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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Roberta Kaplan Profiled as an "Outstanding Woman" in Financial Services Law 360
Litigation partner Roberta Kaplan is featured as an "Outstanding Woman" in Financial Services Law 360 (http://financialservices.law360.com). The article discusses Robbie's successes as a litigator involved in complex, high-profile matters like AIG. Robbie is quoted as explaining that, "I actually love it. I find these kinds of cases fascinating. You need to understand how one set of facts interplays with others, and how a regulatory action or a criminal case will impact a civil case. You have to keep all the balls in the air at the same time." In the piece, Robbie discusses the role of role models during the course of her career, but notes that, "No one can pick up another person's style and try it on off the rack like a ready-to-wear suit. Instead, the suit has to be tailored so that it fits you. I think I've 'borrowed' articles of clothing from all of the lawyers who have taught me, while at the same time adopting them to my own style . . . ." The author of the article observes that this style seems to be working for Robbie's clients -- "I try to talk to a judge and a jury using common sense in order to cut through to the core issues in the case. It helps when your position makes more sense than the position of the other side. And it also doesn't hurt when you have the equities on your side and when your client has acted in good faith.

04-03-2007

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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Fulbright London Partner Named as Leader in Project Finance
The 2007 Legal Experts Directory, put out by one of the UK’s largest legal publishing houses -- Legal Business (Legalease), has listed Fulbright partner Christopher Clement-Davies in the area of project finance.

The Legal Experts Directory lists leaders in the UK legal profession, each person identified by researchers as “highly recommended” in their practice.

With a broadly-based commercial law practice, Clement-Davies’s areas of focus include project development and finance, international energy deals, infrastructure, banking and cross-border transactions.

Previously a partner at a leading international law firm and a director and banker at the investment bank S.G. Warburg (now UBS), Clement-Davies worked extensively on the privatization of the electricity and rail industries in the UK, and has advised on major projects, privatizations and other transactions in the power, energy, water, transport, health and telecoms sectors. He has worked on transactions throughout Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Russia, South-East Asia and the Indian sub-continent.

Fulbright’s Structured and Project Finance Practice is internationally recognized, named by Project Finance magazine as one of the top international project finance firms in the world.

04-03-2007

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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Fulbright’s Henry Gissel Honored by His Alma Mater, St. John's School
Fulbright retired partner Henry Gissel, of the Houston office, has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from St. John's School of Houston. He is a 1954 graduate of the school, which was founded in 1946 and offers a 13-year curriculum as well as an Independent Studies Project for students meeting certain qualifications in classes 10-12.

The school’s web site credits Henry with being “instrumental in getting the alumni association off the ground in the 1960s.” At the awards ceremony he was recognized for his professional and other accomplishments as well as his long service to the school. He had served as a trustee of the school for 14 years and more recently chaired the long-range planning process for the alumni association, before completing a three-year term on the alumni board in 2006 to help implement the association’s long-range plan.

04-03-2007

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Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Senior Counsel William Stelwagon Joins Fulbright’s Corporate Practice
William Stelwagon has joined Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.’s New York office as senior counsel, the international law firm announced today. Stelwagon comes to Fulbright from Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.

“Bill’s private equity experience and knowledge of complex corporate transactions adds depth to our international corporate practice,” said William Bush, the head of Fulbright’s New York office.

Fulbright’s noted global corporate practice provides a broad array of legal services to a diverse client base that ranges from start-up ventures to large multinational companies.

Annually, Fulbright lawyers handle billions of dollars worth of mergers and acquisitions. The firm’s corporate attorneys bring a multi-disciplinary approach to assist clients beginning at due diligence and carrying through to closing the transaction.

Stelwagon brings private equity experience to Fulbright, a corporate practice ranked among the Top 20 in the nation that regularly represents sponsors and investors in connection with the establishment of private equity investment vehicles, including leveraged buy-out funds and venture capital funds. Fulbright’s corporate team brings extensive experience in many areas, including partnership and limited liability company law, tax, ERISA and securities.

For more than a decade, Stelwagon has handled corporate matters ranging from capital markets transactions to mergers and acquisitions. He represents issuers in connection with public and private equity and debt offerings, as well as debt tender offers and initial purchasers in connection with private debt offerings. In addition, he represents strategic and financial buyers and sellers in merger and acquisition transactions. He also counsels clients on a wide variety of corporate governance and general corporate issues.

Stelwagon earned his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law, where he was the managing editor of the St. John’s Law Review.

04-03-2007

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Dean Mead

DEAN MEAD ELECTS NEW LEADERSHIP
Michael D. Minton and Joel C. Zwemer have been elected by the shareholders of Dean Mead to serve leadership positions within the law firm. Minton was elected to serve a three-year term as president of the firm and Zwemer was elected to serve a three-year term on the firm’s board of directors. Both Minton and Zwemer are resident in the firm’s Fort Pierce office.

Minton joined Dean Mead in 1982 and established the firm’s office in Fort Pierce in 1987. He is a native of Fort Pierce, where his family is a well-known citrus grower in the region. Minton is active in the Fort Pierce community, including service as immediate past-chairman of the Indian River Community College Foundation. In addition, he is a member of the Governor’s Committee for a Sustainable Treasure Coast and is a past vice chairman of the South Florida Water Management District Governing Board.

