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Jones Day, P.C.

Jones Day advises Tanjong Plc and Aljomaih on $493 million acquisition of Globeleq Ltd
Jones Day is advising a consortium led by Malaysian power supplier, Tanjong Plc, on the $493 million acquisition of Globeleq Ltd. On 28th May 2007 Tanjong’s 55%-owned subsidiary, Pendekar Energy Ltd (PEL), entered into a conditional share purchase agreement with CDC Globeleq Holdings Limited, a subsidiary of CDC Group plc which owns seven power plants in Egypt, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The remaining 45% of PEL is held by Aljomaih Automotive Company, a private limited company incorporated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The proposed acquisition is consistent with the Tanjong Group’s strategy of acquiring or developing power generation assets in selected emerging markets economies and will consolidate their position in Egypt and establish a presence in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The group will fund the purchase using a mixture of internally generated funds and acquisition finance.

The Jones Day team was led by Arman Galledari, partner in the London Project Finance team, along with David Longstaff, Trevor Wood and Anna Cutfield. Jones Day also advised Tanjong Plc on its successful bid for Port Said and Suez Gulf Power Projects in Egypt sold by EDF in 2006.

Arman commented “We are delighted to have been able to assist our clients in what turned out to be a very competitive bid. The ability to resolve issues and reach mutually acceptable terms and conditions in a very short space of time were critical to consummating this deal. Our role in this transaction reinforces our reputation as a leading firm for M&A in the power projects market.”

The acquisition is timetabled for completion in the third quarter of 2007.

06-05-2007

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Jenner & Block LLP

Indiana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Firm Client Charter One Bank in Document Fee Case
The Indiana Supreme Court on May 2 disapproved its own 1984 ruling which prohibited mortgage lenders from charging a document preparation fee for the preparation of loan documents by their non-lawyer employees, and ordered that a class action lawsuit seeking the recovery of the fees charged by Jenner & Block's client, Charter One Bank, be dismissed. Condra v. Charter One Mortgage Corp.

The ruling in Condra should provide significant financial benefit to all mortgage lenders in Indiana. Prior to this decision, many Indiana lenders either had decided, based on the Supreme Court’s earlier ruling in Miller v. Vance, that they could not lawfully charge a document preparation fee unless a lawyer filled out their loan documents, or charged the fee at their legal peril. Based on the decision in Condra, however, it appears that mortgage lenders may now recover the costs associated with documenting their loans through a document preparation fee without fear of liability for doing so.

This latest case on the issue originated with the filing of a class action complaint. The plaintiff, who was a Charter One mortgage borrower, alleged that he paid a document preparation fee for the mortgage instrument and promissory note prepared by Charter One employees who were not lawyers. Relying on the 1984 decision of the Indiana Supreme Court in Miller v. Vance, the plaintiff alleged that the charging of the fee for the completion of the loan documents by a non-lawyer employee of the lender constituted the unauthorized practice of law under Indiana law. The plaintiff sought the refund of document preparation fees paid by Charter One borrowers for documents prepared by Charter One employees.

Jenner & Block filed a motion to dismiss on behalf of Charter One, arguing that the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution preempted the Indiana law prohibiting the document preparation fee because regulations of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency authorized national banks and their operating subsidiaries, like Charter One, to charge the very fees that Indiana law purported to prohibit. The trial court denied the motion to dismiss, and the Indiana Court of Appeals affirmed that ruling, holding that the Indiana law was not preempted. The Firm persuaded the Indiana Supreme Court to accept jurisdiction over the case and rule on the complex federal preemption issues.

Firm partner, David P. Sanders, assisted by Firm Partner Michael T. Brody and former associate Elizabeth Porter, argued the case in the Indiana Supreme Court. In addition to arguing the constitutional preemption issue, the Firm contended that the Court's older decision in Miller v. Vance (which had held that the mere charging of the document preparation fee for the completion of loan forms by non-lawyer employees of a lender constituted the unauthorized practice of law) was wrongly decided and was out of step with the law in other jurisdictions.

The Indiana Supreme Court justices decided that there was no need for the Court to decide whether federal law preempted the conflicting Indiana law as set forth in Miller v. Vance. Instead, the Court expressly disapproved its earlier decision in Miller, and held that the charging of a document preparation fee for mortgage documents prepared by a lender's non-lawyer employees did not constitute the unauthorized practice of law under Indiana common law principles. As a result, the Court concluded that Charter One’s conduct was lawful, and therefore remanded the case to the trial court with instructions to grant Charter One's motion to dismiss.

06-05-2007

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Holland & Knight, L.L.P.

Holocaust Remembrance Essay Winners Awarded Life-Changing Experience
Ten high school students have been chosen from more than 4,100 entries nationwide to spend a life-changing week with 12 Holocaust survivors and educators on an all-expenses paid trip to Washington, D.C.

