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Watson, Farley & Williams, LLP

WFW advises GVM Metals on £25.7 million AIM Placings
Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised GVM Metals Limited (GVM) on two separate AIM placings to raise a total of £25.7 million before expenses.

In May, WFW advised GVM on the placing and issue of 37,351,176 ordinary shares to raise £13.7 million before expenses. GVM’s joint London brokers, Mirabaud Securities Limited and Blue Oar Securities plc, placed 31,470,000 shares with institutional clients. The remaining shares were placed with investors procured by GVM. Earlier this month, WFW advised GVM on a further placing to raise approximately £12 million before expenses through the issue of 22,223,000 ordinary shares. Mirabaud Securities Limited placed all of the shares with institutional clients.

GVM is listed on AIM, the Australian Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is a coal mining and metals processing business targeting predominantly South African mining and minerals processing assets. The funds raised from the placings will allow the company to fund the acquisition of a 70% interest in Coal of Africa Limited.

Jan Mellmann, head of the International Corporate Group at WFW, led the team for WFW and was assisted by Gareth Burge.

Mellmann commented: “We are very pleased to continue our relationship with GVM. These latest transactions demonstrate the fact that companies with other listings are choosing AIM over other markets when it comes to raising significant funds.”

1. Watson, Farley & Williams is an international law firm with offices in London, New York, Paris, Rome, Athens, Hamburg, Singapore and Bangkok. The firm currently has 200 lawyers and over 350 staff.
2. WFW is ranked as one of the top 15 legal firms in the UK for AIM work, currently representing well over 25 clients specific to that market, in the Hemscott Corporate Advisers Guide.
3. Watson, Farley & Williams focuses on three key sectors where it is recognised for its specialist knowledge and expertise; Maritime, Energy and Finance & Investment. The firm advises on international finance, corporate and commercial matters, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, taxation, dispute resolution and real estate law. Our legal teams advise on English, German, French, Greek, Italian, Russian, New York, US federal and Thai law and we maintain active relationships with leading law firms in many countries. Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised GVM Metals Limited (GVM) on two separate AIM placings to raise a total of £25.7 million before expenses. In May, WFW advised GVM on the placing and issue of 37,351,176 ordinary shares to raise £13.7 million before expenses. GVM’s joint London brokers, Mirabaud Securities Limited and Blue Oar Securities plc, placed 31,470,000 shares with institutional clients. The remaining shares were placed with investors procured by GVM. Earlier this month, WFW advised GVM on a further placing to raise approximately £12 million before expenses through the issue of 22,223,000 ordinary shares. Mirabaud Securities Limited placed all of the shares with institutional clients. GVM is listed on AIM, the Australian Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and is a coal mining and metals processing business targeting predominantly South African mining and minerals processing assets. The funds raised from the placings will allow the company to fund the acquisition of a 70% interest in Coal of Africa Limited. Jan Mellmann, head of the International Corporate Group at WFW, led the team for WFW and was assisted by Gareth Burge. Mellmann commented: “We are very pleased to continue our relationship with GVM. These latest transactions demonstrate the fact that companies with other listings are choosing AIM over other markets when it comes to raising significant funds.”

06-14-2007

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Sughrue Mion PLLC

Sughrue Continues 50th Anniversary Celebration with SVJEN
The California offices of Sughrue Mion (Mountain View and San Diego) will continue the year long 50th anniversary celebration this week by sponsoring the 5th annual Silicon Valley Japanese Entrepreneur Network. The event will take place on June 14th at the Garden Court Hotel in Palo Alto and will showcase industry and local leaders such as Dr. Regis McKenna (International Advisory Board of Toyota Motor Company), Dr. Richard Dasher (Director of US-Asia Technology Management Center of Stanford University) and Palo Alto Mayor Yoshiko Kishimoto. Sughrue’s own John Rabena will also be on hand to deliver the opening remarks for this event.

06-14-2007

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Schwartz, Cooper, Greenberger & Krauss, Chtd.

Schwartz Cooper's Kurtzon Elected as Fellow of American College of Mortgage Attorneys
Schwartz Cooper Chartered, a leading Chicago-based full service law firm, today announced that Michael Kurtzon, head of the firm’s Real Estate Finance practice, was elected as a fellow of the American College of Mortgage Attorneys (ACMA). He was the only attorney in Illinois to receive this distinction.

Fellowship in ACMA is by nomination only. Twelve attorneys were elected nationally by the ACMA this year and there are only 14 other Illinois attorneys in this 400-member organization.

