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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Chairez to Recieve "Attorney of the Year" Award
Costa Mesa partner Joseph Chairez will be honored in early 2007 with two awards for his commitment and service to the community.

The Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County will confer Chairez with its "Attorney of the Year Award" at its 29th Annual Installation Banquet and Scholarship Fundraiser on February 24, 2007. Chairez, a past president of the Hispanic Bar Association of Orange County, is the first Latino to serve as President of the Orange County Bar Association in its over 100 year history.

Chairez has also been named by the United Way of Orange County as one of its 2007 "Hispanic Influentials," to be honored at a dinner on March 2, 2007. The award honors influential leaders and volunteers from the Latino community and recognizes them for their outstanding achievements and the contributions they have made within their community.

01-02-2007

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Baker & Hostetler, L.L.P.

Bohorquez Appointed to Committee on Civil Rights Agenda
New York partner Fernando Bohorquez Jr., has been appointed by the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA) president to the association’s Special Committee on the Civil Rights Agenda.

This blue ribbon panel, which includes leading present and former public officials, bar leaders, and practitioners, has as its mission to create specific, realizable goals in the continuing effort to break down racial barriers, increase racial diversity in the legal system and the legal profession and advance the cause of civil rights.

These goals must be achievable in the next five years. The committee will study the issues, consult experts, and prepare a report that lays out these goals and challenges the profession to take a leadership role in achieving them.

01-02-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie LLP New York Elects Three New Partners
Baker & McKenzie LLP recently announced the election of three new partners in New York: Pia D. Flanagan, Natasha G. Ziabkina and Alan F. Zoccolillo, Jr. This election brings the total number of partners in the New York office to fifty-nine.

Pia D. Flanagan, 36, joined the Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation Practice Group in the New York office of Baker & McKenzie LLP in 2005 with a substantial group of attorneys from the New York office of Coudert Brothers LLP. Ms. Flanagan’s practice focuses on employee benefits compliance, mergers and acquisitions, executive compensation, fiduciary responsibility and employment and labor law. She routinely advises a broad range of clients throughout the world on matters arising under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, federal, state and international taxation of compensation and benefits, and federal, state and local employment and labor law. Ms. Flanagan received her LL.M. in Taxation from New York University School of Law and her J.D. from Emory University School of Law. She received her B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Natasha G. Ziabkina, 34, joined the New York office of Baker & McKenzie LLP in 1998 in the Corporate & Securities Practice Group. Her practice emphasizes public and private securities offerings of equity and debt securities. She represents international and domestic issuers, investment banks and non-U.S. companies in their various transactions in the United States, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Ms. Ziabkina received her J.D. from New York University School of Law, where she was the Editor and Executive Board Member of the Journal of International Law & Politics. She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Hunter College.

Alan F. Zoccolillo, Jr., 33, also joined Baker & McKenzie LLP in 2005 with the group of attorneys from the New York office of Coudert Brothers LLP. Mr. Zoccolillo concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital transactions, and general corporate counselling, with a focus on media, publishing and information companies. He routinely represents a broad range of clients throughout the world with respect to mergers, acquisitions, tender offers, public and private securities offerings, joint ventures, private equity investments, financing transactions, corporate restructurings and general corporate matters. Mr. Zoccolillo received his J.D., cum laude, and M.B.A. from Pace University School of Law where he was an editor of the Pace Law Review. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Wake Forest University.

Charles F. Niemeth, Managing Partner of Baker & McKenzie LLP New York said, “Pia, Natasha and Alan have made substantial contributions to the growth of the New York office with their hard work and dedication. We are excited and proud to have these colleagues as Partners of the Firm.” He continued, “The group’s depth of experience and knowledge of corporate and employment law has made them tremendous assets to our office and to the clients they serve.

01-02-2007

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Willkie, Farr & Gallagher, LLP

Willkie Promotes 15 to Partner and 8 to Counsel
Effective January 1, 2007, the following Willkie attorneys have been promoted to partner and counsel.

Partner – New York Office
* Leah Campbell – Corporate & Financial Services
* Mark A. Cognetti – Corporate & Financial Services
* Mary Eaton – Litigation
* Morgan D. Elwyn – Corporate & Financial Services
* Rita M. Molesworth – Corporate & Financial Services
* Christopher J. Peters – Tax
* Scott S. Rose – Litigation
* David E. Rubinsky – Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits
* Michael S. Schachter – Litigation
* Rachel C. Strickland – Business Reorganization & Restructuring
* Adam M. Turteltaub – Corporate & Financial Services

Partner – Washington Office
* Jeffrey Clark – Litigation
* Benjamin Haskin – Corporate & Financial Services
* James G. Silk – Corporate & Financial Services

Partner – Frankfurt Office
* Dr. Michael Bernhardt – Corporate & Financial Services

Special Counsel -- New York Office
* Mary C. Carty – Corporate & Financial Services
* David K. Park – Litigation
* Lawrence R. Plotkin – Real Estate
* Jay B. Straus – Corporate & Financial Services

Special Counsel -- Washington Office
* Miriam A. Bishop – Corporate & Financial Services

