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Alston & Bird LLP

Alston & Bird Has 103 Attorneys Recognized as \"Georgia Super Lawyers\"
When Law & Politics completed its polling of active lawyers in Georgia, Alston & Bird LLP had 103 of its lawyers ranked by peers as “Super Lawyers” for 2006. Sid Nurkin, a partner in the firm’s Corporate Transactions and Securities Group, once again was selected as one of the state’s top 10 lawyers. Bankruptcy partner Neal Batson was listed as one of the top 100 lawyers in the state. Pinney Allen, partner in Alston & Bird’s Federal Income Tax Group, and Lisa Cassilly, partner in the Labor & Employment Group, were among the top 50 female lawyers in Georgia.

The selection is based on the opinion of lawyers who have been practicing for five years or more and who are asked to identify “the best attorneys they have personally observed in action.” In the 2005 rankings, Alston & Bird had 90 lawyers listed.

03-01-2006

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Le Boeuf, Lamb, Greene & McRae, L.L.P.

LeBoeuf Lamb Hires Corporate and TMT Specialists for Paris Office
Prominent team led by François Bloch to enhance the Firm's corporate and TMT capabilities and its Paris presence François M. Bloch, Denis Alland, Dominique Berlin, Sophie Boucher, Marine Giovannangeli

(Paris, 2 March 2006) The international law firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae LLP announces that François Bloch has joined the Firm as a partner in its Paris office. He brings with him a team of four lawyers who will specialize in corporate and TMT matters.

François Bloch is a French qualified, corporate lawyer who specializes in cross-border M&A, privatization, joint venture and other commercial transactions. He also advises clients on technology and IP issues and on dispute resolution matters. Mr. Bloch has particular experience advising clients in the TMT sectors. In addition, he is a lecturer on new economy law at the Sorbonne Law School. Mr. Bloch joins LeBoeuf Lamb from Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.

Mr. Bloch is joined at LeBoeuf Lamb by corporate/TMT lawyers, French qualified associate Marine Giovannangeli and French and Canadian qualified associate Sophie Boucher. Professor Dominique Berlin, a French qualified lawyer and specialist in EU law and Professor Denis Alland, a public international law specialist have also joined the Firm.

LeBoeuf Lamb Chairman, Steven H. Davis said, ""We are delighted that François Bloch and his team have joined our Paris office. Paris is a key office for strategic growth. The team enhances the significant hires we have already made there in 2006, and which we will continue to do in the future.""

Paris Co-managing Partner, Olivier Laude said, ""We are committed to expanding our Paris office with high quality lawyers. François and his team will help us continue to achieve this goal and provide our clients with deeper resources in corporate and TMT focused work.""

LeBoeuf Lamb has already announced a number of hires to its Paris office in 2006. In January Jean-Claude Petilon's Africa/projects team joined from Coudert Frères. Mr. Petilon joined as senior counsel and brought with him senior associates Elizabeth Terron and Liliane Doukouré. Tax specialist Jean Goncalves, one of the founding partners of SJ Berwin's Paris office, joined the Firm in February.

03-01-2006

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Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P.

Health Law Expert Joins Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (March 1, 2006) – The international law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Ronald Lahner, formerly of Rider Bennett LLP, has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office in the Health Law group. Lahner’s practice will focus primarily on hospitals, health care networks, health plans and medical device companies.

Most recently, Lahner was the Chair of the Health Group at Rider Bennett, a firm he joined in 1981.

Lahner has been an attorney for more than 28 years, and has represented a variety of high profile clients in the health care industry. Clients in the health field have included Empire Health Services, ThermaSolutions, NexGen Medical Systems, and Alley Ventures. Lahner has also counseled clients on tax planning issues.

Thomas Tinkham, partner-in-charge of the Dorsey Minneapolis office, said, “Ron will be a major asset in Dorsey’s expanding national health care practice. His extensive legal experience makes him a key, deeply experienced addition for Dorsey clients who rely on the firm’s extensive life sciences capability.”

Lahner received his LL.M. from Boston University Law School, his J.D. from Marquette University Law School, and graduated with a B.A. from Lawrence University. He is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Wisconsin State Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association.

03-01-2006

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Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P.

Health Law Expert Joins Dorsey & Whitney in Minneapolis
MINNEAPOLIS (March 1, 2006) – The international law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced today that Ronald Lahner, formerly of Rider Bennett LLP, has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office in the Health Law group. Lahner’s practice will focus primarily on hospitals, health care networks, health plans and medical device companies.

Most recently, Lahner was the Chair of the Health Group at Rider Bennett, a firm he joined in 1981.

Lahner has been an attorney for more than 28 years, and has represented a variety of high profile clients in the health care industry. Clients in the health field have included Empire Health Services, ThermaSolutions, NexGen Medical Systems, and Alley Ventures. Lahner has also counseled clients on tax planning issues.