Kurtzon was nominated by John Murray, vice president and special counsel for First American Title Insurance Co., and a former ACMA president. Prospective members are chosen based on their experience in real estate law and if they have distinguished themselves by publications, presentations, bar association activities, teaching, or participation in the legislative process. There are six classes of membership in ACMA: fellows, academic fellows, judicial fellows, honorary fellows, lifetime fellows and senior fellows.

Kurtzon counsels institutional real estate lenders on a national basis in a variety of complex lending matters. He regularly represents real estate development companies in residential and commercial construction and development projects, including mixed-use projects, condominium developments, and retail and office properties. He also represents real estate investors and owners in acquisitions and dispositions of properties, securitized debt financings, and negotiation of architectural and construction agreements, as well as landlords and tenants in leasing transactions.

Kurtzon is a member of the Chicago Mortgage Attorneys Association, American College of Real Estate Attorneys, International Council of Shopping Centers, and the Illinois State Bar Association. He also is a member of the Real Property Finance Committee of the Chicago Bar Association and the Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law of the American Bar Association.

Kurtzon frequently speaks on numerous topics including construction lending, syndicated loans, condominium law, construction law, and the Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act.

He received a J.D. from the University of Chicago and an A.B. from Cornell University.

The American College of Mortgage Attorneys was formed in 1974 by a group of lawyers seeking to establish and maintain an integrated group of lawyers from each state who are highly skilled and experienced in the preparation of real estate mortgages, lending transactions secured by real estate, and related practice.

06-14-2007

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McCarter & English, Attorneys At Law

McCarter & English Partner Susan A. Feeney Installed as Treasurer of New Jersey State Bar Association
Susan A. Feeney, a partner in the tax and employee benefits group of McCarter & English, LLP, was installed as Treasurer of the New Jersey State Bar Association at the organization's Annual Meeting in Atlantic City. Ms. Feeney is on track to assume the presidency of the NJSBA in 2011, making her the eighth woman to hold that office.

As an officer of the NJSBA, Ms. Feeney will also serve as trustee for the New Jersey State Bar Foundation, the NJSBA's philanthropic arm Ms. Feeney has been a member of the NJSBA for 25 years and has served on the association's Board of Trustees as a representative for Essex County since 2001. She was elected by the NJSBA Nominating Committee in 2002 to serve as ABA Delegate. A former chair of the Taxation Law Section, she is presently a member of the section's Executive Committee and serves as Trustee Liaison to the group. Ms. Feeney is also a member of the NJSBA Membership and Public Relations Committee, Long-Term Planning Committee, Legislative Committee, Ad Hoc Policy Committee, Finance and Operations Committee and Strategic Plan Implementation Committee. She serves on the Board of Directors of New Jersey Lawyer, the Weekly Newspaper. Ms. Feeney is currently President of the Legal Services Foundation of Essex County and has served on its board since 1984. She concluded a term as chair of the foundation's Volunteer Lawyers for Justice Committee in 2004.

A member of the Essex County Bar Association since 1982, Ms. Feeney received the county bar's 2001 Special Merit Award and served on its Board of Trustees from 1998 to 2001. A former chair of the Essex County Bar's Young Lawyers, she also served as vice chair and chair of the Pro Bono Task Force from 1999 to 2004

Ms. Feeney is a member of the American Bar Association, its Taxation Section and the section's Committee on State and Local Taxes. She was named a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation in 2003. She also serves on the New Jersey Supreme Court Committee on the New Jersey Tax Court and the Committee on Character and is chair of the Subcommittee on Miscellaneous Rules.

In 2006 and 2007, Ms. Feeney was named among The Best Lawyers in America, in 2005, 2006 and 2007 as one of the New Jersey Super Lawyers and in 2006 as one of the Top 50 Female Lawyers published by New Jersey Monthly. She serves as a board member of the Dorough Lupus Foundation and the Flame of Charity Foundation. A summa cum laude graduate of Seton Hall University, Ms. Feeney earned her law degree from Fordham University School of Law, New York. At McCarter & English, Ms. Feeney's practice focuses on state taxation and local property taxation for all types of industries. Her practice includes redevelopment law and condemnation.

The New Jersey State Bar Association, incorporated in 1899, is dedicated to the continuing education of lawyers and the public, to reforming and
improving the legal system and to aiding in the administration of justice.f

06-14-2007

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Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, L.L.P.

Lucette in €219 Million Offering
Cleary Gottlieb represented Compagnie la Lucette in its €219 million public offering of more than five million new shares with preferential subscription rights. BNP Paribas and Société Générale launched the deal on May 14, 2007 and it closed on June 13, 2007.