As winners of The Holocaust Remembrance Project, a national essay contest for high school students designed to encourage and promote the study of the Holocaust, they also will receive scholarships at an awards dinner at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., on July 19. This year, one student will be awarded a special one-time scholarship of $17,000 in honor of Virginia Tech University Professor and Holocaust survivor Liviu Librescu. The scholarship will be presented by Dr. James Bohland, vice president and executive director, National Capital Region Operations for Virginia Tech.

The event, now in its 13th year, is hosted by the law firm Holland & Knight and the Holland & Knight Charitable Foundation. Holland & Knight is pleased to announce the 2007 national first-place winners:

* William Babeaux, a senior at Bishop Hartley High School in Columbus, OH
* Katerina Belkin, a senior at North High School in Sioux City, IA
* Ashley Eberhart, a sophomore at The Culver Academies in Downers Grove, Ill.
* Jeremy Feigenbaum, a senior at Bergen County Academies in Teaneck, N.J.
* Elizabeth Keith, a senior at New Vista High School in Boulder, Colo.
* Andrew Kendoll, a senior at McKay High School in Salem, Ore.
* Xinyi Li, a sophomore at Duluth High School in Duluth, Ga.
* Oren Mitzner, a senior at Miami Killian Senior High School in Miami, Fla.
* Bianca Rosen Siegel, a junior at Chamberlain High School in Tampa, Fla.
* Mark Salomon, a senior at New Trier High School in Glencoe, Ill.

“The law firm of Holland & Knight has established this program to educate young people about the dangers of using the law to promote prejudice, discrimination and the type of violence that could lead to genocide, and thereby rock the foundation of even the most advanced society,” said Holland & Knight Managing Partner Howell Melton. “We have a long history of reaching out to students, and in this matter, we believe the legacy of the Holocaust needs to be shared first-hand with today’s youth while survivors are still with us to relate their incredible stories, and bring the horror or the Holocaust to life for those who have only read about it.”

The Holocaust Remembrance Project is an educational program that serves as a living memorial to the millions of victims of the Holocaust. In addition to the prizes awarded to the 10 first-place winners, 10 second-place winners and 10 third-place winners also receive cash prizes, medals and certificates. The 10 first-place winners will visit Washington, D.C., and related memorials and participate in intense seminars and testimony from historians and survivors. Other events include:

Week-Long Immersion with Holocaust Survivors, July 15-20, 2007

The week-long transfer of testimony from old to young takes place from July 15-20, 2007. Each day will begin with testimony from a survivor of the Holocaust. The group also will hear from author, lecturer and historian Dr. Michael Berenbaum as well as New York Times best selling author Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2007).

Stuart Eizenstat Keynotes Awards Banquet in Washington, D.C., July 19, 2007

The event culminates on Thursday, July 19, at an Awards Banquet at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C., including a keynote address by former senior government official and Presidential advisor Stuart E. Eizenstat. Each student will be awarded a scholarship of up to $10,000 at the dinner hosted by Holland & Knight. Martha Barnett, chair of the firm’s Board of Directors, Mid-Atlantic Executive Partner La Fonte Nesbitt and Marketing Partner Janis Schiff will chair the July 19 gala.

About the Holocaust Remembrance Project: The Holocaust Remembrance Project was instituted by Holland & Knight in 1994 to commemorate the anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camps. Since its inception, the Project has awarded more than $600,000 in scholarships, cash, and prizes to young writers and acted as a living memorial to the millions of innocent victims of the Holocaust.

06-05-2007

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

Hogan & Hartson Advises Transmashholding on Joint Venture Project With Bombardier
Hogan & Hartson announced that it has advised ZAO Transmashholding, a major Russian railway engineering production company, on the establishment of an engineering center and a joint venture with Bombardier Transportation, a world leader in the development and production of railway vehicles. Transmashholding and Bombardier will have equal shares in both the engineering center and joint venture.

The agreements were signed on May 25, 2007, in Sochi, Russia. Under these agreements, an engineering center for the development of new modern components, equipment, and technical and technological solutions for railway engineering will be established, in addition to a joint venture to produce traction converters based on well-proven Bombardier MITRAC technology. Traction converters produced by the joint venture will be intended for railroad engines manufactured both for OJSC “Rossiyskiyi Zheleznyi Dorogi” (OJSC RZD) and other consumers, including foreign ones.

Lawyers from the Moscow and Geneva offices of Hogan & Hartson advised Transmashholding on the corporate and tax structure issues related to the engineering center and joint venture, and assisted in drafting and negotiating agreements with Bombardier. Lawyers from the Paris office of Hogan & Hartson were also involved in the project, advising Transmashholding on intellectual property issues, including obtaining licenses for the use of Bombardier technologies.

06-05-2007

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

Leading Intellectual Property Counsel Joins Hogan & Hartson in Moscow
Hogan & Hartson is pleased to announce that Julianna Tabastajewa has joined the firm's Moscow office as counsel to strengthen the firm’s intellectual property and intellectual property litigation practices. She will also expand the firm’s life sciences practice in Russia.

