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Troutman Sanders LLP

Stacy G. Freeman Joins Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group LLC
Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group LLC (“TSPAG”) is pleased to announce the addition of Stacy G. Freeman as Principal. TSPAG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Troutman Sanders LLP ("Firm"). Freeman is also Of Counsel with the Firm. He will focus his practice on insurance regulation, legislative action and governmental relations.

Freeman comes to Troutman Sanders from McKenna, Long & Aldridge where he was Of Counsel from 2003 to 2006 for the firm’s Public Law practice.

Freeman's legislative practice involves testifying at committee hearings and study committees before the Georgia General Assembly. Additionally, he drafts, tracks and monitors legislation and advocates for the passage, revision or defeat of legislation before the Assembly. As a lobbyist, Freeman has represented numerous clients, including a national health carrier, a national property and casualty insurance trade association, and a southeastern residential contractor/lender. His representative experience also includes counseling city governments, Fortune 150 companies, major hospital systems and natural gas marketers.

Freeman's insurance regulatory practice deals with regulation issues imposed by the Georgia Department of Insurance. He counsels clients with change of control filings and hearings, examinations, enforcement and disciplinary actions, licensing and regulation revision, and rate and form filing issues. He also assists clients in Georgia and across the country with insurance concerns in the areas of property and casualty, life and health, and reinsurance.

Freeman says he looks forward to continuing his work for long time clients, which include, among others, Humana and GEICO. "Over the years I have worked with members of TSPAG on a variety of matters of mutual interests to our clients. I am excited about the synergies created by the merging of my client base with that of TSPAG's," said Freeman.

"We are thrilled to have Stacy join our team,” said Pete Robinson – chairman, CEO of Troutman Sanders Public Affairs Group. “He is well known in Georgia lobbying circles as an excellent legislative lobbyist as well as one of the premier insurance regulatory specialists. Both of these attributes will be invaluable to our clients as we work to build better partnerships between government and business."

Freeman received a Bachelor of Arts from Emory University in 1990 and a J.D. from Mercer University in 1993.

02-01-2007

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Townsend, Townsend & Crew, L.L.P.

First Court Decision Handed Down In Surf City Trademark Dispute
The first significant legal development in the trademark case involving the Huntington Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau, the owner of alleged trademark rights to "Surf City USA," and Noland's on the Wharf, a small Santa Cruz t-shirt shop which sold t-shirts bearing the allegedly infringing logo "Surf City SANTA CRUZ CALIFORNIA USA," took place late yesterday when U.S. District Court judge Maxine Chesney declined to transfer the case out of Northern California.

Huntington Beach sought to have the case transferred from federal court in Northern California, where it claims it can't get a fair trial, to Southern California or some other neutral venue. In a brief ruling, the court ruled that there is no basis for transferring the case and that the case can be heard fairly in Northern California.

Noland's is represented by Townsend and Townsend and Crew on a pro bono basis.

02-01-2007

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Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

Sutherland Represents J.P. Morgan, Citigroup, Banc of America and Bear, Stearns & Co. in $400 Million Public Offering
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP represented J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC and Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. as representatives of the underwriters in connection with the public offering of 18,000,000 shares of the common stock of Apollo Investment Corporation for total proceeds, before the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, of $403.92 million.

The Sutherland team was led by Securities/Corporate Governance Partners Steven B. Boehm, Cynthia M. Krus and Harry S. Pangas and Associates Blair F. Petrillo and Hannah L. Friedberg.

Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP is an AmLaw 100 law firm known for solving challenging business problems and resolving unique legal issues for many of the nation’s largest companies. Founded in 1924, the firm has grown to more than 450 lawyers with offices in Atlanta, Austin, Houston, New York, Tallahassee and Washington. For further information about the firm.

02-01-2007

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Salans

Salans marks aggregate CIS deal value of over 20 billion US dollars in 2006 with four new CIS partners
International law firm Salans in its annual round of promotions made up a third of its new partners in the CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States): Mikhail Dikopolski and Andrei Strijak in Moscow, Artem Zhavoronkov in St. Petersburg, and Igor Davidenko in Kyiv. By the third quarter of 2006 Salans had completed or in progress over 170 transactions with an approximate aggregate value of over 20 billion US dollars in the CIS.

The results for the financial year ending in 2006 will be the best since the firm established a network of CIS offices in the early 1990s.

"The demand for Salans' legal services in the CIS and across the broader CIS/CEE region is booming," said Theodore Matheny, Salans Head of the CIS Practice. "This is due to our ability to provide seamless cross-border service and sophisticated local and international legal advice to institutional investors, multinationals and blue-chip domestic clients who are active across the region. We are delighted to recognise the contribution of Mikhail, Andrei, Artem and Igor, their colleagues and our clients to the firm's burgeoning strength in the CIS."

