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Debevoise & Plimpton, LLP

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP Expands Leading International Arbitration Practice with the Addition of Pet
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to announce that Peter Rees, a respected lawyer in the area of international arbitration and international litigation, will join the firm as a partner, resident in London. Mr. Rees will join the firm from Norton Rose where he was formerly head of global dispute resolution.

Mr. Rees has wide experience in complex disputes. His work has spanned many economic sectors, with particularly deep experience in matters involving commercial disputes, construction, engineering, and oil and gas projects. Mr. Rees has represented clients in many high-stakes international arbitrations, and is a qualified solicitor advocate admitted to appear in English court. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (he is a Chartered Arbitrator and sits as an arbitrator), an accredited adjudicator with the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association and an accredited mediator with ADR Chambers. He is a past chairman of the International Bar Association Committee on International Construction Projects, is a Council Member of the Legal Practice Division of the IBA and is also a past Chairman of the Technology and Construction Solicitors Association. He is a Member of the Board of Management of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and Chairman of the Practice & Standards Committee.

James A. Kiernan, managing partner of Debevoise in Europe, says “Peter has had great success in his career to date and is well recognized in the international arbitration community. He is a natural addition to our thriving European-sited arbitration and litigation practice, where we have been fortunate to have Fred Davis recently join us in Paris. We’re delighted to welcome Peter to the firm.”

David W. Rivkin, head of Debevoise’s International Dispute Resolution Group, says, “Peter is a great fit for our strong and growing practice in Europe. He adds depth and range to our group. We are excited to have someone of his caliber join us in London. We look forward to working with Peter as a colleague.”

Mr. Rees says, “I am thrilled to be joining Debevoise’s leading International Dispute Resolution Group and am looking forward to working with an outstanding group of litigators in the UK, the US and France.”

Debevoise is regularly involved in many of the highest profile and most complex international disputes around the world. Its practice is led by internationally recognised arbitrators, David W. Rivkin and Donald Francis Donovan in New York, Mr. Rivkin and Mark W. Friedman in London, and Frederick T. Davis, Barton Legum and Michael M. Ostrove in Paris.

The firm’s litigators have produced a string of exceptional results of national and international importance. Debevoise sets “the gold standard for international arbitration” in terms of quality, size and scope of clients (Chambers US, 2004-2005), representing leading multinationals, international organizations, sovereigns and non-governmental organisations in the most complex international disputes.

03-08-2006

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Goldman Sachs and Providence in $3.4 Billion Acquisition of Education Man
The Firm is representing Goldman Sachs Capital Partners and Providence Equity Partners in their $3.4 billion cash acquisition of Education Management Corporation. Education Management Corporation is one of the largest providers of private post-secondary education in North America and operates 72 campus locations.

Signed on March 3, 2006, under the terms of the merger agreement, the private investors will acquire all of the company’s shares for $43.00 per share in cash.

The Simpson Thacher team working on the transaction includes: Gary I. Horowitz, Peter S. Malloy, Peter Martelli, K. Derek Pease and Sebastian Tiller (M&A); Jay M. Ptashek and Richard A. Fenyes (Banking and Credit); Brian D. Robbins, Greg T. Grogan and Carl Thomas Berry (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Gary B. Mandel and Benjamin Applestein (Tax); Krista B. McManus (Real Estate); Kirstie M. Howard (Intellectual Property); Adeeb R. Fadil and Noreen Lavan (Environmental).

03-08-2006

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Squire, Sanders & Dempsey, L.L.P.