Minton practices in the areas of federal income, estate, and gift tax law and family

business succession planning. He has been named an Outstanding Tax Attorney in Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA - America’s Leading Business Lawyers, and Florida Trend Magazine. Minton earned his bachelor’s degree in Food and Resource Economics (with high honors) from the University of Florida College of Agriculture and

A Member of ALFA International - The Global Legal Network his law degree (with honors) and master’s in taxation from the University of Florida College of Law.

Zwemer joined Dean Mead in 1991. He is active in the Treasure Coast community, including his service as past-president of the St. Lucie County Bar Association, leadership roles in both the St. Lucie County Chamber of Commerce and the Education Foundation of Indian River County and service on the board of directors of the Bankruptcy Bar for Southern District of Florida.

Zwemer practices in the area of commercial litigation, with an emphasis on real estate, construction, probate, creditors rights and bankruptcy litigation. He is a Certified Circuit Civil and County Court Mediator, as well as a Certified Bankruptcy Mediator. He earned his law degree (cum laude) from the University of Louisville School of Law and his undergraduate degree (with honors) from the University of Florida.

04-03-2007

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Covington & Burling, P.C.

Covington Announces Ten New Counsel
Covington & Burling LLP has announced the promotion of four new Of Counsel and six new Special Counsel.

The four new Of Counsel are Daniel P. Cooper, Christian Neira, Matthew J. O’Connor, and Kevin J. Shortill.

* Daniel P. Cooper advises on European privacy and data protection matters, as well as on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property and e-commerce issues. He is resident in the firm’s London office.

* Christian Neira’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, with special emphasis on private equity transactions in the United States and cross-border and joint venture transactions in Latin America. He is resident in the firm’s New York office.
* Matthew J. O’Connor participates in all aspects of the firm’s white-collar defense practice, with a particular focus on representing pharmaceutical companies and executives in internal investigations and in broad-ranging federal and state civil and criminal investigations. He is resident in the firm’s Washington office.

* Kevin J. Shortill is a tax and corporate lawyer whose practice focuses on tax-exempt, not-for-profit, and quasi-governmental organizations. He has worked with a wide variety of clients in the charitable, educational, athletic, and scientific fields. He is resident in the firm’s Washington office.


The six new Special Counsel include Cándido García Molyneux, Timothy L. Jucovy, Rukesh Korde, Joseph A. Kresse, Mona Patel, and Sinan Utku.

* Cándido García Molyneux focuses on EC environmental law, Spanish food and drug law, and international trade law. He advises clients on legal issues concerning environmental product regulation, waste management, the REACH Regulation and other rules on chemicals, Spanish medicines and cosmetics rules, and international trade law and non-tariff barriers. He is resident in the firm’s Brussels office.

* Timothy L. Jucovy’s practice covers the intersection of privacy, consumer protection, media, and litigation. His work encompasses a broad range of advisory, regulatory, legislative, litigation, enforcement, and transactional matters relating to privacy and security, identity theft, marketing and consumer protection, online content, media, and related employment practices. He is resident in the firm’s Washington office.

* Rukesh Korde specializes in insurance coverage disputes, and he has provided advice on both first and third party losses arising out of a wide variety of causes. He has litigated insurance cases in novel areas of the law including defending the constitutionality of an insurance direct action statute and obtaining coverage for asbestos non-products claims. He is resident in the firm’s Washington office.

* Joseph A. Kresse represents corporate and trade association clients in government investigations and complex civil litigation involving product liability, false claims, and fraud actions. His practice spans issues arising in all phases of litigation, from pre-complaint investigations through post-trial briefing, and includes significant work in resolving complicated discovery matters. He is resident in the firm’s Washington office.

* Mona Patel’s practice focuses on governmental investigations and pharmaceutical litigation. Her experience includes a broad range of complex business litigation matters, and she has represented clients before state and federal courts and in arbitration and mediation proceedings in connection with intellectual property, insurance coverage, and employment disputes. She is resident in the firm’s Washington office.

* Sinan Utku focuses on US and international intellectual property law. His practice includes intellectual property transactions and licensing, the preparation of patent applications, patent prosecution, the preparation of patent opinions, technology transfers and US export controls, and client counseling, especially in the area of US patent law. He is resident in the firm’s London office.

04-03-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie LLP Advises on Largest Private Company Bond Offering in Turkey
Baker & McKenzie LLP announced today that it acted as U.S. law counsel to investment banks Merrill Lynch and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as joint lead managers on the US$500 million offering representing Tier II capital of Garanti Bank of Turkey. The offering is the largest debt capital markets offering by a Turkish private company, apart from securitizations.

The offering was issued in 6.95 percent step-up subordinated callable notes, due 2017. The notes also have the benefit of an insurance policy issued by the Steadfast Insurance Company, a member of the Zurich Financial Services group of companies, which covers non-payment on the Notes as a result of the non-convertibility or non-transferability of the Turkish currency for a period of 18 months.

Garanti Bank is the third-largest private bank in Turkey based on net income and asset size, with total assets of US$32.1 billion. Garanti Bank is jointly controlled by the Dogus Group, one of Turkey's largest and most successful conglomerates and a regional leader in the services sector, as well as GE Capital Corporation, which acquired 25.5 percent of Garanti from the Dogus Group in December 2005.

The Baker & McKenzie team included banking & finance Partner Laurence Pettit, international securities Partner Thomas Rice, tax Partner Charles Wagner, associates Olumide Owoo and Matthew Sandiford in New York; and associate Roy Pearce in London.

04-03-2007

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