Thomas Tinkham, partner-in-charge of the Dorsey Minneapolis office, said, “Ron will be a major asset in Dorsey’s expanding national health care practice. His extensive legal experience makes him a key, deeply experienced addition for Dorsey clients who rely on the firm’s extensive life sciences capability.”

Lahner received his LL.M. from Boston University Law School, his J.D. from Marquette University Law School, and graduated with a B.A. from Lawrence University. He is a member of the Minnesota State Bar Association, the Wisconsin State Bar Association and the American Health Lawyers Association.

03-01-2006

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Reed Smith

Reed Smith Continues West Coast Financial Services Sweep, David Powell Joins Group in San Francisco
(March 1, 2006, Los Angeles) – Reed Smith, a top-25 international law firm, today announced the addition of David Powell to its expanding Financial Services Litigation group on the West Coast. He will be resident in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Mr. Powell was formerly a shareholder and Chair of the San Francisco Litigation Group at Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger. He joins former colleagues Abe Coleman, Scott Jacobs, Felicia Yu and three associates who recently joined Reed Smith’s Los Angeles Financial Services practice group.
“The depth and breadth of our talent in California continues to grow, as David not only re-connects with Abe, Scott and Felicia, but also will join forces in San Francisco with 11 attorneys from Fleming & Phillips, an East Bay class-action litigation defense boutique which Reed Smith acquired last year,” said David Thompson, Reed Smith’s San Francisco Office Managing Partner.
Mr. Powell's practice focuses on complex litigation matters for financial institutions and other businesses, including matters involving securities, class actions, wealth management, trusts, mortgages, real estate, creditors' rights, lender defense and banking operations, as well as alternative dispute resolution.
He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Davis in 1984, and earned his J.D., cum laude, in 1987 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was editor of the Hastings Law Journal.
“David is one of the West Coast’s top financial service litigators and we are pleased he has joined our team,"" said Mary Hackett, head of Reed Smith’s Financial Services Litigation Group. ""We know he will contribute significantly to our growing visibility and influence, not only in this region, but nationally and internationally as well.”
Prior to joining Buchalter in 1995, Mr. Powell was with Brown and Wood. Earlier, he spent three years as in-house counsel for Network Systems.
“I look forward to being part of a very strong financial services litigation practice at Reed Smith,” Mr. Powell said. “I am particularly pleased to have the opportunity to re-join my former colleagues and to work with them and the other lawyers in Reed Smith’s financial services group, providing service to clients we already both represent as well as to financial services institutions across the country.”
In 2005, American Lawyer Media named Reed Smith among the firms nationwide that commercial banks turn to most often for litigation support. The firm’s successful trial record places it among the pre-eminent class action practices nationally, with seasoned attorneys in each of its markets and a range of litigators who serve as national lead counsel on major matters. The U.S. Financial Services Litigation group now numbers more than 50 attorneys in the United States, with more than 20 of those resident in the West Coast offices. The firm’s European Litigation Department advises financial services institutions around the world on a wide variety of wholesale and retail matters.
The group has successfully defended clients in a wide range of business challenges, including mortgages, credit cards, mutual funds, insurance products, insurance marketing and financing, automobile financing, subprime lending, and other forms of financing. It has experience in defense of both state and federal claims spanning arbitration, truth-in-lending, consumer fraud, unfair trade, predatory lending, RICO, and RESPA/yield spread premium matters. It also represents financial institutions in business disputes with vendors, government entities and competitors in matters that include antitrust actions; government contract disputes; and business torts, such as fraud, libel, trade secrets and restrictive covenants.
About Reed Smith
Reed Smith LLP is a top-25 international law firm with 1,000 lawyers located in 18 cities worldwide (14 in the United States and four in Europe). The firm represents clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to mid-market and emerging companies. Clients include financial services firms, life sciences companies, health care providers, technology companies and entrepreneurs, power generators and suppliers, manufacturers, real estate companies, universities, and non-profit organizations throughout the world. For more information, visit www.reedsmith.com.

