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Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis, L.L.P.

Buchanan Ingersoll\'s 2005 Annual Report Featured on Online Marketing Blog
The Buchanan Ingersoll 2005 annual report was rated ""superb"" by Larry Bodine's Professional Marketing Blog in a post dated March 28, 2006.

Bodine called the report ""brilliant for its focus on 7 of [the firm's] 15 target industries, all reflected in the 25-page, glossy, heavy paper report."" Bodine went on to call the report ""exceptional because it's built around the way clients think: it's short and easy to read.""

Bodine added, ""It tells success stories, which clients love.""

He gave kudos to Buchanan Ingersoll's Director of Communications and Public Relations Lori K. Lecker for her hard work.

""We had such a good year in 2005, the report wrote itself,"" Lecker told Bodine.

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Venable Baetjer & Howard

Venable Transportation and Infrastructure Lawyer Margaret Strand Named Chairperson of Transportation Research Board’s Committee on Environmental Law
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (April 11, 2006) – Margaret Strand, a partner with Venable LLP’s Transportation and Infrastructure practice, has been named chairperson of the Committee on Environmental Law for the National Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board (TRB), effective in April. Ms. Strand, who is also a member of Venable LLP’s Environmental Group, will serve a three-year term.

Ms. Strand has served on the Environmental Law Committee since 2002 and was a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology from 1993 through 2001.

The Committee on Environmental Law serves as a coordinating arm for ongoing NAS research on transportation and environmental issues. The Committee also produces programs twice a year at Transportation Research Board meetings, and publishes The Natural Lawyer, a biannual newsletter that reports on issues of environmental and legal concern to the transportation industry.

Among Ms. Strand’s priorities for her term as chair will be broadening the reach of the Committee and soliciting more participation from non-government and nonprofit groups.

“The Committee on Environmental Law has served a fundamental purpose by addressing issues of importance to the transportation industry and is well regarded among state and federal participants, as well as among those in the contracting universe,” explains Ms. Strand. “I would like to expand our reach and encourage more involvement from the private sector, as well as from nonprofits specifically interested in environmental issues.”

Ms. Strand contributed to the National Academy of Sciences’ recently issued report entitled “Assessing and Managing the Ecological Impacts of Paved Roads.” The report is the broadest study to date examining how road development in the United States affects the natural environment, in particular wildlife habitats. The 250-page report serves as a virtual road map for state and local highway authorities, as well as engineering and construction companies, to work in concert with environmental groups on highway development.

In March Ms. Strand was appointed by ALI-ABA to its Environmental Law Advisory Panel. The panel lends its expertise to developing new and enhanced ALI-ABA projects, courses, publications and other products. Drawn from around the country, panel members are known for their experience and in-depth knowledge of the law.

Ms. Strand recently served as Special Assistant Attorney General to the State of Utah and negotiated a settlement with the Sierra Club and other conservation groups that allowed for the construction of the newLegacy Parkway along the shores of the Great Salt Lake. From 1984 to 1991, she was Chief of the Environmental Defense Section in the U.S. Justice Department, Environmental and Natural Resources Division. She has also authored numerous works on environmental law issues including the Wetlands Deskbook (Environmental Law Institute, 1993, 1997).

Venable’s Transportation and Infrastructure practice includes attorneys with extensive experience in federal legislative, regulatory and appropriations issues, environmental matters, as well as state and local government counseling. Venable partners have represented clients before the Department of Transportation, its modal administrations, and all of the transportation-related committees of Congress. Jim Burnley, who chairs the Transportation and Infrastructure practice, served as U.S. Secretary of Transportation from 1987 to 1989. John Milliken, another senior member of the practice, served as Secretary of Transportation for the Commonwealth of Virginia from 1990 to 1993.

Venable’s Environmental Group provides a full range of legal services on the federal, state and local levels in all areas of environmental law. Its experience ranges from the representation of clients accused of environmental crimes or civil and administrative violations to the counseling of businesses on permitting, planning, and compliance requirements for transportation projects as well as other developments. The environmental group includes three former U.S. Justice Department Section Chiefs, Jud Starr and Jerry Block, along withMs. Strand.

