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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie Celebrates Double Success at the 2007 ALB Japan Law Awards
Baker & McKenzie celebrated double success at this year’s (Asian Legal Business) ALB Japan Law Awards with the Firm’s landmark hotel joint venture deal in Japan winning the Real Estate Deal of the Year and Senior Partner, Shinichi Saito, winning the Lifetime Achievement Award.

The Real Estate Deal of the Year Award was given in recognition of the Firm’s excellent work in advising InterContinental Hotels Group (“IHG”) on its operating joint venture partnership with All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd (“ANA”) in 2006. The transaction, remarkable for its scale and innovation under the new Japanese LLC (godo kaisha) system, involved setting up a co-branded hotel management joint venture between the world’s largest hotel group and the hotel business arm of Japan’s largest domestic carrier. The newly formed entity manages a combined estate of over 40 hotel properties, out of which 13 ANA’s owned and leased hotels were sold to Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund for JPY281.3 billion (approximately USD2.36 billion) in April this year.

Commenting on the award, Chris Hodgens, Partner of Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) said, “That the IHG ANA joint venture deal was voted as the Real Estate Deal of the Year is a reflection of the significance and complexity of the transaction, and is a real accolade to all involved. This award confirms our strengths in the M&A, corporate and hotel space, and is a testimonial to our firm’s capabilities in representing clients on complex cross-border transactions.”

At the ALB Japan Law Awards ceremony held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Tokyo last week, Mr. Saito was presented with the Lifetime Achievement Award for his overall excellence and “sustained and internationally significant” contribution to the development of Japan’s legal industry over a career that has spanned more than 30 years.

Mr. Saito has been instrumental in growing the Firm’s corporate and M&A practice in Japan and attracting new talent to the firm. With 120 lawyers, Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) is the largest and most successful integrated law firm in Japan. Mr Saito and his team have worked on some of the most challenging and ground-breaking transactions in Japan, such as advising Sony Corporation on its joint venture partnership with Ericsson for its mobile communication business in 2001 and in 2004, representing Siemens AG in entering into a strategic alliance with Mochida Pharmaceutical Co.., Ltd and in acquiring shares in Mochida Medical Systems.

“Whilst I am honoured to receive this award, I am confident that this award equally recognises the achievements and successes of Baker & McKenzie in Japan. Drawing on a worldwide network of leading practitioners in 70 jurisdictions, we will continue to offer our clients with the most effective legal solutions that are in line with international best practice,” Mr. Shinichi Saito, Partner of Baker & McKenzie GJBJ Tokyo Aoyama Aoki Koma Law Office (Gaikokuho Joint Enterprise) said.

06-07-2007

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Thelen, Reid, Brown, Raysman & Steiner, LLP

Thelen Appointed Defense Liaison Counsel in SRAM Antitrust Litigation
Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP was recently nominated by its 21 co-defendants, and appointed by United States Federal Judge Claudia Wilken of the Northern District of California, to be defense liaison counsel in the SRAM Civil Antitrust Litigation.

Plaintiffs in the SRAM cases allege that defendant manufacturers conspired to fix SRAM prices and allocate markets between 1998–2005. SRAM stands for “Static Random Access Memory,” which is used in computers, cell phones, and other electronic products.

Since the announcement last fall that the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division was conducting a criminal investigation into alleged price fixing in the SRAM industry, more than 80 Federal court civil class actions have been filed in 30 states. The cases were consolidated by the MDL panel and transferred to Oakland.

The firm's client in this matter is one of the semiconductor manufacturers. Our team currently consists of partners Bob Pringle, Paul Griffin and Jonathan Howden, and associates Jonathan Swartz, Kathleen Kelly, Eva Chan, Matt Richards, Gina Fornario, Mamta Ahluwalia, Sonah Lee, Peter Hoefs, Nicole Duckett, Laura McKaskle, Rita Gevondyan, Micael Estremera, and Nadine Delich.