03-01-2006

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Reed Smith

Reed Smith Continues West Coast Financial Services Sweep, David Powell Joins Group in San Francisco
(March 1, 2006, Los Angeles) – Reed Smith, a top-25 international law firm, today announced the addition of David Powell to its expanding Financial Services Litigation group on the West Coast. He will be resident in the firm’s San Francisco office.
Mr. Powell was formerly a shareholder and Chair of the San Francisco Litigation Group at Buchalter Nemer Fields & Younger. He joins former colleagues Abe Coleman, Scott Jacobs, Felicia Yu and three associates who recently joined Reed Smith’s Los Angeles Financial Services practice group.
“The depth and breadth of our talent in California continues to grow, as David not only re-connects with Abe, Scott and Felicia, but also will join forces in San Francisco with 11 attorneys from Fleming & Phillips, an East Bay class-action litigation defense boutique which Reed Smith acquired last year,” said David Thompson, Reed Smith’s San Francisco Office Managing Partner.
Mr. Powell's practice focuses on complex litigation matters for financial institutions and other businesses, including matters involving securities, class actions, wealth management, trusts, mortgages, real estate, creditors' rights, lender defense and banking operations, as well as alternative dispute resolution.
He received a B.A. in economics from the University of California, Davis in 1984, and earned his J.D., cum laude, in 1987 from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law, where he was editor of the Hastings Law Journal.
“David is one of the West Coast’s top financial service litigators and we are pleased he has joined our team,"" said Mary Hackett, head of Reed Smith’s Financial Services Litigation Group. ""We know he will contribute significantly to our growing visibility and influence, not only in this region, but nationally and internationally as well.”
Prior to joining Buchalter in 1995, Mr. Powell was with Brown and Wood. Earlier, he spent three years as in-house counsel for Network Systems.
“I look forward to being part of a very strong financial services litigation practice at Reed Smith,” Mr. Powell said. “I am particularly pleased to have the opportunity to re-join my former colleagues and to work with them and the other lawyers in Reed Smith’s financial services group, providing service to clients we already both represent as well as to financial services institutions across the country.”
In 2005, American Lawyer Media named Reed Smith among the firms nationwide that commercial banks turn to most often for litigation support. The firm’s successful trial record places it among the pre-eminent class action practices nationally, with seasoned attorneys in each of its markets and a range of litigators who serve as national lead counsel on major matters. The U.S. Financial Services Litigation group now numbers more than 50 attorneys in the United States, with more than 20 of those resident in the West Coast offices. The firm’s European Litigation Department advises financial services institutions around the world on a wide variety of wholesale and retail matters.
The group has successfully defended clients in a wide range of business challenges, including mortgages, credit cards, mutual funds, insurance products, insurance marketing and financing, automobile financing, subprime lending, and other forms of financing. It has experience in defense of both state and federal claims spanning arbitration, truth-in-lending, consumer fraud, unfair trade, predatory lending, RICO, and RESPA/yield spread premium matters. It also represents financial institutions in business disputes with vendors, government entities and competitors in matters that include antitrust actions; government contract disputes; and business torts, such as fraud, libel, trade secrets and restrictive covenants.
About Reed Smith
Reed Smith LLP is a top-25 international law firm with 1,000 lawyers located in 18 cities worldwide (14 in the United States and four in Europe). The firm represents clients ranging from Fortune 100 companies to mid-market and emerging companies. Clients include financial services firms, life sciences companies, health care providers, technology companies and entrepreneurs, power generators and suppliers, manufacturers, real estate companies, universities, and non-profit organizations throughout the world. For more information, visit www.reedsmith.com.

03-01-2006

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents KeySpan Corporation in its Sale to National Grid plc
Simpson Thacher is representing KeySpan Corporation on its sale to National Grid plc, a transaction that will create the third-largest energy delivery utility in the United States. Announced on February 27, 2006, under the terms of the definitive merger agreement, National Grid will acquire all of the outstanding shares of KeySpan for $42.00 per share or $7.3 billion in cash, with assumed debt of approximately $4.5 billion for an enterprise value of $11.8 billion. The boards of both companies unanimously approved the acquisition. Upon completion of the transaction, KeySpan will become a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid and will continue to operate as KeySpan.



A member of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, KeySpan is the largest distributor of natural gas in the Northeastern United States and the largest electric generator in New York State supplying approximately 25 percent of New York City’s capacity needs. In addition to the assets associated with these businesses, KeySpan has strategic investments in pipeline transportation, distribution, storage, and production. National Grid is an international energy delivery business with principal activities in the regulated electricity and natural gas industries. The company owns the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales and operates the system across Great Britain. It also owns and operates the high-pressure gas transmission system in Great Britain and has a number of businesses operating in related areas such as LNG importation, wireless infrastructure for broadcast and telecommunications, property, metering and interconnectors.



The Simpson Thacher team working on the transaction includes: Richard Beattie, Vincent Pagano, Mario Ponce, Andy Calder, Jinghua Zou, Keith Bloomfield, Jennifer Chien, Helen Kim (Corporate), Brian Chisling (Energy), Brian Robbins, Jamin Koslowe, Greg Grogan (Benefits), Charles Rappaport, Rachel Birnbaum (Tax), Adeeb Fadil, Elisa Alcabes, Laura Murphy, Noreen Lavan (Environmental), Jennifer Rackoff (Intellectual Property), Krista Mcmanus (Real Estate) and J. Scott Dyer (Labor).

03-01-2006

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