Squire Sanders Launches German Office, Expands London Presence
Frankfurt and London – March 8, 2006 – Global law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey
L.L.P. is expanding into Germany and doubling the size of its London office with the addition
of lawyers from Haarmann Hemmelrath. The move builds on Squire Sanders’ longtime
presence in Europe and marks the firm’s third significant expansion in less than a year.
“Squire Sanders was one of the first US law firms to open European offices, and Europe
remains an important market to the firm. Our global clientele has come to expect we will be
on the ground where they need us. Germany, as well as expanded capabilities in London,
has been a strategic target of the firm. The additions in Frankfurt and London bolster our
already strong European mergers and acquisitions practice while adding depth in finance,
insolvency, tax, capital markets, energy, and private equity,” said Squire Sanders chairman
R. Thomas Stanton.
“Joining Squire Sanders makes us part of an integrated international firm that reaches
across the United States and from Beijing and Hong Kong to Central and Eastern Europe
and Russia to Latin America,” said Andreas Lehmann, former co-leader of Haarmann
Hemmelrath’s banking and finance practice.
“Our clients in Germany and in London will benefit from Squire Sanders’ extended global
reach, which is among the broadest in the world,” Lehmann said, adding that lawyers
joining Squire Sanders serve clients with business interests in Hong Kong and Shanghai,
Central and Eastern Europe and Latin America as well as the United States.
Mark Cusick, who coordinates Squire Sanders’ European practice, has been looking to add a
strong practice in Germany and said the Frankfurt office team is a perfect fit for the firm’s
client needs in Germany.
“This team brings expertise in banking and finance, corporate mergers and acquisitions,
equity capital markets and tax, and gives Squire Sanders a strong position in one of
Europe’s most significant financial centers,” Cusick said.
Cusick said the lawyers joining Squire Sanders’ London office include noted tax lawyer Peter
Vaines, the former managing partner of Haarmann Hemmelrath’s London office, and Andrew
Visintin, who led Haarmann Hemmelrath’s insolvency and restructuring practice in London.
All told, eight lawyers are joining the Frankfurt office and 20 lawyers are joining Squire
Sanders’ London office, he said.
“The London team has done extraordinary work since that office was established in 2000.
They are an ideal complement to our existing London office and we are delighted that this
much sought-after group of lawyers is joining Squire Sanders,” Cusick added.
The move into Germany and expansion of the firm’s London office is Squire Sanders’ third
expansion in less than a year. In May 2005, the firm opened an office in Poland, combining
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with the Wiater sp. k. law firm. In September, Steel Hector & Davis LLP combined with
Squire Sanders, expanding the firm’s capabilities in Latin America and reinforcing its
position as one of the strongest global law firms.
Founded in 1890, Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. is one of the largest international law
firms, with offices in North America in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Houston, Los
Angeles, Miami, New York, Palo Alto, Phoenix, San Francisco, Tallahassee, Tampa, Tysons
Corner, Washington DC and West Palm Beach. The firm’s offices in Latin America are in
Caracas, Rio de Janeiro and Santo Domingo. In Europe, offices are in Bratislava, Brussels,
Budapest, Frankfurt, London, Moscow, Prague and Warsaw. In Asia, offices are in Beijing,
Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo. Associated offices include Bucharest, Buenos Aires,
Dublin, Kyiv, Milan and Santiago.

03-08-2006

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Bryan Cave LLP

David Kostman Named Counsel at Bryan Cave LLP
New York City, March 8, 2006 – David Kostman has been named counsel at the international law firm Bryan Cave LLP effective March 1, 2006. He joined the firm in 1999 and currently practices in the New York office.

Kostman is a member of the firm’s Real Estate and Banking, Business and Public Finance Client Service Groups. He represents lending institutions, such as National Consumer Cooperative Bank, in connection with the origination, sale, servicing and securitization of mortgage loans.

“David has substantial expertise in securitized real estate finance, and has greatly helped us expand our practice in this area,” says Dennis Fleischmann, managing partner of Bryan Cave’s New York office.

Kostman also represents investors in connection with the acquisition, financing, development, leasing and construction of commercial and residential real estate.

He received his J.D. from Hofstra University School of Law in 1992 and his B.A. from the University of Michigan in 1988. He is one of three new counsels at Bryan Cave.

Bryan Cave has a diversified international practice. The firm represents a wide variety of business, financial, institutional and individual clients, including publicly held multinational corporations, large and mid-sized privately held companies, partnerships and emerging companies. Aided by extensive investments in technology, Bryan Cave’s 800 lawyers in 13 offices across the United States, United Kingdom, the Middle East and Asia efficiently serve clients’ needs in the world’s leading business and financial markets.

03-08-2006

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

O\'Melveny & Myers Counsel and Alumnus Named \"California Lawyer of the Year\"by California Lawyer Maga
LOS ANGELES, March - 2006 — O'Melveny & Myers' recently retired partner David Weil and counsel David Lash are recipients of California Lawyer magazine's tenth annual California Lawyer Attorneys of the Year Award (CLAY). Weil and Lash were honored among 47 attorneys who made new law, set new policy, continued their exceptional work, or changed the course of national events in 2005 or whose achievements are expected to have a significant effect in the coming years.

03-08-2006

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

New York Lawyers Discuss the Legitimacy of Using Foreign Law to Interpret the U.S. Constitution
NEW YORK, March 8, 2006 - On February 5, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. partners George Hritz and Loretta Lynch participated in a panel at the Federal Bar Council Winter Bench and Bar Conference. The panel was titled, "Whose Law Is It Anyway? The Legitimacy of Using Foreign Law to Interpret the American Constitution.

03-08-2006

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Hogan & Hartson LLP

New York Lawyer Discusses Corporate Trial Strategies
NEW YORK, March 8, 2006 - On February 17, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. partner Loretta Lynch participated in the American Bar Association Section of Litigation Committee on Corporate Counsel CLE Seminar. Lynch served on a panel titled, "Corporate Trial Strategies.

03-08-2006

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