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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

51 Frost Brown Todd Attorneys Recognized in 2007 Chambers USA
Frost Brown Todd LLC, one of the region’s largest full-service law firms, is pleased to announce that Chambers and Partners has named 51 of Frost Brown Todd’s attorneys and 12 Practice Areas in the 2007 Edition of Chambers USA, a publication ranking attorneys and their practices based upon peer and client review.

The Frost Brown Todd attorneys recently selected for inclusion in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA include:

06-15-2007

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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, L.L.P.

Forty-Eight Fried Frank Partners and Twenty-Seven Practice Areas Recognized by Chambers USA 2007
Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers For Business 2007, a ranking guide of lawyers in the USA, named Fried Frank as a leading law firm in twenty-seven practice areas. Forty-eight Fried Frank partners were also individually ranked in their respective practice areas.

Fried Frank practice areas recognized in the 2007 Chambers USA include: Antitrust, Banking & Finance, Bankruptcy/Restructuring, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity, Capital Markets: High-Yield Products, Corporate/M&A, Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation, Environment, Financial Services Regulation: Banking, Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A, Financial Services Regulation: Securities, Government Contracts, Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory, Intellectual Property, International Arbitration, Investment Funds, Litigation, Litigation: General Commercial, Litigation: Securities, Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations, Media & Entertainment: Corporate, Private Equity: Buyouts, Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment, Real Estate, Securities Regulation, and Tax.

Partners receiving recognition in Chambers in their specific practice areas include:

* Banking & Finance: Emil Buchman; Arthur Kaufman; F. William Reindel
* Bankruptcy/Restructuring: Vivek Melwani; Brad Eric Scheler
* Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Daniel Bursky; Stuart Gelfond; Valerie Ford Jacob; Paul Tropp
* Capital Markets: Derivatives: David Mitchell
* Corporate/M&A: Warren de Wied; Arthur Fleischer, Jr.; Philip Richter; Andrew Varney
* Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation: Donald Carleen; Laraine Rothenberg
* Environment: Richard Schwartz
* Financial Services Regulation: Securities: Dixie Johnson
* Financial Services Regulation: Banking & Securities: Thomas Vartanian
* Financial Services Regulation: Banking: Robert Ledig; Thomas Vartanian
* Financial Services Regulation: Financial Institutions M&A: David Ansell
* Insurance: Dispute Resolution: Gregg Weiner
* Government: Government Contracts: James McCullough
* Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory: Lois Herzeca
* Intellectual Property: Patent: James Dabney; Stephen Rabinowitz
* Intellectual Property: Trademark & Copyright: James Dabney
* International Arbitration: Elliot Polebaum
* Investment Funds: Richard Ansbacher; Lawrence Barshay: Walid Khuri; Kenneth Rosh
* Litigation: General Commercial: Douglas Flaum
* Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations: Audrey Strauss; Richard Sauber
* Private Equity: Buyouts & Venture Capital Investment: Christopher Ewan; Brian Mangino; Robert Schwenkel
* Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use: Stephen Lefkowitz
* Real Estate: Jonathan Mechanic; Joshua Mermelstein; Robert Sorin
* Real Estate: REITs: Steven Scheinfeld
* Securities Regulation: Enforcement: Karl Groskaufmanis; Dixie Johnson
* Tax: Robert Cassanos; Alan Kaden; Kevin Keyes; Lisa Levy; Joel Scharfstein

The Chambers USA Guide, Chambers Europe, Chambers UK, Chambers Asia, and Chambers Global conducts research utilizing a methodology approved by the British Market Research Bureau. In depth interviews with clients and lawyers are done over the telephone, each one lasting about half an hour. For the current USA directory, over 10,000 interviews were conducted covering the whole of the USA by a team of 40 full time researchers over an 8-month period.

