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Frost, Brown & Todd, L.L.C.

17 Attorneys Named "Best of U. S. 2007"
The “Best of the U. S.” today announced that seventeen Frost Brown Todd attorneys have been added to their listing for 2007. Attorneys awarded this honor include: David Beckman, Scott Dolson, Susan Faller, Ed Glasscock, Steve Goldstein, Charles Keeton, John Lovett, Alan MacDonald, Winston Miller, Pat Pelfrey, Chuck Pritchett, Jeff Rush, Cynthia Stewart, James Straus, William Strench, Ken Tuggle, and Robert Webb.

These attorneys are some of 68,000 professional service providers chosen from over 2 million actively practicing professionals in the United States to be listed on www.bestofus.com. The Best of the U. S. LLC is an independent firm that reviews the credentials of practitioners in fourteen professions to determine the “Best of Class” in each. The selection process is based on identifying those professionals who have continued their education, provided leadership in their industry, and have been recognized by their peers, their industry and their community as the best. Over 68,000 doctors, lawyers, financial advisors, dentists, physical therapists, chiropractors, real estate agents and tax professionals are currently listed on www.bestofus.com.

Frost Brown Todd LLC is an entrepreneurial-minded, business law firm with seven locations in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and Tennessee. The Firm is consistently ranked in The National Law Journal’s NLJ 250, and the first regionally based firm to make the AmLaw 200 list of highest grossing firms. FBT has been named “Top Dog” by the Lane Report, “Top Ten Patent Litigation Firm” by Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, and Top Corporate Firm by Corporate Board Member Magazine. The Firm has received recognition from clients like UPS: Core Counsel of the Year, Service Net’s Service Award, AK Steel as an AmLaw/Corporate Counsel “Go to Law Firm” and Texas Roadhouse’s Vendor of the Year Award. Seventy nine lawyers are in the 2007 edition of Best Lawyers in America across 29 practice areas, and America’s Leading Lawyers for Business across 9 practice areas, as well as 37 Ohio Super Lawyers.

01-11-2007

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Freshfields Competition practice voted top by in-house counsel
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade practice has been rated top by in-house counsel for the second year running in the 2007 'GCR 100', an international survey of in-house counsel for their preferred law firm. The survey, in its seventh edition, is compiled by Global Competition Review, a leading international journal on competition policy and regulation. The survey described the firm as 'the most esteemed competition practice in the GCR 100, receiving more votes from corporate counsel and rivals than any other firm'.

The survey was based on the responses of international corporate counsel when asked 'which firm they rated the most highly'. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer was clear favourite, receiving significantly more votes than any other firm. Freshfields also came top when competitor firms were asked which firm they considered their biggest rival in competition.

Commenting on the survey, David Aitman, global practice co-head of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's antitrust, competition and trade group said, 'We are once again delighted with the results of the GCR 100 survey, which serve as recognition of the hard work and dedication of the whole practice internationally.'

Global co-head of the practice Helmut Bergman added, 'This accolade follows a high level of activity for the practice and rounds off an excellent year, confirming our standing in the market.'
Notes for editors

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a leading international law firm providing a comprehensive worldwide service to national and multinational corporations, financial institutions and governments.

The firm's antitrust, competition and trade practice comprises 247 specialists in Europe, the US and Asia. It advises on a complete range of competition/antitrust, regulatory and trade issues including merger control, licensing and distribution, restrictive practices, market dominance, state aid, cartel investigations, liberalisation, privatisation, public procurement and trade, including WTO matters. It incorporates a substantial litigation practice, members regularly appear in the European and national courts on EU law, competition and trade cases.

01-11-2007

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Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle, LLP

Curtis Counsel Lizabeth L. Burrell is listed as one of the “Notable Practitioners” in Shipping in the 2007 edition of Chambers and Partners Global Guide.
Curtis counsel Lizabeth L. Burrell is listed as one of the “Notable Practitioners” in Shipping in the 2007 edition of Chambers and Partners Global Guide.

01-11-2007

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Cravath, Swaine & Moore, LLP

CRAVATH REPRESENTS LENDERS AND INITIAL PURCHASERS IN OVER $3 BILLION OF FINANCING FOR TROPICANA ENTERTAINMENT
Cravath represented Credit Suisse and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC in connection with $2.15 billion in senior secured credit facilities and $960 million in senior subordinated notes made available to Wimar OpCo LLC (d/b/a Tropicana Entertainment) and certain of its subsidiaries. Tropicana Entertainment is a subsidiary of Wimar Tahoe Corporation. The proceeds of the financings were used to finance Wimar Tahoe's acquisition of Aztar Corporation. The combined company is among the largest privately held gaming entertainment providers in the United States, with casino properties in Nevada, New Jersey, Louisiana, Mississippi and Indiana. The primary corporate lawyers involved in this matter were partners Paul H. Zumbro and Damien R. Zoubek, and associates Kevin W. Robinson, Johnny G. Skumpija, Marina E. Sharpe, Marvin B. Tagaban and Melanie E. Lee.

