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Shearman & Sterling LLP

Shearman & Sterling Advises on Multi Million EMethanex Financing
Shearman & Sterling LLP has represented the lenders in relation to the $948 million financing of the EMethanex methanol plant in Egypt.

Signing took place on 15 May but reached financial close on 31 May following the final signature from the Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif.

The 1.26 million tonne per annum project will include the design, construction, and operation of the plant at Damietta on the Mediterranean Coast in the Nile Delta and will be owned by the Egyptian Methanex Methanol Company.

The project is being jointly developed by Egyptian Petrochemicals Holding Company, a state owned entity responsible for the development of the petrochemicals industry in Egypt, and Methanex Corporation, a global leader in methanol production and marketing.

Shearman & Sterling advised the lenders on the deal including European Investment Bank, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., Calyon, Standard Chartered Bank, Commercial International Bank (Egypt) S.A.E, and National Bank of Egypt.

Representatives from Shearman & Sterling included partner Kenneth MacRitchie (London-Project Development & Finance) and associates Lisa Almen (London-Project Development & Finance), Ben Shorten (Abu Dhabi-Project Development & Finance) Brian Clayton (London-Project Development & Finance), Anna Chung (London-Project Development & Finace), Simon Thomson (London-Project Development & Finance), Sveva Sfara (London-Project Development & Finance) and trainee Alex Massouras (London-Litigation/Arbitration).

Shearman & Sterling is one of the leading international law firms advising on financings of gas projects in Egypt. The firm has advised on a number of projects including the $1.35 billion Egyptian LNG plant which is one of Egypt’s largest ever project financings.

06-04-2007

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White & Case, LLP

White & Case Partner Karen Asner Receives Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing
Karen M. Asner, partner in White & Case's New York office, has been named recipient of a 2007 Burton Award for Legal Writing Excellence, marking the sixth consecutive year that a White & Case lawyer has won the award.

Asner is a commercial litigator and the Firm's global administrative partner, in which role she oversees all administrative aspects of the Firm's 35 offices and helps shape firm culture, policies and strategic business objectives. She was recognized by the Burton Foundation for the article, "Where the Women Are," published on Law.com's ongoing IN FOCUS article series.

The article, which ran last July, addresses the challenges of attracting, promoting and retaining women lawyers and the Firm's initiatives to respond to these challenges. It was one of Karen's regular series appearing on Law.com about large firm management.

"We are committed to the recruitment, retention and career development of our women lawyers. Karen plays a significant role in our ongoing women's advancement initiatives and I am pleased she has been granted a Burton Award for her article on women's issues relating to the legal profession," said Duane Wall, Managing Partner of White & Case.

In addition to the Burton Award given to Asner, a special award was granted to Richard H. Walker, General Counsel of Deutsche Bank AG, who was named as one of five "Legends in the Law", a first-time award given to in-house counsel by the Burton Foundation. Walker was nominated for the award by White & Case in recognition for his dedicated service in both the public and private sectors.

Asner and Walker will be honored at the 2007 Burton Awards program, which will be held at the Great Hall of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC on Monday, June 4.

About The Burton Foundation
The Burton Foundation is a not-for-profit, academic organization concentrating on legal writing. The Burton Awards are dedicated to the refinement and enrichment of writing in the legal profession. The program annually honors lawyers and law students who use clear, concise language. The submissions, nominated by managing partners of law firms and law school deans, include articles published over the past year.

06-04-2007

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Thompson Hine LLP

Thompson Hine LLP Names Nancy Barnes Chair of New Lawyer Committee
Nancy M. Barnes has been named chair of Thompson Hine’s New Lawyer Committee and will lead the firm’s efforts in recruiting new associates. Barnes succeeds Robert F. Ware, who will continue to be active in the firm’s Competition practice group as he assumes his new duties as president of the Ohio State Bar Association.

Barnes, a litigator in the firm’s Cleveland office, has experience handling a broad range of business litigation and employment-related issues, representing clients in a variety of contract disputes, business torts, insurance coverage disputes and the enforcement of non-competition and confidentiality agreements. She received her J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School and her B.A. from the College of William and Mary. Barnes was recognized as a Woman of Professional Excellence by the YWCA in 2006.

06-04-2007

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Stoel Rives, LLP

Stoel Rives Bolsters National Energy Practice: Minneapolis Lawyer Group Enhances Firm’s Agribusiness and Renewable Energy Capability
Stoel Rives LLP, a business law firm that provides services throughout the United States from its offices in Oregon, Washington, California, Utah and Idaho, today announced the expansion of its nationally recognized renewable energy practice with the hiring of 10 leading energy and agribusiness lawyers in Minneapolis, Minnesota and the opening of a Minneapolis office. Stoel Rives’ renewable energy practice is on the cutting edge of work for wind, ethanol, biodiesel, solar, wave, biomass and geothermal clients.

