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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Speiss Appointed to Executive Committee of State Bar of California IP Section
Tom Speiss, Of Counsel in the Los Angeles office, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the State Bar of California's Intellectual Property Section (the "Section").

Speiss will serve a three-year term, beginning on September 30, 2007. The Section, which was organized in 1976 and currently includes 6,790 attorneys, furthers knowledge of members in the law of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyright and licensing, and covers matters of technology, unfair business practices, antitrust, employee trade secrets and litigation practice as it relates to intellectual property. The Section has many members from outside California who have joined to keep current on California IP law.

05-31-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Oaktree Capital Management in Over $880 Million Equity Offering in New GS TrUE Market
Simpson Thacher represented Oaktree Capital Management, LLC in its restructuring and offering of over $880 million of Class A Units of Oaktree Capital Group, LLC. The offering was made pursuant to Rule 144A and the Class A Units will be traded in a private, over-the-counter market for unregistered equity securities that has been developed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. (the “GS TrUE market”). Oaktree is the first issuer to have its securities traded on the GS TrUE market.

The Simpson Thacher team for this transaction included Tom Wuchenich, Dan Clivner, Jeremy Kell, Jeff Joseph and Amy Cano of the LA office; John Hart, Katharine Moir and Ben Applestein (Tax); Greg Grogan, Jeanne Annarumma and Mike Richman (ERISA); Dave Wohl (Investment Company Act/Investment Advisers Act issues); and Mark Lab (Broker/Dealer and Investment Advisers Act issues). Summer Associate Steven Erisch and paralegals Jia Jia Huang, Kelly Roberts and Fabiana Yu, all of the LA office, provided valuable assistance.

05-31-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents the Underwriters in the Largest Ever High-yield Offering by an Asian Issuer ex-Japan
Simpson Thacher recently represented Bear Stearns and Morgan Stanley in the $1 billion global offering of 6.75% senior notes issued by CITIC Resources Finance (2007) Limited, and guaranteed by CITIC Resources Holdings Limited, the Hong Kong listed subsidiary of CITIC Group. CITIC Resources, which conducts the natural resources and commodities trading businesses of CITIC Group, will use the proceeds of the offering to acquire from CITIC Group, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, a controlling interest in the Karazhanbas oilfield in Kazakhstan. Upon completion of the acquisition, CITIC Resources will become the fourth largest PRC controlled oil producer.

The Simpson Thacher team included Chris Lin, Glenn Reiter, Gene Buttrill, Gil Strauss, Vijay Sekhon, Stuart Orsak, Townshine Wu, I-Sha Liu (Corporate), George Wang (OFAC), Jonathan Cantor, Jonathan Talansky (Tax) and Greg Grogan (ERISA).

05-31-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Wachovia in Acquisition of A.G. Edwards
The firm is representing Wachovia Corp. in its acquisition of A.G. Edwards, Inc. Wachovia is one of the nation’s largest diversified financial services companies, providing a broad range of retail banking and brokerage, asset and wealth management, and corporate and investment banking products and services. A.G. Edwards, a financial services holding company whose primary subsidiary is the national investment firm of A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc, will be combined with Wachovia Securities, LLC to create an industry-leading retail brokerage firm with $1.1 trillion in client assets and nearly 15,000 financial advisors. Upon completion of the acquisition, the combined firm will become the second largest retail brokerage firm in the United States.

Under the terms of the merger agreement, A.G. Edwards' stockholders will receive 0.9844 shares of Wachovia common stock and $35.80 in cash for each of their A.G. Edwards common shares. The deal has a total transaction value of approximately $6.8 billion. The transaction was announced on May 31 and is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2007.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Lee Meyerson, Maripat Alpuche, Elizabeth Cooper, Mark Bussey and summer associate Chase D’Agostino (M&A); Andrea Wahlquist and Wonda Joseph (Benefits); and Steve Todrys (Tax).

05-31-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents First Reserve in Sale of Dresser, Inc. to Riverstone
Simpson Thacher represented First Reserve in the sale of its portfolio company, Dresser, Inc., to an investor group led by Riverstone Holdings LLC. First Reserve also joined Riverstone and Lehman Brothers Co-Investment Partners in the investor group with an investment from its recently formed First Reserve Fund XI, L.P. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction closed on May 4, 2007.

