week. Sullivan & Cromwell also received the 2007 Chambers USA Award for Excellence as Corporate Tax Team of the Year.

According to Chambers, Mr. Cohen was selected for the prestigious award in recognition of his “success in shaping” the banking industry and serving as a model of “technical skill and personal integrity for the profession.” Mr. Cohen is widely regarded as a pivotal figure in American banking owing to his involvement in watershed developments that have helped create the industry as it is today. His achievements include helping to lay the groundwork for interstate banking, acting in the first U.S. public offering by a foreign bank, and representing principal participants in nearly all the major bank acquisitions in U.S. banking, including the industry’s first large hostile takeover.

Chambers also cited Mr. Cohen as ‘a legend’ in the regulatory sector. He currently serves on the IIF Special Committee for a Strategic Dialogue for Effective Regulation. He recently has been appointed to The New York State Commission to Modernize the Regulation of Financial Services created by Governor Eliot Spitzer, and to The Financial Services Roundtable’s Blue Ribbon Commission on Enhancing Competitiveness.

In addition to the honor conferred upon Mr. Cohen, Sullivan & Cromwell was named Corporate Tax Team of the Year. Tax partner Diana Wollman accepted the award on behalf of S&C, noting that “a great tax group can exist only if it is part of a great firm.” The awards are based on the publisher’s research in which considerable weight is given to client feedback as well as public information about the Firm’s activities throughout the year. Sullivan & Cromwell is widely recognized as having one of the premier tax practices in both the U.S. and France, and its partners are leading experts in their fields. S&C’s Tax Group has been ranked #1 in Chambers USA for five straight years, since the inception of this guide in 2003.

In 2006, the lawyers of S&C’s Tax Group collaborated with the Firm’s securities and bank regulatory lawyers to create a new generation of innovative hybrid securities, which are designed to achieve enhanced equity treatment by rating agencies, debt treatment for the issuer (with an interest deduction) and, for bank holding company issuers, Tier 1 regulatory capital treatment. S&C’s legal team has pioneered virtually every major development relating to hybrid securities, and was involved in more than 25 hybrid securities offerings in 2006, having an aggregate principal amount of nearly $20 billion.
In France, S&C’s Tax Group has largely focused on acquisitions, restructurings and dispositions for corporate and financial clients, and on organizing leveraged-finance acquisitions for various investor groups.

Reflecting on the awards, Mr. Cohen said, “Our dedication to serving our clients around the world inspires the lawyers at S&C to achieve excellence in the practice of law. I am deeply honored to receive this recognition. I am also proud that the innovation and expertise of S&C’s Tax Group has been recognized this year.”

06-18-2007

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Quarles & Brady

Southwest Super Lawyers Names 26 Phoenix Quarles & Brady Attorneys As Among Top 5% Of Attorneys In Arizona And New Mexico
The national law firm of Quarles & Brady LLP is pleased to announce that the following 26 attorneys have been named in the June 2007 issue of Southwest Super Lawyers magazine as among the top 5% of attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico:

The 26 attorneys are: John J. Dawson, Colleen A. Lomax, Don P. Martin, David A. Paige, James A. Ryan, Andrew R. Sherwood, Louis A. Stahl, Lonnie J. Williams, Jr. (Business Litigation); Edward F. Novak (Criminal Defense); Charles W. Herf, Robert K. Jones, Jon E. Pettibone, Richard K. Walker (Employment & Labor); Roger K. Ferland, Daniel L. Muchow (Environmental); Edwin B. Wainscott (First Amendment/Media); Roger N. Morris (Healthcare); Lisa D. Duran (Immigration); Charles W. Jirauch (Intellectual Property); Steven P. Emerick, P. Robert Moya (Mergers & Acquisitions); Diane M. Haller, Derek L. Sorenson (Real Estate); and Mark K. Briggs, Joseph M. Crabb, Leezie Kim (Securities & Corporate Finance).

The attorneys were selected from ballots mailed to active lawyers in Arizona and New Mexico and reviewed by a blue ribbon panel of leading attorneys in more than 60 areas of practice. They were evaluated for peer recognition and professional achievement, including experience, transactions, representative clients, honors and awards, pro bono and community service, scholarly lectures and writing, special licenses and certifications, bar and/or other professional activity, position within law firm, education and employment background and verdicts and settlements.

The Southwest Super Lawyers magazine is sent to attorneys in Arizona and New Mexico, nationwide to the lead counsel of Russell 3000 companies and the ABA-accredited law libraries Arizona and New Mexico attorneys will also appear in a special supplement to be seen in The New York Times (Arizona and New Mexico distribution) on June 17, 2007.

06-18-2007

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Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP

K&L Gates Ranked Among Top Firms for AIM Flotations
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) has recently been ranked as the only US-based international law firm among the leading firms in London advising on AIM flotations during 2006, according to an independent survey by Deal Monitor.

Since 1999, K&L Gates has advised on over 200 IPOs and at least 35 AIM IPOs in the last two years. Additionally, our corporate finance lawyers regularly advise on a wide range of AIM transactions, such as subsequent fundraisings, reverse takeovers, secondary listings, PIPEs, SPACs, acquisitions and disposals as well as pre-IPO fundraisings, corporate governance issues and post-admission continuing obligations.

Martin Lane, K&L Gates Partner and Joint Practice Area Leader for Corporate and Transactional, said “Acting on a substantial number of AIM IPOs by UK and international issuers gives us a deep knowledge of the market which enables us to ensure a smooth listing process for our clients while contributing to the continuing growth and success of AIM.”

06-18-2007

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Pierce & Atwood, L.L.P.

Pierce Atwood LLP Stands Apart Among Top Law Firms in Maine According To Global Researchers at Chambers and Partners
Occupying a solo position as the state’s top law firm for litigation and environmental law, Pierce Atwood LLP once again dominates the Chambers and Partners law firm rankings for Maine, based on the firm’s “unmatched size, depth and quality,” according to the listings released today.

The firm also received tier one rankings for its corporate, real estate and labor & employment practice groups, with Chambers citing praise that included accolades for the firm’s “vast coverage and competence in all services,” and “a strategic outlook.”

Pierce Atwood LLP is the only law firm in Maine to be listed in the top tier of all five practice areas ranked each year by Chambers and Partners.

The Chambers USA listing made special note of the firm’s recent success representing “Tom’s of Maine in the $100 million sale of its controlling interest to Colgate-Palmolive.”

Twenty-four attorneys at the law firm were individually recognized for excellence in the five practice areas ranked by Chambers USA.
Chambers and Partners is an independent British legal research firm that publishes rankings of the leading law firms around the world.

06-18-2007

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