For the past five years, the firm has also been defending its client in similar criminal and civil class actions involving the DRAM memory chip industry. These cases, most of which are still pending, are now among the largest in U.S. antitrust history.

06-07-2007

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Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP

Picker Appointed to Advisory Council at Pepperdine’s Straus Institute
Stradley Ronon partner Bennett G. Picker was recently appointed to the Council of Advisors of the Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University Law School. The Straus Institute is currently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the nation’s number one dispute resolution program.

Picker is also a fellow of both the International Academy of Mediators and the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. He serves on the panels of the American Arbitration Association and the CPR Institute for Dispute Resolution and is a member of the executive committee of the American Arbitration Association’s Board of Directors.

06-07-2007

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Roetzel & Andress A Legal Professional Association

Denise M. Hasbrook appointed to Mercy Health Partners Board of Trustees
Denise M. Hasbrook, Partner with Roetzel & Andress, L.P.A., has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of Mercy Health Partners through approval of the Board in March, 2007.

Mercy Health Partners (MHP) is a seven-member hospital system including St. Vincent Mercy Medical, St. Charles Mercy Hospital and St. Anne Mercy Hospital in the Toledo area. It further provides healthcare services in hospitals and clinics for a 20-county region in Northwest Ohio and Southeast Michigan. One of the goals of MHP is to improve the health of communities with particular emphasis on the underserved of the community. MHP’s mission reflects its core values of compassion, excellence, human dignity, justice, service, and sacredness of life.

Ms. Hasbrook brings diverse experience to MHP through prior Board experience for the Toledo area YMCA, Bittersweet Farms, Inc., Chance for Change, and the Toledo Botanical Garden. She is also past president of the Board of Directors for the YWCA.

Ms. Hasbrook focuses her practice on corporate defense, labor and employment, and noncompetition issues. In addition, she counsels large and small companies in risk management and legal issues facing their business.

06-07-2007

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Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C.

Nayeri Co-Chair of State Bar Convention's Program on Diversity in the Legal Profession
Sonia Nayeri, an associate with Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C., is Co-Chair of the 2007 Arizona State Bar Convention's program entitled "The D Word: A Candid Look at Achieving a Diverse Legal Profession" to be held June 28, 2007 at the Westin Kierland Resort. The program is sponsored by the State Bar Committee on Women and Minorities in the Law.

Nayeri, a member and descendent of the Arizona San Pascua Yaqui Nation, joined the firm as an associate in 2006 after serving as a Prosecutor for the Ak-Chin Indian Nation in Maricopa, Arizona. She focuses her practice on Indian law and complex environmental litigation. While attending Southwestern Law School, Ms. Nayeri created its first Native American Law Student Association and acted as President while serving the legal needs of local tribes on a pro bono basis. She is currently a member of the California Indian Legal Services, the Arizona State Bar Committee on Women and Minorities in the Law and actively working to form the first Arizona Native American Bar Association.

06-07-2007

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Jones Day, P.C.

Jones Day acts for JP Morgan Cazenove on £180.4m Talvivaara IPO
Jones Day acted for JPMorgan Cazenove Limited as sponsor and underwriter to Talvivaara Mining Company Ltd on its initial public offering of approximately 84.3 million of ordinary shares to institutional and other investors, and the admission of its entire ordinary share capital to the Official List of the UK Financial Services Authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange.

The offer price was 250p per share, and the offer raised £180.4 million (net of fees and expenses).

The Jones Day team was led by London corporate partner, Hilary Winter who was assisted by Vica Irani and Alex Fairley. White &Case acted for Talvivaara ( Philip Broke and Mikko Hukko).

Talvivaara is a Finnish company with a market capitalisation at the offer price of £557.24 million. The company aims to become an internationally significant base metals producer with a primary focus on nickel and zinc.