Dresser, based in Dallas, Texas, is a leader in providing highly engineered infrastructure products for the global energy industry. The company enjoys leading positions in a broad portfolio of products including valves, actuators, meters, switches, regulators, piping products, natural gas-fueled engines, retail fuel dispensers and associated retail point of sale systems, and air and gas handling equipment. The company had aggregate revenues of approximately $1.8 billion in fiscal 2006.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Ed Chung, Jacob Kleinman, Ben Langille and Jennifer Maimone-Medwick (M&A), John Creed and Nancy Mehlman (Tax), Brian Robbins, Aimee Adler and Jeanne Annarumma (Employee Benefits), Alden Millard and Melissa Hutson (Banking & Credit), Michael Isby and Tim Mulvihill (Environmental) and Robyn Rahbar (Intellectual Property). Bill Curbow and Barrie Covit also provided advice to First Reserve in the transaction.

05-31-2007

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Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, L.L.P.

Daniel Price Appointed Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs
Today the President appointed Sidley Austin LLP partner Daniel M. Price as Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economic Affairs. In this role, he will serve as principal advisor to the President on international economic issues and will be responsible for coordinating Administration policy on international trade and investment, foreign assistance to developing countries, and the international aspects of energy security and climate change. He will begin at the White House in early July.

Mr. Price heads the International Trade and Dispute Resolution Group, which joined the firm in May 2002 with 35 professionals. The Group, which has grown to more than 50 professionals in Brussels, Geneva and Washington, was named for the past three years as the Trade and Customs Law Firm of the Year by Who's Who Legal, as the Global WTO Law Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners for 2006, and as the leading Elite Investment Treaty Arbitration Practice by the Global Arbitration Review in 2006. Group members have been involved in more than one third of the WTO cases since the beginning of the WTO and represent clients in all aspects of trade regulation, international arbitration and counseling with respect to trade policy. Andrew Shoyer, a partner in the Washington office, who formerly served as legal advisor to the US Trade Representative and is a leading WTO litigator, will assume the role of head of the Practice Group.

Tom Cole, Chairman of the Executive Committee, said, "During the past 5 years, this group has made an enormous contribution to the global practice and perspective of the firm. Dan has built a global team of highly respected professionals. We will miss Dan but know that the Group will continue to expand and thrive under the leadership of Andy Shoyer. This appointment is a tremendous honor for Dan, the Group and the firm."

"Our Group has flourished at Sidley and we have been able to work with other practices at the firm to address global issues for Sidley's large roster of clients," commented Dan Price. “I am very honored by this appointment and look forward to assisting the Administration. I am confident that under Andy's leadership, the Group will continue to set the global standard for international trade and arbitration practices.

05-31-2007

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Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP

Sedgwick Hosts Wine Tasting Featuring Firm Founder’s Acclaimed Label
Sedgwick hosted a wine tasting and cocktail reception featuring acclaimed cabernets provided by Detert Family Vineyards , owned and operated by the grandsons of Sedgwick founding partner Gunther Detert. The event took place on May 17, 2007, in Bobby Van's historic Vault Grill.

Detert Family Vineyards has produced cabernet wines under their current label since 2000, and the vineyard has grown outstanding cabernet since 1953. Believed to be the oldest cabernet franc vineyard site in the Napa Valley, the Detert property helped establish Napa, and particularly Oakville, as one of the world's premier cabernet winegrowing regions.

After acquiring the property in the 1950s, Gunther Detert managed the vineyard while maintaining an active law practice at Sedgwick. He established the family's first grape agreement with Robert Mondavi while Mr. Mondavi was working at the Charles Krug Winery. Their handshake arrangement began a longstanding friendship and business relationship that has endured for more than 50 years. In 1966, Mr. Mondavi started his own winery and used the Detert family's cabernet grapes to launch his first reserve cabernet. Years later, he turned to their grapes again to launch Opus One.

05-31-2007

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