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Wolf Block Schorr & Solis

Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin Keynote Speaker At Professional Business Network Program
Tricia Desilets McCoy
215-977-2398
tmccoy@wolfblock.com

Norristown, PA - January 19, 2006 – Lynne Z. Gold-Bikin, chair of the Family Law Practice Group at Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, recently served as a keynote speaker for Professional Business Network’s (PBN) January program on “Don’t Take No for an Answer... Negotiating From a Point of Strength in Business and Personal Dealings.”

Gold-Bikin provided attendees with advice on positioning themselves strategically during tough negotiations, improving physical presence and clearly outlining expectations and demands.

PBN is an association dedicated to networking and enhancing member businesses in the Philadelphia area. Ranked among the top 10 divorce lawyers in the United States by Worth magazine – the only woman and the only Pennsylvanian listed – Gold-Bikin has been practicing family law for three decades.

Committed to serving her profession, Gold-Bikin chaired the American Bar Association’s Section of Family Law. During her tenure, she spearheaded the creation of PARTNERS, a relationship education program offered to high schools nationwide. Incorporating five bi-weekly videotapes and a curriculum guide facilitated by a high school faculty member and volunteer attorney, the program aims to teach high school students relationship skills necessary for life-long commitments. PARTNERS was featured on the cover of Time and in Hillary Rodham Clinton’s book It Takes a Village.

Also founder and former chair of the ABA Family Law Section’s Domestic Violence Committee, Gold-Bikin served as the ABA’s representative to Russia to address domestic violence issues and its delegate to the Fourth Annual United Nation’s Conference on Women in Beijing. She currently chairs the Family Law Committee of the ABA Section of International Law.

In addition to lecturing and writing extensively on family law issues, including co-authoring The Divorce Trial Manual – From Initial Interview to Closing Argument (American Bar Association, 2003), Gold-Bikin has received numerous honors. Named one of the 50 most influential women in Philadelphia and one of the top three family law attorneys by Philadelphia Magazine, she was also honored as a 1998 Woman of Distinction by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Montgomery County March of Dimes also recognized Gold-Bikin for her work in the business community.

A resident of King of Prussia, Pa., Gold-Bikin earned her undergraduate degree (B.A. summa cum laude, 1973) from Albright College, from which she also received an honorary degree (LL.M., 1996), and her law degree (J.D., 1976) from Villanova University School of Law.

About Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen

Founded in Philadelphia in 1903, Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen LLP, a Pennsylvania limited liability partnership, is an organization of 300 attorneys and other professionals offering legal and law related services throughout the Northeast. Legal services in the areas of corporate and securities, emerging growth, venture capital counseling, information technology, intellectual property, international transactions, real estate, litigation, environmental law, health law, employment law, personal planning, and consumer law are provided in six Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen offices; WolfBlock Brach Eichler in Roseland, NJ; WolfBlock Public Strategies Group in Boston, MA and Washington, DC; and Government Relations services in Harrisburg, PA.

01-19-2006

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Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Represents Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited in Closing Acquisition of Shenzhen Bocom System Engineering Co., Ltd.
Weil Gotshal Press Release - Thursday, January 19, 2006
Shanghai, January 19, 2006 - International law firm, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP represented Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited in the acquisition of 80 percent share of Shenzhen Bocom System Engineering Co., Ltd., which closed today.

Shenzhen, China-based Bocom is a provider of security - systems integration technologies and services.

The Weil Gotshal team included partner Steven Xiang and associates David Meredith and Sidney Qin in Weil Gotshal’s Shanghai office.

About Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP is an international law firm of over 1,200 lawyers, including approximately 300 partners. Weil Gotshal is headquartered in New York, with offices in Austin, Boston, Brussels, Budapest, Dallas, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Miami, Munich, Paris, Prague, Providence, Shanghai, Silicon Valley, Singapore, Warsaw, Washington DC and Wilmington.

01-19-2006

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Troutman Sanders LLP

JEAN E. GALLANCY JOINS TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP IN NEW YORK OFFICE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK (January 19, 2006) . . . Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the addition of Jean E. Gallancy, of counsel, to the law firm's Commercial Development and Real Estate Investments practice group, in New York.

"Jean brings to Troutman Sanders an extensive background in condominium and cooperative offerings and transactions," said Aurora Cassirer, managing partner of Troutman Sanders' New York office. "Her previous real estate experience within law firms, the New York City Housing Authority and the New York State Department of Law, is a perfect fit with our growing Commercial Development and Real Estate Investments practice group."

Ms. Gallancy joins over 110 attorneys in the New York office of Troutman Sanders from Herrick Feinstein LLP where she was Counsel from 1998-2005. She worked for the New York City Housing Authority from 1992-1998 and concluded her tenure there as Assistant General Counsel for Real Estate and Development.

Ms. Gallancy has handled transactional commercial and residential real estate matters including, acquisitions, sales and financing, negotiation and drafting of contracts, major commercial and office leases, mortgages, regulatory matters, bond refunding and procurement issues. She has also participated in a wide variety of matters including, the drafting of proposed changes to the New York State Condominium Act, prepared low income cooperative offering plans, and structured and drafted highly sophisticated condominium, cooperative and homeowners association offering plans.