Over the course of her more than 15-year career, Tabastajewa has established a recognized practice focusing on intellectual property protection and litigation, pharmaceutical law, competition law, media law, and franchising. She also has extensive experience in domestic litigations and arbitrations in Russia.

Throughout her career, Tabastajewa has represented major Russian and international companies in sophisticated copyright, trademark, patent, and domain disputes, including several successful precedent cases for Volkswagen AG, Audi AG, and KNAUF Gips KG.

Tabastajewa has contributed significantly to new domain regulations in the Russian Federation and has written extensively on the subject. She is also actively involved in intellectual property legislation development initiatives in Russia as an expert of the Anti-piracy Committee of the State Duma (legislative assembly) of the Russian Federation. She is currently working in the Russian Franchising Association on the new Franchise Act of the Russian Federation. Tabastajewa also advises media, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies on related issues in Russia.

“Julianna is significant addition to the IP practice of this firm,” said Peter Pettibone, managing partner of the firm’s Moscow office. “Specifically, she enhances the trademark practice and our IP litigation and enforcement capabilities in Russia.”

Prior to joining Hogan & Hartson, Tabastajewa served as head of the intellectual property and information technology department in the Moscow office of a Munich-based international law firm for over nine years. Tabastajewa has a Ph.D. degree; her Ph.D project thesis was “Legal Defense against Unfair Competition in the Area of Intellectual Property in Russia.”

Tabastajewa has been recognized for her accomplishments as an IP/IT lawyer by the European Legal 500.

Notes to Editors

1. Hogan & Hartson is a global law firm founded in Washington, D.C. in 1904 with more than 1,000 lawyers in 22 offices throughout Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the United States. In Europe, the firm has eight offices: Berlin, Brussels, Geneva, London, Moscow, Munich, Paris, and Warsaw.
2. The Moscow office of Hogan & Hartson has built a strong market reputation for highly complex corporate and commercial work, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, capital markets, banking, private equity, real estate, tax, intellectual property, international litigation, and arbitration.
3. Hogan & Hartson IP group is composed of more than 120 lawyers, including more than 40 registered patent attorneys and patent agents.

06-05-2007

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Dykema Gossett PLLC

Dykema Appoints Lemoine To Chair Pro Bono Committee
Dykema today announced that Charles A. LeMoine, a member in the firm’s Litigation practice, has been appointed chair of its pro bono committee.

As a member of Dykema for over 20 years, LeMoine has handled numerous civil litigation-related matters from the trial court level through appeal. He has also argued cases before both the Illinois Appellate Court and Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

"Chuck is an excellent choice to lead the firm’s pro bono committee," said Rex Schlaybaugh, Dykema’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Our pro bono program has grown significantly over the past few years and will continue to flourish under his guidance. His commitment to giving back to the community epitomizes the firm’s commitment to pro bono projects."

"I am looking forward to working with Chuck, who will be integral in expanding our pro bono efforts in the Chicago area," added Heidi Naasko, Dykema’s Pro Bono Coordinator. "He understands why service to the community is critical and will encourage our attorneys to continue to devote their time and energy to providing high-quality legal services to low-income individuals, public service organizations and charitable groups."

Longstanding Commitment to Pro Bono

Dykema believes the practice of law, especially in a large commercial firm, is a privilege that carries with it profound societal responsibilities. Performing legal services for those who cannot afford to pay for them – or for organizations that benefit such persons – is a central part of the firm’s effort to improve the quality of life for the underserved in our community.

Dykema’s pro bono committee is responsible for setting pro bono policies for the firm, encouraging meaningful pro bono work and otherwise enhancing the firm’s commitment to such work, and administering Dykema’s pro bono activities. In his new role, LeMoine will focus on the strategic direction of the program, while Naasko will continue to oversee the daily administration, including coordinating pro bono efforts among Dykema’s 10 offices throughout the United States.

"I am excited to have the opportunity to oversee the strategic direction of the firm’s pro bono program," said LeMoine. "Beyond community service, lawyers have the unique ability to provide a different level of service. The firm and I have been blessed with many successes and we believe it is our obligation to leverage these experiences to provide the less fortunate with equal access to justice when the situation demands justice."

Charles A. LeMoine

LeMoine represents a variety of clients in litigation-related matters including insurance companies, hospitals, physician groups, dental groups, property managers, developers, contractors, professional engineers, architects, school districts, financial institutions, product manufacturers and railroads.

He has also been a featured speaker and author on various topics including violence in the workplace, construction disputes, school risk management, construction lien claims, and Web site protections.

He received a J.D., with distinction, from The John Marshall Law School and a B.A. from the University of Illinois.

06-05-2007

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Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Charles O'Neill Reelected as Chadbourne Managing Partner
The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that Charles K. O'Neill has been reelected Managing Partner of the Firm for a term of three years.

Additionally, J. Allen Miller and Chaim Wachsberger have been reelected to two-year terms on the Management Committee. The five-member committee manages the day-to-day operations at Chadbourne.

The other members of the Management Committee are Mr. O'Neill, Thomas E. Riley and Lawrence Rosenberg.

06-05-2007

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