The Minneapolis lawyers joining Stoel Rives have a very extensive agribusiness and food industry practice and are leaders in the development of renewable energy projects—including ethanol, biodiesel, biomass and wind energy facilities. The 10 attorneys were previously partners at the Minneapolis firm of Lindquist & Vennum PLLP, a major general business firm in Minnesota.

“Stoel Rives is a national leader in renewable energy and agribusiness law, and has a superb reputation in corporate, litigation, technology and natural resource-based law,� said Mark Hanson, a leader of the new Minneapolis office. “We see additional growth in the renewable energy sector, and Stoel Rives is the firm of choice in renewable energy. Stoel Rives also has a very strong record of helping agricultural clients, like those we work with, succeed.�

“We’ve been extremely impressed with the firm’s lawyers and know how highly regarded they are in renewable energy, corporate and agribusiness circles. We plan to grow the office here in the coming months and years. The national scope of Stoel Rives will allow us to provide a greater array of legal resources to the clients we work with in the Midwest and around the nation," Hanson added.

Other partners joining Hanson in the Minneapolis office are: Ron McFall, Kevin Prohaska, Joe Thompson, David Quinby, Jonathan Miesen, Kevin Johnson, Eric Bartsch, Joel Dahlgren and Marc Al.

Stoel Rives' chairman, Ron Lone, shares Hanson's enthusiasm. "The combination of our new lawyers in Minneapolis and our existing lawyers throughout the West will further strengthen our renewable energy and agribusiness practices nationally. These are key growth sectors, and the lawyers who join us today have well-established ties to businesses in those industries. We can help those businesses as they grow and their legal needs become more complex. The market opportunities are significant, and we look forward to capitalizing on them for our clients," Lone said.

“The addition of our new colleagues in Minnesota reaffirms our strong commitment to the renewable energy and natural resource arenas and strengthens our experience and ability to serve existing and new agribusiness clients,� said Beth Ugoretz, Stoel Rives' managing partner. “We believe our integrated approach to serving clients across disciplines and offices enables us to be highly responsive to our clients and to put teams together that are very skilled and experienced in specific industries. The addition of these talented lawyers will add depth to our firm and promote the kind of team orientation we believe sets us apart. We welcome them to Stoel Rives."

06-04-2007

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Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell Attorneys At Law

Holt Joins the Law Firm of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell
Anna E. Holt has joined the Tampa office of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A. as an Associate, practicing in product liability, casualty defense matters and commercial litigation.

Prior to joining Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A. as an Associate, Holt served as a summer law clerk with the firm. She graduated from Wake Forest in 2003 with a B.A. in Political Science, and earned her J.D. from the Stetson University College of Law, where she graduated cum laude in 2006. She was a member of the Stetson University Moot Court Board, a regional finalist in the National Appellate Advocacy Competition, a regional semi-finalist in the National Moot, and a recipient of both the Stanley Milledge Award and the William F. Blews Pro Bono Service Award.

Holt is a member of the Florida Bar.

06-04-2007

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

Lewis Elected Board President of Community Legal Services
Jones, Skelton & Hochuli, P.L.C. is pleased to announce that Gordon Lewis has been elected President of the Community Legal Services Board of Directors.

Community Legal Services provides high quality civil legal services to applicants whose income is near poverty level in Maricopa, Yavapai, Yuma, Mohave and La Paz counties. Lewis will serve a one-year term as Board President.

Lewis concentrates his practice on employment and education law. He received his J.D. from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1993 and is licensed to practice in Arizona, Nevada, the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

06-04-2007

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Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C.

Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss Associate Accepts Invitation To Join Care House Intervention and Advisory Committee
David Williams, an associate with Southfield-based Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C. has been invited by the Child Abuse and Neglect Council of Oakland County to join CARE House's Intervention and Treatment Advisory Committee.

The committee's charge is to work directly with CARE House in an effort to develop and strengthen partnership with programs and agencies throughout Oakland Count and enhance the effectiveness of the many services provided by the organization. CARE House is an Oakland County-based nonprofit agency committed to the advocacy and prevention of child abuse. The group also provides treatment and support to those affected.

Mr. Williams is a member of Jaffe's Litigation Group. He is a former Oakland County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney and a 1996 cum laude graduate of Wayne State University Law School.

06-04-2007

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