01-11-2007

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Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, L.L.P.

Cleary Gottlieb is #1 Issuers’ Counsel in Global Equity IPOs for 2006; Ranks High in Other Debt and Equity Rankings
Cleary Gottlieb topped Bloomberg’s recently released league table for global equity IPO issuer advisers, with $20.3 billion in deal volume. The firm was fifth among advisers to managers in global equity IPOs, with $9.5 billion in deal volume.

Cleary Gottlieb also ranked first among counsel to European, Middle Eastern and African (EMEA) equity IPO issuers, with $15.6 billion in deal volume for a 19.8 percent total market share, almost twice that of its nearest competitor. On the manager side for EMEA equity IPO advisers, Cleary Gottlieb ranked fifth overall, with $4.1 billion in deal volume.

The firm catapulted to the number seven position from the number 41 spot last year in the ranking of issuers’ counsel in Asia (excluding Japan) equity IPOs. Cleary Gottlieb recorded $3.2 billion in deal volume in this category, increasing its market share to an impressive 5.3 percent. The firm also showed great improvement on the league table for U.S. equity offerings as managers’ counsel, moving into eighth place from 11th last year.

On the league tables for debt, Cleary Gottlieb ranked fourth among legal advisers for managers in U.S. corporate debt transactions, with $56.6 billion in deal volume. For representation of issuers in U.S. corporate debt transactions, Cleary Gottlieb took the number seven spot with $20.9 billion in deal volume. The firm ranked fourth among U.S. investment grade manager advisers, with $55.6 billion in deal volume and fifth on the issuer side of U.S. investment grade debt, with $20.8 billion in deal volume. Cleary Gottlieb also ranked fourth among legal advisers to managers in U.S. preferred debt transactions, with $3.9 billion in deal volume.

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01-11-2007

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Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP

Hearey Appointed to OSBA Committee
Calfee partner Virginia Hearey was recently appointed to the Ohio State Bar Association's Criminal Justice Committee.

01-11-2007

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Butzel Long

William J. Kohler appointed to Board of Directors for ORT America, Michigan Region
Butzel Long senior attorney William J. Kohler has been appointed to the Board of Directors for ORT America, Michigan Region. Mr. Kohler, whose term of office runs from January to December 2007, is co-chair of the ORT America Michigan Planned Giving Committee.

ORT America supports a global network of schools and training programs in 58 countries with more than three million graduates to date. ORT educates individuals, impacts communities and improves the world. Worldwide Jewish and secular communities are strengthened in those towns and cities in which ORT programs exist. The cutting edge education acquired at ORT schools, colleges and international programs provides marketable skills that enable students to attain successful careers, become community leaders and live with dignity.

Mr. Kohler's practice includes leadership roles in three of Butzel Long's practice groups: Transaction and Finance Practice, Global Automotive Industry Practice and Global Trade and Transactions Practice.

Mr. Kohler was formerly vice president and general counsel of Johnson Controls' automotive operations in North and South America. While at Johnson Controls, Mr. Kohler was responsible for all legal, governmental and environmental affairs of the company's largest business unit. Prior to joining Johnson Controls, he was employed for 10 years at Chrysler Corporation and DaimlerChrysler AG, first as senior counsel on the international legal staff of the Office of the General Counsel, and then in positions of increasing responsibility within the Treasurer's Office and the Finance Department.

Mr. Kohler has extensive transactional experience, including domestic and foreign acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures; international distribution arrangements; supply arrangements; supplier and customer workouts; and intellectual property arrangements such as joint development agreements and technology licensing.

Mr. Kohler has written and spoken on a variety of topics, including: U.S. Export Controls; the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; U.S. anti-boycott laws; international distribution of goods; arbitration vs. litigation; the TREAD Act; and law department management.

By appointment of the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, Mr. Kohler is a member of the Michigan District Export Council. He is a past board member of the professional editorial board of the International Lawyer, which is the quarterly publication of the American Bar Association's Section of International Law. He is a founding member of the International Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan, for which he also served as a council member and as chairperson of the Western European Law Committee.

Mr. Kohler is a trustee of the Friends School in Detroit and clerk of the Birmingham Friends Meeting (Religious Society of Friends). He is a resident of Huntington Woods.

Butzel Long was established in 1854 and is headquartered in Detroit. Butzel Long is one of Michigan's oldest and largest law firms, with 215 attorneys and offices in Detroit, Bloomfield Hills, Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Holland, Mich., Washington, D.C. and Boca Raton, Fla., as well as Alliance offices in Beijing and Shanghai, China. The firm represents clients from diverse industries on a regional, national and multi-national level and is the sole Michigan member of Lex Mundi, a global association of 161 independent law firms.

01-11-2007

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