Special European Counsel -- Paris Office
* Julien Mougel – Corporate & Financial Services

Special European Counsel – Frankfurt Office
* Valerian Jenny – Telecommunications
* Christoph Schmid – Corporate & Financial Services

01-02-2007

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White & Case, LLP

European Commission Clears Nycomed's Acquisition of Altana Pharma
White & Case has assisted Nycomed, the Danish pharmaceuticals multinational, in obtaining the European Commission's approval for its acquisition of ALTANA Pharma AG from the German company ALTANA AG, a DAX 30 company listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. The Commission cleared the transaction despite the two companies' overlaps in the anti-ulcerants markets in Belgium and Austria, and a number of other overlapping product markets in Europe. White & Case also coordinated merger filings in the US, China, Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, South Korea, Taiwan, Canada and South Africa.

Nycomed, which has some 3,300 employees in Europe, markets hospital products throughout Europe, and general practitioner and over-the-counter medicines in selected European countries. Its 2005 turnover was approximately €747.5 million.

ALTANA Pharma, headquartered in Germany, is an international pharmaceutical group with approximately 8,800 employees and over 30 subsidiaries around the world. The company researches, develops, manufactures and markets a wide range of pharmaceutical products, focusing on innovative pharmaceutical products in therapeutics, self-medication products and imaging.

"Winning clearance for mergers in the pharmaceutical sector is always challenging, as it requires in-depth understanding of complex product markets and of the way different national health reimbursement schemes operate, as well as the ability to handle intellectual property issues," said Fredrik Lindblom, who led the White & Case team representing Nycomed.

The merger of Nycomed and ALTANA Pharma will enable the new company to compete more effectively against the leading multinationals in the sector and broaden its R&D portfolio.

The White & Case team representing Nycomed was led by senior associate Fredrik Lindblom, working closely with associates Irina Göransson and Carl-Gustaf Österberg in Stockholm; partner Pontus Lindfelt and associate Gry Høirup in Brussels; counsel Ellen Jakovic and associate Douglas Jasinski in Washington; associates Iker Arriola and Hernan Gonzalez in Mexico City; associates Dazhi Yang and Wenxian Chen in Beijing and Kanthimathie Rattay in Johannesburg, together with cooperating firms in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, South Korea and Taiwan. The Nycomed in-house legal team was led by General Counsel Theresa Comiskey Olsen.

01-02-2007

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Thompson Hine LLP

Linscott Named a Client Service "All-Star", Firm's Third All-Star in Two Years
Thompson Hine LLP is proud to announce that partner Walt Addison Linscott has been named a Client Service All-Star in BTI Consulting's sixth annual study of Fortune 1000 corporate counsel. Linscott is Partner-in-Charge of Thompson Hine’s Atlanta office and chair of the law firm's Life Sciences practice.

Each year BTI interviews more than 250 corporate counsel about all aspects of their needs, priorities, management strategies, use of outside counsel and law firms’ performance. In the interview, BTI offers each corporate counsel the opportunity to identify a lawyer who delivers the absolute best client service. These outstanding client service performers join the BTI Client Service All-Stars. Linscott is now the third Thompson Hine partner to be named a Client Service All-Star. Last year, Thompson Hine partners James Aronoff and Donald Messinger were named All-Stars.

“Our interviews indicate that Walt has been acutely responsive to clients’ underlying needs and goals beyond those of the matter at hand,” says Michael B. Rynowecer, President and founder of The BTI Consulting Group. “It is clear that Walt is relentless in putting clients’ needs first. His former experience as a General Counsel allows him to bring a deep sense of empathy to the position."

"It's an honor to be recognized," says Linscott. "I do feel that my General Counsel experience provides me added insight on client needs, but it is this firm and the teamwork of my colleagues that let's me translate that experience into good client service.

01-02-2007

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Stoel Rives, LLP

Ethics Attorney Brad Tellam Returns to Stoel Rives
Bradley F. Tellam, an experienced litigator and ethics attorney, has rejoined Stoel Rives’ Portland office. Tellam was previously an associate at Stoel Rives and has returned to the firm from Barran Liebman, where he was a founding partner.

Tellam’s practice focuses on employment law, complex civil litigation and appeals. In addition, he is a well-known authority on legal ethics and professional responsibility. His practice includes advising attorneys on legal ethics issues and defending attorneys accused of disciplinary rule violations. Among other publications, Tellam is co-editor and co-author of The Ethical Oregon Lawyer, a treatise on ethics and professionalism published by the Oregon State Bar, and co-editor of The Oregon Rules of Professional Responsibility Annotated (OLI 5th ed 2003). He is a frequent writer and speaker on these issues.

“We’re very glad to welcome Brad back to our firm,” says Beth Ugoretz, Managing Partner of Stoel Rives. “His litigation and appellate experience, coupled with his significant legal ethics and employment law practice, will be an excellent complement to our existing high-quality practices.”Tellam received his law degree from Loyola University and his undergraduate degree from Claremont McKenna College. He is admitted to practice in Oregon and Washington, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and the U.S. District Courts for the District of Oregon and the Western District of Washington.

01-02-2007

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