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As one of The American Lawyer's top 100 law firms, Venable LLP has lawyers practicing in all areas of corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property and government affairs. Venable serves corporate, institutional, governmental, nonprofit and individual clients throughout the U.S. and around the world from its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and offices in Maryland, New York and Virginia. For more information, visit www.venable.com.

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Venable Baetjer & Howard

American Bar Association Names Venable’s Jeffrey Tenenbaum as Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer of the Year
Highlighting what one client referred to as his “mastery of the full range of legal disciplines facing nonprofit organizations,” Venable LLP partner Jeffrey S. Tenenbaum was named the American Bar Association’s Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer for 2006. This honor is awarded annually by the ABA's Business Law Section to attorneys who have made outstanding contributions to the nonprofit sector or the development of nonprofit law.

Mr. Tenenbaum’s practice focuses exclusively on association and nonprofit law. He counsels more than 250 nonprofit clients nationally each year on the broad legal issues affecting trade and professional associations and other nonprofit groups, and regularly represents clients before Congress, federal and state regulatory agencies, and in connection with governmental investigations, enforcement actions, and other proceedings.

“ Jeff Tenenbaum has created a robust practice in representing trade and professional associations, which are vital to industry and self-regulation, public policy development, and the free flow of information. Lawyers who serve trade associations serve the public interest,” said William Coston, Partner-in-Charge of Venable’sWashington office.

“We are very proud that the ABAhas recognized what the leaders of hundreds of major nonprofits have come to know in recent years, namely that Jeff is the country’s go-to legal advisor on their matters,” Mr. Coston added. “He has really shown himself to be one of the top practitioners in this challenging, and growing, area of the law.”

Mr. Tenenbaum has been highly visible in the nonprofit community for more than a decade. During law school, he worked for several years in the government affairs division of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), serving for a time as manager of its legal section. In the mid-1990s, he began advising associations on their particular legal issues. He has since become an active lecturer on the association circuit, giving more than two dozen presentations a year, including many for ASAE and The Center for Association Leadership. He also serves as general counsel to The Center.

Mr. Tenenbaum has written over 200 articles on nonprofit legal topics, contributing regularly to Associations Now, Association Trends, and other industry journals. In 2000, he authored the Association Tax Compliance Guide, published by ASAE. He has contributed to other books as well, including Association Law Compendium, Essentials of the Profession Learning System, and Generating and Managing Nondues Revenue in Association. Mr. Tenenbaum is regularly quoted by The Washington Post and other print media on nonprofit legal issues. In addition to his legal work, Mr. Tenenbaum serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Association Law & Policy journal and the ASAE Public Policy Committee. He previously served as Chairman of the AL&PEditorial Advisory Board, and on the GWSAE Foundation Board of Trustees and the Editorial Advisory Board of Aspen’s Nonprofit Tax & Financial Strategies, among other volunteer positions.

Susan Sarfati, President & CEO of The Center for Association Leadership, who has known Mr. Tenenbaum since his days with ASAE, commented: “I have enormous respect not only for Jeff’s extensive legal knowledge in the nonprofit area, but for his ability to take complicated issues and make them comprehensible, delivering much-needed, practical guidance to those of us who run nonprofit organizations.”

“Through his service in recent years as general counsel to The Center, my colleagues and I have been first-hand beneficiaries of Jeff’s talents,” Ms. Sarfati continued. “Jeff has successfully shepherded us through many legal challenges – the most notable being our merger with ASAE – with tremendous skill and finesse. As he has successfully grown his client base, Jeff has trained a strong core of junior attorneys in his mold of the Nonprofit Lawyer.”

Mr. Tenenbaum was recognized by Who's Who in American Law in 2005 and by the Washington Business Journal as a ""Top Washington Lawyer"" in 2004. In the nonprofit community, he was awarded the distinguished “Chairman's Award” from GWSAE in 1997 and from The Center for Association Leadership in 2004.