06-07-2007

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Jenner & Block LLP

Jenner & Block Honored for Commitment to Human Rights
Jenner & Block was honored with the Midwest Light of Human Rights Corporate Award by the Heartland Alliance and the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC) for its “impressive” work in handling pro bono and human rights cases.

The Midwest Light of Human Rights Award Ceremony was held at the Fairmont Hotel Chicago drawing over 600 attendees.

Kisuule Magala Katende, a journalist from Uganda who had obtained asylum in the U.S. in July 2006 with the help of the Firm’s attorneys after being persecuted in his home country, presented the award to Jenner & Block at the ceremony. “Without the help of Jenner & Block, I would definitely not be here today,” said Mr. Katende.

In conferring the award, the NIJC praised the Firm’s “leadership in opposing the arbitrary detention of noncitizens” and cited among the Firm’s accomplishments over the past year the representation of 17 victims of human rights violations in immigration matters, including its role in a key case before the Seventh Circuit; advocacy for the rule of law as it applies to detainees; the representation of Guatanamo Bay detainees; and the Firm’s attorneys providing Congressional testimony on due process for detainees and access to human rights protections for victims of trafficking.

Partner Barry Levenstam, Co-Chair of the Firm’s Pro Bono Committee, accepted the award on behalf of the Firm. The Jenner & Block attorneys who successfully represented asylum seekers and other immigrants over the last year included: Associate Denise K. Bowler, Partner Donald R. Cassling, Partner Ronald M. Daignault, Associate Matthew R. DiPentima, Associate Aaron M. Forester, Partner Richard J. Gray, Associate Peter H. Hanna, Partner Bryan D. King, Associate Erin N. Linder, Associate Kathryn E. Loncarich, Partner James A. McKenna, Associate John K. Min, Associate Keith V. Porapaiboon, Associate Mitchell K. Rovner, Associate Abraham N. Saiger, Partner Lawrence S. Schaner, Partner Kenyanna M. Scott, Partner Gianni P. Servodidio, Partner Shelley Smith, Partner Barry Sullivan, Associate Shehla F. Syed, Associate Wade A. Thomson, Partner Charlotte L. Wager, Associate Bilal Zaheer.

The attorneys representing Guantanamo detainees include Partner David J. Bradford, Partner Patricia A. Bronte, Partner Jeffrey D. Colman, Partner Michael B. DeSanctis, Associate Matthew R. Devine, Partner Marc A. Goldman, Partner Robert L. Graham, Associate Jason J. Green, Partner Andrew A. Jacobson, Associate Maya D. Nath, Associate Douglas Sondgeroth, Partner Thomas P. Sullivan, Associate Wade A. Thomson, Associate Andrew W. Vail, and Associate Elton Y. Wong.

The award ceremony also honored other organizations and individuals who are “working to improve human rights across the world” including the Tibetan Alliance, a volunteer organization that provides services aimed at enabling the Tibetan community to meet their needs and achieve their economic, social, cultural and political goals, and Carlos M. Sada, Minister for Congressional Affairs at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC.

Joseph Margulies, a human rights lawyer and lead counsel in the 2004 Supreme Court case ruling that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have the right to challenge their detention in U.S. Court, was the keynote speaker and Illinois Senator Richard Durbin was a guest speaker at the ceremony.

Pictured:

Top: Mr. Katende, Mr. Levenstam, and Rev. Dr. Sid L. Mohn, President of the Heartland Alliance

Middle: Mr. Levenstam, Director of the National Immigrant Justice Center Mary McCarthy, and Mr. Schaner

Bottom: Summer Associate Rachel Loftspring, Mr. Levenstam, Summer Associate Michele Slachetka, Partner James A. McKenna, Mr. Schaner, Summer Associate Molly Penn, Mr. Katende, Associate Wade A. Thomson, Associate Matthew R. DiPentima, Associate Reena R. Bajowala, Summer Associate Andrew Kennedy, and Summer Associate Sarah Terman.

06-07-2007

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