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Patton Boggs LLP

Patton Boggs Of Counsel Stephen Molina to Serve on Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission
Dallas, TX–January 26– Patton Boggs LLP is pleased to announce that Robert Stephen Molina has been appointed by Texas Governor Rick Perry to serve as a Texas Member to the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC). He will serve on its Legal and Regulatory Affairs Committee.

Mr. Molina was formerly the General Attorney of ARCO Oil and Gas Company, Vice President General Counsel at Vastar Resources, Inc., Chief Counsel for ARCO Latin America (Caracas, Venezuela), Vice President and General Counsel for Benton Oil and Gas Company (now Harvest Natural Resources), and General Counsel to the Oman Oil Company in the Sultanate of Oman.

Mr. Molina is a 1970 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (BA) and 1974 graduate of Southern Methodist University School of Law (JD) and will continue to serve as an Of Counsel with the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP, in Dallas.

01-26-2006

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Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP

Peter C. Harvey, Former Attorney General of New Jersey, Joins Patterson Belknap
The firm is pleased to announce that Peter C. Harvey, the immediate past Attorney General of New Jersey, will join the firm as a partner on March 20, 2006. Mr. Harvey was the first African American to serve as New Jersey's Attorney General. Prior to becoming Attorney General in June 2003, Mr. Harvey served as First Assistant Attorney General and the Director of the Division of Criminal Justice.

The New Jersey Law Journal named Mr. Harvey "Lawyer of the Year" for 2003. In May 2005, Ebony magazine recognized him as one of the "100 Most Influential Black Americans."

Patterson Belknap Chair Gregory L. Diskant stated, "We are very pleased to welcome Peter to the firm. He has a deep understanding of and insight into many of the critical issues that our clients and communities face today."

Mr. Harvey is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law and Morgan State University. He served as a law clerk for the Honorable Dickinson R. Debevoise, United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey. Mr. Harvey was an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and was in private practice prior to joining the Attorney General's Office.

01-26-2006

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O'Melveny & Myers, LLP

OMM Represents KKR Financial in Debut Synthetic CDO Transaction
O'Melveny recently represented portfolio manager KKR Financial Advisors II, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of KKR Financial LLC, in connection with the first two series issuances of credit-linked notes in Morgan Stanley's Managed ACES synthetic collateralized debt obligation program, in which the equivalent of over US$465 million of notes were issued in multiple currencies by a newly formed special purpose Cayman Islands vehicle.

The notes are seven-year bullet notes linked to various tranches of a portfolio of credit default swaps referencing mainly United States and European credits. KKR Financial will earn management fees for actively managing the reference portfolio within trading and rating agency guidelines.

A distinctive feature of the ACES program involved the creation of a Cayman "segregated portfolio company" to issue the notes -- an entity type that accommodates the establishment of multiple segregated portfolios within the same issuer, the assets and liabilities of each of which are "ringfenced" from the assets and liabilities of each of the issuer's other segregated portfolios. The structure permits rapid issuances of future series of notes without the delay or added expense of creating a separate company for each issuance.

KKR Financial was formed in July 2004 by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. (KKR) and certain founders, including a group of former Wells Fargo executives. KKR was formed in 1976 and is one of the world's oldest and most experienced public and private equity firms specializing in management buyouts, with offices in New York, London, and Menlo Park.

The O'Melveny team consisted of partner Bill Satchell , counsel Deborah Festa, and associates Lisa Savitzky and Svetlana Attestatova, with tax assistance from partners Pete Ritter and Luc Moritz.

01-26-2006

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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Real Estate Bar Association joint committee meeting hosted by Nutter
Approximately seventy-five real estate attorneys will attend a joint meeting of the Real Estate Bar Association (REBA) Environmental Committee and the Commercial Real Estate Finance Committee hosted by Nutter on January 30 on the topic of Environmental Due Diligence in Real Estate Transactions. Mary Ryan, partner in the firm's Land Use, Permitting and Development Practice Group, and Beth Mitchell, co-chair of the firm's Commercial Finance Practice Group, have organized this meeting. Mary is co-chair of REBA's Environmental Committee and Beth is chair of REBA's Commercial Real Estate Finance Committee.

01-26-2006

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Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Marianne Ajemian to receive Pinnacle Award for Achievement in the Professions
The Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce has honored Marianne Ajemian, partner in the firm’s Real Estate and Finance practice and a member of Executive Committee, with a Pinnacle Award for Achievement in the Professions. The award recognizes Marianne’s leadership within the local and national real estate industries and in the community. More than 1000 business men and women will gather on January 26 to acknowledge Marianne and the accomplishments of seven other women in Greater Boston who have achieved excellence in business and management.