06-15-2007

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

State of Berlin sells its majority shareholding in Landesbank Berlin Holding AG
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising the State of Berlin on the sale, announced today, of its majority shareholding in Landesbank Berlin Holding AG (the former Bankgesellschaft Berlin AG) to an acquisition vehicle of the Deutsche Sparkassen- und Giroverband öK, the German savings bank association. The purchase price is €4.622 bn. In addition, the purchaser will acquire the State's silent partnership interest at a price of €723m.

The sale is the result of an open, transparent and non-discriminatory auction process required by the EU Commission in the context of its approval of Berlin's state aid in the years 2001/2002 which rescued the then nearly insolvent bank.

Parallel to the M&A auction process, the State of Berlin had prepared a secondary public offering of its shares.

The Freshfields team includes the following partners:

Matthias-Gabriel Kremer (Corporate - Frankfurt), Hans-Michael Giesen (Corporate - Berlin) (joint team leaders), Christoph Gleske (Banking and Finance - Frankfurt), Benedikt Wolfers (Regulatory - Berlin), Thomas Luebbig (EU State Aid and Merger Control - Berlin), Hans-Joachim Priess (Public Procurement - Berlin), Christian Schede (Real Estate - Berlin), Angela Hildebrand (IP/IT - Frankfurt), Jochen Lessmann (Employment - Frankfurt), Martin Schiessl (Tax - Frankfurt).

06-15-2007

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Fenwick & West, LLP

Fenwick & West Earns Top Peer Ratings in 2007 Chambers USA Guide
Fenwick & West attorneys and practice groups received top recognition from their clients and peers in the 2007 Chambers USA Legal Directory. One of the most respected legal directories in the world, Chambers conducts over 10,000 interviews with clients and attorneys to create the rankings of top attorneys and law firms in the United States. The qualities assessed include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial awareness/astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by clients.

The rankings and editorial comment about attorneys are independent and objective. Inclusion in the guide is based solely on the Chambers research team's findings. No-one can 'buy their way in.'

For 2007, the Fenwick & West practices and attorneys that achieved top recognition from clients and peers are:

PRACTICE GROUPS

Antitrust
Corporate/M&A
Intellectual Property
IT and IT Outsourcing
Labor & Employment
Tax

ATTORNEYS

Sally Abel, Intellectual Property (Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets)Tyler Baker, Antitrust
Doug Cogen, Corporate/M&A
Gordon Davidson, Capital Markets (Debt & Equity) and Corporate/M&A
David Forst, Tax
James Fuller, Tax
David Hayes, Intellectual Property (Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets) and IT & IT Outsourcing
Lynn Pasahow, Intellectual Property (Patent)
Victor Schachter, Labor & Employment
Scott Spector, Labor & Employment (Benefits & Compensation)
Mark Stevens, Corporate/M&A (Venture Capital)

06-15-2007

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Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.

EBG Ranked Among Fastest Growing Law Offices in Atlanta
The Atlanta Business Chronicle, in the edition for June 15-21, 2007, reported that EBG ranks as the fastest growing law firm in Atlanta, as measured by revenue. The firm’s Atlanta office also ranked No. 4 among the Fastest Growing Law Firms, by number of Attorneys.

06-15-2007

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Ellis & Winters

Ellis & Winters captures top ranking in prestigious Chambers USA for antitrust
Ellis & Winters LLP is proud to announce that it has been ranked No. 1 for Antitrust and No. 3 in General Commercial Litigation by Chambers USA. Respected by its peers for its "truly outstanding lawyers [who] have a tremendous amount of depth in trial practice," Ellis & Winters is made up of a select cadre of lawyers providing sophisticated legal services to blue-chip clients. According to Chambers USA, Ellis & Winters' attorneys are "regularly seen in court and are highly respected in the field." In addition to its overall rankings, several Ellis & Winters attorneys were listed individually.

Leslie O'Toole, who is seen among her peers as having a "high work ethic: she is thorough, dogged and courteous in all respects," was ranked number 1 in Healthcare Litigation.