“I am truly humbled by the ABA ’s recognition of my work,” said Mr. Tenenbaum. “Receiving this recognition from my peers is a great honor and one which I will always treasure.”



As one of The American Lawyer's top 100 law firms, Venable LLP has lawyers practicing in all areas of corporate and business law, complex litigation, intellectual property and government affairs. Venable serves corporate, institutional, governmental, nonprofit and individual clients throughout the U.S. and around the world from its headquarters in Washington, D.C. and offices in Maryland, New York and Virginia. For more information, visit www.venable.com.

04-11-2006

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents UBS and Raymond James in a Global Offering by Banco Macro Bansud S.A., the First IPO by an Argentine Company Since the Sovereign Default
Simpson Thacher represented UBS and Raymond James in the first initial public offering by an Argentine company since the country's sovereign default in December 2001. The issuer, Banco Macro Bansud S.A., is a leading retail bank in Argentina. Banco Macro Bansud's common shares are listed on the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange and, with the offering, American Depositary Shares representing its common shares are now listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

The global offering consisted of approximately i) a $226 million initial public offering of ADSs in the United States, comprised of a $72 million primary offering and a $154 million secondary offering (including full exercise of the over-allotment option); ii) a follow-on $19 million public offering in Argentina; iii) a $61 million preemptive rights offer to minority shareholders in Argentina; and iv) a standby purchase obligation by the selling shareholders in the event that all preemptive rights were not exercised.

The Simpson Thacher team for this transaction included S. Todd Crider, Juan Francisco Mendez, Juliana Obregon, Jon Cantor (tax) and Sean Cotton (Blue Sky).

04-11-2006

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

O\'Melveny & Myers LLP Represents Ingenious with Europe\'s Biggest Fund for Unquoted Media Companies
O'Melveny's London office has structured and closed Europe's biggest fund specialising in mid-stage, unquoted media companies for Ingenious Media Plc, the specialist media investment and advisory group. The fund, Ingenious Media Active Capital (IMAC), raised UK£150 million, and was admitted to trading on the London AIM market on April 11 2006.

John Daghlian led the London team, which comprised Matthew Doughty, James Ford, and Jo Last on corporate matters and fund structuring; Alasdair Gordon on regulatory matters; and Jan Birtwell, Guy Dingley and Janice Seah on tax structuring. John Daghlian commented that:

""This instruction capitalises on the depth and breath of our fund formation experience and public company capability. Ingenious has some really innovative product offerings and we were very happy to assist with the successful launch of their IMAC fund.""

Patrick Bradley of Ingenious Ventures, investment manager to IMAC, said:

""We are delighted to have instructed OMM to assist us with the fundraising process for IMAC. We chose the firm because of their blend of private equity fund experience and capital market knowledge, which were both key elements in ensuring the fund was established smoothly on London's AIM market.""

Ingenious
Ingenious Media Plc is a specialist media and entertainment investment and advisory group based in London. The group's divisions include Ingenious Ventures, which makes private equity investments in media, entertainment, and sport; Ingenious Media Consulting, which provides strategic and financial advisory services; Ingenious Corporate Finance, which handles corporate sales and fundraising for media and entertainment companies; and Ingenious Investments, one of the country's leading providers of production finance to the film, TV, games and music industries.

O'Melveny & Myers' Private Equity Practice
O'Melveny & Myers has one of the largest Private Equity practices worldwide, with over 250 lawyers serving the private equity sector. The Firm's Private Equity practice consists of lawyers with significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, finance, venture capital, capital markets, and fund formation in New York, Northern and Southern California, Washington, D.C., London, and Asia.

O'Melveny & Myers has represented over 200 private equity firms in the full range of activities engaged in by such firms and their portfolio companies, from fund formation and portfolio company investment activities to exit transactions, including initial and follow-on public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Clients of the Firm include banks, financial institutions, private equity funds, venture capital funds, pension funds, hedge funds, foundations, and high net worth individuals.