Compagnie la Lucette is a listed property investment company specializing in commercial real estate. The company benefits from its status as a listed property investment company under France's SIIC (sociétés d’investissements immobiliers cotées) regime, which provides favorable tax treatment for real estate investment firms. Compagnie la Lucette’s €2.2 billion high-quality portfolio includes offices in key business districts in the Ile-de-France region and warehouses in several French industrial parks.

06-13-2007

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Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, L.L.P.

Eric Scott Joins the Environmental Law Firm of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP
Eric Scott, of Philadelphia, Pa., has recently joined the environmental law firm of Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, LLP (MGKF), as an associate. At MGKF Scott joins a team of 25 lawyers and two engineers and paralegals, where he will focus his practice on environmental litigation.

Prior to joining MGKF, Scott worked as an associate with Pepper Hamilton, LLP in Philadelphia. Scott received his Juris Doctor from Cornell Law School in 2001. He is admitted to the Pennsylvania and Philadelphia bars. Scott earned his Bachelor of Arts degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Bucknell University in 1998.

“Eric Scott is an excellent addition to MGKF,” says Hiring Partner Jonathan Spergel. “His previous experience with a large firm will be a great asset for our own burgeoning litigation department.”

06-13-2007

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Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, L.L.P.

Texas Corneal Transplant Patient Files Lawsuit Against Advanced Medical Optics For "Unbearable Pain" and Permanent Vision Loss In Contact Lens Solution Recall Litigation
Signaling an expansion of the litigation against Santa Ana, California-based Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. ("AMO"), the national law firm Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, announced that Fort Worth, Texas resident Debbie Wooten filed today a personal injury lawsuit for damages suffered against AMO in federal court in Los Angeles.

Wooten, a 44-year-old operations manager at a financial services company, alleges she has suffered permanent vision loss due to Acanthamoeba keratitis, a extremely painful infection of the cornea, from use of AMO’s Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose contact lens solution.

"The infestation in my left eye destroyed my cornea. I had to administer drops in my eye for a year," explained Wooten. "At first I had to administer the drops every hour around the clock. It took twenty minutes to administer the drops because I had to wait five minutes between each drop. The pain was unbearable. The microorganisms were chewing on my nerve endings."

Wooten was a regular purchaser of AMO contact lens solution, using the product as instructed. In late 2004, she began to suffer symptoms of light sensitivity, tearing, and redness. Wooten sought medical attention but her doctors were unable to accurately diagnose her condition. At the end of 2004, Wooten lost the vision in her left eye. In January 2005, Wooten was diagnosed with Acanthamoeba keratitis.

"Once the treatment ended, I then had to wait nine months for the corneal replacement surgery in case the infestation was dormant," Wooten stated. "I am extremely fortunate that I did not lose my eye but my vision is still impaired. I may need additional surgery. This was a terrible experience. I hope my lawsuit causes AMO to ensure its contact lens solution products are safe to use."

"AMO has not yet acknowledged its responsibilities to injured consumers," stated Wendy R. Fleishman, a partner at Lieff Cabraser. "AMO must compensate all users of its contact lens solution who developed serious eye infections, including reimbursing patients for the cost of their surgeries and other expenses, and agree to pay for necessary future medical care."

On May 25, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration alerted health care professionals and their patients who wear soft contact lenses about a voluntary recall of AMO’s Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose. The recall was undertaken because of reports of a link between a rare, but serious eye infection, Acanthamoeba keratitis, caused by a parasite and use of AMO’s contact lens solution.

AMO aggressively promoted Complete MoisturePlus Multi Purpose to healthcare professionals as well as to consumers with representations that it was a "highly effective cleaning agent" and that it "is effective against the introduction of common ocular microorganisms."

The Complaint charges that AMO’s contact lens solution was not effective in disinfecting contacts lenses, and vastly inferior to other multipurpose solutions available on the market. The Complaint alleges that AMO’s own data demonstrated the product’s lack of effectiveness in preventing the growth of protozoa microorganisms, including "acanthamoeba." The protozoa acanthamoeba are directly associated with a disproportionate risk and increased incidence of Acanthamoeba keratitis in users of contact lens solution products.

Wooten’s lawsuit brings claims of negligence, strict liability, breach of warranty, fraud, unjust enrichment, and violations of California statutory law. Wooten seeks compensatory and punitive damages against AMO for the injuries she has suffered.

06-13-2007

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