Matthew Sawchak was ranked number 1 in Antitrust. His "careful, thoughtful, open and easy-to-talk-to" personality, coupled with his "impulse to find common ground" is what his peers feel have enabled him to be "outstandingly effective" in his practice.

Dick Ellis, listed in litigation, is known in the legal community for his "wonderful persona that makes you feel directly at ease from the moment he opens his mouth." The embodiment of professionalism, Dick Ellis is viewed as "seasoned, prolific, tenacious, experienced, and confident."

Jon Sasser was characterized as having a "vast experience in business and tort cases in both federal and state Courts." Chambers USA also cited his "significant judgment for Ericsson" in Arizona federal court.

Paul Sun is frequently described as a "scholar" who is "deeply intellectual and thoughtful." Primarily focusing on business litigation, Paul Sun is "always well prepared and knowledgeable about the legal principles involved in a case."

Chambers & Partners have been publishing world-famous guides to the legal profession since 1969. Chambers & Partners rank both law firms and individual lawyers using bands from 1-6, with 1 being the best. Chambers determines a firm's rankings on the basis of submissions put forward by legal practices, interviews during the course of research, and the use of database resources. In determining a firm's and individual lawyers' rankings, Chambers takes into consideration technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment & other qualities most valued by the client.

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Dickstein Shapiro LLP

Dickstein Shapiro Recognized in Prestigious Chambers USA Guide
Dickstein Shapiro LLP is pleased to announce that the firm is recognized in 13 practice areas, and 21 of the firm’s attorneys, representing all three offices, are profiled in the 2007 Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business guide.

Chambers USA comments that Dickstein Shapiro is a “well-integrated firm that is terrific at trial,” and calls the firm’s attorneys “diligent and aggressive at pursuing their client’s interests.”

Chambers USA determines its prestigious rankings through an extensive information gathering process that includes independent research and in-depth interviews with clients and attorneys. Qualities that are assessed include client service, commitment, diligence, technical legal ability, professional conduct, and commercial awareness and astuteness. The guide is compiled by independent, objective researchers, and firms are selected based solely on the research team’s findings.

Based on its extensive research, Chambers USA ranks Dickstein Shapiro as follows:

Practice Areas

* Antitrust
* Bankruptcy/Restructuring
* Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
* Labor & Employment
* Energy: Electricity (Washington, DC)
* Energy: Electricity (National)
* Government: Government Relations
* Insurance: Policy Holder (Washington, DC)
* Insurance: Policy Holder (California)
* Insurance: Policy Holder (National)
* Insurance: Dispute Resolution (New York)
* Litigation
* Securities Regulation


Attorneys, Practice Area

* Kenneth Adams, Antitrust
* Paul Bran, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
* Robin Cohen, Insurance: Dispute Resolution
* Larry Eisenstat, Energy: Electricity
* Richard Fields, Insurance: Dispute Resolution, and Insurance: Policy Holder
* Robert Higgins, Litigation: General Commercial
* R. Bruce Holcomb, Antitrust
* Leon Kellner, Insurance: Policy Holder (Washington, DC and National)
* Deborah Kelly, Labor & Employment
* Linda Kornfeld, Insurance: Policy Holder
* Daniel Litt, Bankruptcy/Restructuring
* James Murray, Litigation: General Commercial
* Bernard Nash, Government: Government Relations
* Amy Nice, Immigration
* Jerold Oshinsky, Insurance: Policy Holder (Washington, DC and National)
* Kirk Pasich, Insurance: Policy Holder (California and National)
* Mark Perlis, Energy: Electricity
* Ira Polon, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
* Howard Schiffman, Securities Regulation: Enforcement
* Andrew Sherman, Corporate/Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
* Divonne Smoyer, Insurance: Policy Holder


The 2007 edition of Chambers USA was released in June 2007 by Chambers and Partners, which also publishes Chambers Global, Chambers UK, and Chambers Europe.

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