04-11-2006

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Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone, P.L.C.

Miller Canfield Attorney Appointed to Detroit Regional Chamber Nominating Committee
Beverly Hall Burns, a principal and deputy CEO of the law firm Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., was recently appointed by the board of directors of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce to a three-year term on the Nominating Committee. The Committee identifies and selects candidates to become new members of the Chamber’s board of directors.

At Miller Canfield, Burns practices labor law, representing both private and public sector employers in NLRB and state employment relations matters; labor negotiations; contract administration; and arbitration. She is also part of the firm’s School Law Group, specializing in school labor matters including cases under Michigan’s Teacher Tenure Act as well as in special education, student discipline, Open Meetings Act and Freedom of Information Act issues.

She is a member of the Michigan Bar Association’s Labor Law Section; the American Bar Association’s Labor Law Section and Committee on Law Firm Management; Detroit Metropolitan Bar Association; Michigan Council of School Attorneys; and National Council of School Attorneys. She serves on the board of directors of the Economic Club of Detroit as well as the Detroit Athletic Club, is a fellow of the Michigan Bar Foundation, and current chair of the board of trustees of the Michigan Women’s Foundation. She is a member of the Michigan State University’s Alumni Association Board of Directors and chair of the Alumni Board of the MSU College of Arts & Letters.

04-11-2006

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Mayer Brown LLP

Top U.S. EPA Official Thomas Skinner Joins Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw
The international law firm Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Thomas V. Skinner, who has served as head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's national compliance program and director of the EPA's Region 5. Mr. Skinner will officially join on April 15th as a partner.

During his tenure at the EPA, Mr. Skinner led the agency's 3,400 employee, $300 million budget national compliance program and had broad responsibility for ensuring compliance with federal law working with businesses, the U.S. Department of Justice and other federal agencies, state and local governments, public interest groups and Congress. As head of USEPA Region 5, his responsibilities also included the implementation of federal environmental programs in the Great Lakes states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin.

""Tom is nationally recognized as an outstanding lawyer with extensive experience in environmental compliance, regulatory, civil and criminal enforcement matters on the federal and state levels,"" said John Berghoff, Mayer Brown's Environmental Law Practice Group Leader. ""His first-hand experience with the USEPA and Illinois EPA will be of enormous value to our corporate, real estate and finance clients. He brings to us a unique perspective of current environmental enforcement initiatives and the inner workings of the regulatory process.""

Nominated by the President, Mr. Skinner led the EPA to record results as head of the enforcement and compliance program for the past two years. One of his additional roles included serving as the Great Lakes National Program Manager and the U.S. chairman of the Binational Executive Committee for the Great Lakes, which is the main forum for United States-Canadian discussion of Great Lakes issues.

Commenting on joining the firm, Mr. Skinner said: ""Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is one of the world's top international law firms, and is one of a handful of firms with top-notch full service environmental practices including a depth in both regulatory and litigation experience.""

At Mayer, Brown, Mr. Skinner will be advising clients on a wide range of issues relating to environmental regulatory initiatives and enforcement. Based in the Chicago office, he will also work out of the Washington and Los Angeles offices.

Mr. Skinner is the second leading environmental partner to join the firm in 2006. In March, Cynthia Burch, who has conducted approximately 200 administrative hearings and numerous public meetings before U.S. EPA and California state, regional and local governmental agencies, joined the Los Angeles office from Munger, Tolles & Olson.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's environmental practice area is one of the premier environmental law groups in the world focusing on litigation, transactions, and compliance matters. The group, operating out of US cities and European cities, has won plaudits from the major legal directories both in the US and Europe. Its growth has been fueled by its many successes in all fields of environmental law, and across several jurisdictions from victories in the courtroom and before administrative tribunals to helping clients avoid or manage every kind of environmental issue. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is among the largest law practices in the world with more than 1,400 lawyers practicing in seven U.S. cities and six European cities.

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