Salans, with more than 110 lawyers based in Almaty, Baku, Kyiv, Moscow and St.Petersburg, is one of the two largest international firms in the region. Salans CIS clients include Morgan Stanley, Rosgosstrakh, Gazprombank, Enel SpA, Hypo Real Estate International Bank and AIG Global, as well as many Fortune 200 companies across a broad spectrum of financial, industrial and commercial sectors. Salans' partners have advised global businesses and financial institutions in this region for over three decades, commencing in the Soviet era and expanding steadily throughout the region following the break-up of the USSR in 1991.

Mr. Dikopolski works mainly on general corporate and M&A transactions in oil & gas, automotive, food and other sectors. Mr. Strijak represents multilateral institutions and domestic and international financial institutions on lending and related financial transactions, as well as financial sector acquisitions and foreign investments and financing, structuring of transactions, foreign investment, banking and securities regulatory matters. Mr. Zhavoronkov focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital, corporate and commercial law and real estate. He also specialises in litigation and arbitration. Mr. Davidenko specialises in corporate and M&A, financing, banking and real estate. Other partners made up in the annual round include Jean-Philippe Barbé, Paris; Jean-Marc Grosperrin, Paris; Frank Hildebrandt, Berlin; Peter Hughes, London; Sonia Jordan, London; Wojciech Tomkiewicz, Warsaw; Anna Tomowicz, Warsaw and Perry Zizzi, Bucharest.

02-01-2007

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Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP

Latin Finance: Cap Cana Awarded Latin Finance's Best Asset-Backed Bond
Thacher Proffitt worked on the Cap Cana deal, which received Latin Finance's Best Asset-Backed Bond award for 2006.

Associated Lawyers
Christopher Lewis
Maria M. Livanos
David L. Natter
Marc M. Rossell
Mitchell G. Williams

Associated Practices
Corporate & Securities

02-01-2007

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Weight Watchers International, Inc. in “Modified Dutch Auction” Tender Offer and Related Amendment to Senior Credit Facility
Simpson Thacher represented Weight Watchers International, Inc. in its recently completed “modified Dutch Auction” tender offer pursuant to which Weight Watchers purchased an aggregate of 8,548,027 shares of its common stock at a purchase price of $54.00 per share for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $461.6 million. In addition, the firm is representing Weight Watchers in the related acquisition of 10,511,432 shares of common stock from Artal Holdings Sp. z o.o., its majority shareholder, at the price established by the tender offer (for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $567.6 million) in order to maintain Artal’s percentage ownership interest after the tender offer equal to its current level. The repurchase from Artal is expected to close on February 2, 2007.

In connection therewith, Simpson Thacher also represented Weight Watchers in its amendment to its senior credit facility to increase its borrowing capacity up to $1.2 billion to finance the purchases pursuant to the tender offer and from Artal and to refinance certain indebtedness of its subsidiary, WeightWatchers.com, Inc.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Ken Wallach, Jacob Kleinman, Jennifer Hare and Carlos Amy (M&A), Jim Buresh and Colette Pollitt (Credit), Alvin Brown and Jarrett Hoffman (Employee Benefits) and Kurt Dudas (Tax). Valuable assistance was also provided by Anne Dana and Jenny Weisenbeck (Paralegals).

02-01-2007

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

Adrienne B. Pitts Joins Sidley Austin LLP as a Litigation Partner
Sidley Austin LLP announced today that Adrienne B. Pitts has joined as a partner in the firm’s Litigation Practice in the Chicago office. Her practice will focus principally on complex commercial litigation, antitrust litigation, and white collar defense matters.

Ms. Pitts has extensive federal and state trial and litigation experience involving antitrust, securities, tax fraud, health care fraud, bank fraud, breach of contract and consumer fraud. She has also counseled clients through several federal grand jury investigations. Ms. Pitts’ clients include Fortune 100 companies as well as individuals, and she was recently one of the trial attorneys who defended former Illinois governor George Ryan in his seven-month federal corruption trial.

“In addition to Adrienne’s stellar track record as a litigator, she has a passionate commitment to the community and to giving back. We are fortunate to have her at Sidley,” said Charles Douglas, Chair of Sidley’s Management Committee and head of the firm’s global litigation team.

Thomas Ryan, a partner in Sidley’s Chicago Litigation Practice added, “Adrienne’s vast experience in complex commercial litigation, antitrust litigation, as well as white-collar defense and corporate internal investigations significantly strengthens the firm’s ability to meet the needs of our litigation and other clients. We are pleased that she has chosen to join Sidley and the national Litigation practice.”

Ms. Pitts received her J.D., with honors, from Boston University School of Law in 1995 and her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. She is extremely active in the legal and Chicago communities and has served on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms since 1997. Ms. Pitts served as its Chairperson from 2001-2003. She is also Vice President of the Board of Directors for L.E.A.R.N. Charter School.

02-01-2007

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