01-26-2006

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Nixon & Peabody, LLP

Nixon Peabody Signs Lease for New Office Space in Manchester, New Hampshire
Manchester, New Hampshire. National law firm Nixon Peabody LLP, one of the leading law firms in Manchester, is relocating to new offices at 900 Elm Street, the City Plaza building and the area’s tallest skyscraper. The firm has signed a fifteen-year lease with building owner IPC Louisville Partners LLC for the entire 14th floor and most of the 13th floor, which is scheduled to commence in January 2006. The additional space of more than 7,900 square feet accommodates the expansive growth of Nixon Peabody’s Manchester office.

“This move is a reflection of our strong roots in Manchester and emphasizes our commitment to this community over the long term,” said Kevin Fitzgerald, managing partner of Nixon Peabody’s Manchester office. “Our knowledge of the issues that face both local businesses and our national clients doing business here, the increasing range and depth of capabilities we possess, and the national firmwide platform that supports this office all combine to enable us to provide outstanding legal services to local and national clients from our enhanced Manchester location.”

Nixon Peabody will be moving from the 13,775 square feet space it currently occupies at 889 Elm Street in Manchester.

Nixon Peabody was represented in this transaction by Michael Harrington of CB Richard Ellis.

Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest law firms in the United States with approximately 600 attorneys working in 15 major practice areas in 16 office locations, including Boston, New York, Rochester, San Francisco and Washington, DC. The firm’s size, diversity, and advanced technological resources enable it to offer comprehensive legal services to individuals and organizations of all sizes in local, state, national, and international matters.


01-26-2006

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Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

Marcelo Corpuz Joins Michael Best's Health Care Practice
Milwaukee, WI (January 26, 2006) – Michael Best & Friedrich LLP is pleased to announce that Marcelo N. Corpuz, III has joined its Health Care Practice Group as a partner. Mr. Corpuz represents individual physicians, physician practice groups, medical device companies, pharmaceutical companies, diagnostic imaging companies, health care REITs, nursing homes, home health agencies, group purchasing organizations, HMOs, hospitals and other for-profit and non-profit health care providers and organizations.

In 2004, Mr. Corpuz was named one of the nation’s “Outstanding Young Healthcare Lawyers” by Nightingale’s Healthcare News. In 2002, he assisted the District of Columbia in drafting regulations to provide uninsured women Medicaid coverage for breast and cervical cancer treatment. Mr. Corpuz also has served as an adjunct professor of health law at both the Chicago-Kent School of Law and the Marquette University Law School. In recognition of his contributions to the legal profession, Mr. Corpuz was selected to appear in Who’s Who in American Law and Who’s Who in Legal Education.

“I am very pleased to join Michael Best’s dynamic health law practice. I greatly appreciate the fact that the Firm’s attorneys share my practical, service-oriented approach to practicing law. In addition, I am very impressed by Michael Best’s strong commitment to diversity,” says Mr. Corpuz. Mr. Corpuz is the current chair of the American Bar Association Health Law Section’s Coordinating Committee on Diversity.

“Marcelo’s extensive legal experience and his knowledge of the health care industry complement the existing strengths of our health care practice. He is a great addition to both the Group and the Firm,” says Grant Killoran, chair of the Health Care Practice Group at Michael Best.

Mr. Corpuz received his law degree and master in public health degree in 1995 from the George Washington University and his undergraduate degree from Georgetown University in 1990. He is admitted to practice in Wisconsin, Illinois and the District of Columbia.

About Michael Best

Founded in 1848, Michael Best has earned its reputation as a leading Midwestern law firm. The firm has more than 250 attorneys in six office locations, including Milwaukee, Madison, Waukesha and Manitowoc, Wisconsin; Chicago, Illinois and Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. The firm provides a full range of legal services to clients on a local, regional, national and global basis. The firm’s main areas of practice are: health care; intellectual property and intellectual property litigation; corporate; labor & employment; land & resources (environmental and real estate); litigation; tax; and wealth planning.

Michael Best is the exclusive Wisconsin member of Lex Mundi, the world’s leading association of independent law firms. Visit www.lexmundi.com for more information. The firm is also a member of the China Alliance. The China Alliance is a unique arrangement established by four leading independent law firms in response to the increasing importance of China to the global marketplace and to North American businesses. Visit www.china-alliance.com for more information.

01-26-2006

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