With more than 85 attorneys, the Troutman Sanders Commercial Development and Real Estate Investments practice group represents domestic and international clients in a wide range of real estate transactions involving the acquisition, financing, development, construction, management, operation and sale of commercial, industrial and residential properties. Clients include developers, financial institutions, insurance companies and domestic and international investors.

Troutman Sanders LLP, founded in 1897, is an Atlanta-based international law firm with more than 600 attorneys serving clients from offices in Atlanta, Hong Kong, London, New York, Norfolk, Raleigh, Richmond, Tysons Corner, Virginia Beach and Washington, D.C. The full-service firm offers a broad array of practice areas including corporate, finance, real estate, litigation and public law.

01-19-2006

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Troutman Sanders LLP

TEN NEW PARTNERS AT TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
ATLANTA, GEORGIA (January 19, 2006) . . . Troutman Sanders LLP is pleased to announce the promotion of 10 attorneys who have been elected partners. The new partners are located in the law firm's offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Richmond, Virginia; Tysons Corner, Virginia; and New York City, New York.

"We appreciate each of these attorneys for their hard work and dedication to the firm and look forward to their continued success as partners with Troutman Sanders," said Robert W. Webb, Jr., Troutman Sanders LLP Managing Partner., The new partners in the Atlanta office: Susannah W. Frost, David W. Ghegan, Steven J. Hewitson, David C. Kirk, Diane L. Lidz, Roger S. Reigner, Jr., Matthew B. Kirsner, David Lawson, Michael P. Van Voorhis, Uri Doron.

01-19-2006

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Sirote & Permutt

Sirote Attorney, Katherine N. Barr, Keynote Speaker on Special Needs Trusts
Katherine Barr, a shareholder at Sirote & Permutt, P.C., will be the keynote speaker at a program on Special Needs Trusts (SNTs) presented by The University of Texas School of Law in cosponsorship with the Trust Financial Services Division of the Texas Bankers Association on January 18, 2006 in Austin, Texas. Her topic will be “National Cases and Trends Involving Special Needs Trusts.”

Ms. Barr is presently serving as Group Chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Section of the American Bar Association’s Elder and Disability Law Group, overseeing its Committees on Special Needs Trusts, Medicaid and Long-term Planning; Surrogate Decision Making; and Bioethics. She is the Alabama member of Special Needs Alliance, a national organization of lawyers dedicated to disability and public benefits law, a charter member of the Elder Law Section of the Alabama State Bar, a member of the Birmingham Estate Planning Council and a member of NAELA (National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys).

01-19-2006

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Focus Media in $325 Million Acquisition of Target Media
Simpson Thacher is representing Focus Media Holding Limited (Nasdaq: FMCN) in its announced merger with Target Media Holdings Limited. The transaction is one of the first, private sector mergers between two Chinese companies, each of which has U.S. backing. Under the terms of the share purchase agreement, shareholders of Target Media will receive $94 million in cash and 77 million ordinary shares of Focus Media. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2006.

Focus Media operates the largest out-of-home advertising network in China using audiovisual flat-panel displays based on the number of locations and displays in its network. Over 1,200 international and domestic advertisers had placed advertisements through its networks as of September 30, 2005. Target Media is one of the largest out-of-home flat panel display advertising network operators in China in terms of number of locations and number of flat-panel displays in its network. Both companies are based in Shanghai.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Chris Lin, Adam Furber, Anthony Choi, Daniel Fertig and Zhangming Pan in the Hong Kong office, and Patrick Naughton (M&A), Robert Holo and Thomas Gray (Tax) in the New York office.
Lawyers:• Anthony Chung-In Choi
• Daniel Fertig
• Adam C. Furber
• Thomas Gray
• Robert E. Holo
• Chris K.H. Lin
• Patrick J. Naughton
• Zhengming Pan

01-19-2006

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Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP

Simpson Thacher Represents Focus Media in $325 Million Acquisition of Target Media
Simpson Thacher is representing Focus Media Holding Limited (Nasdaq: FMCN) in its announced merger with Target Media Holdings Limited. The transaction is one of the first, private sector mergers between two Chinese companies, each of which has U.S. backing. Under the terms of the share purchase agreement, shareholders of Target Media will receive $94 million in cash and 77 million ordinary shares of Focus Media. The transaction is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2006.

Focus Media operates the largest out-of-home advertising network in China using audiovisual flat-panel displays based on the number of locations and displays in its network. Over 1,200 international and domestic advertisers had placed advertisements through its networks as of September 30, 2005. Target Media is one of the largest out-of-home flat panel display advertising network operators in China in terms of number of locations and number of flat-panel displays in its network. Both companies are based in Shanghai.

The Simpson Thacher team includes Chris Lin, Adam Furber, Anthony Choi, Daniel Fertig and Zhangming Pan in the Hong Kong office, and Patrick Naughton (M&A), Robert Holo and Thomas Gray (Tax) in the New York office.

01-19-2006

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