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Dorsey & Whitney, L.L.P.

The University of Minnesota’s Academic and Corporate Relations Center Partners With Dorsey & Whitney to Offer Business Center and Legal Advice Clinics
The University of Minnesota’s Academic and Corporate Relations Center (ACRC) and Dorsey & Whitney LLP are working together to provide resources to Minnesota’s business community.

The Dorsey-ACRC Business Center in the University Enterprise Laboratories (UEL) building in Saint Paul offers ACRC’s out of town clients with convenient meeting spaces, offices, and office equipment while attending events or meetings at the University of Minnesota or in the Twin Cities. Contact ACRC for more information.

Dorsey and ACRC are also partnering on a series of free legal advice clinics beginning on September 19 (other dates?). The clinics, operating on a first-come, first-serve basis, will be staffed by an attorney who can provide preliminary advice and services relating to a myriad of corporate finance, intellectual property, and other legal and business issues. Contact Katy Dirks at 612-492-5303 to register for the clinics.

09-17-2007

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Cozen O' Connor

Cozen O’Connor Attorney Peter J. Mintzer Speaks on Contested Insurance Coverage
Cozen O’Connor member Peter J. Mintzer recently participated as a panelist in an interactive teleconference on “Contested Insurance Coverage: Defense Under Reservation of Rights” for Insurance Law & Litigation Week and the Legal Publishing Group of Strafford Publications. Mintzer analyzed the competing interests of the insurer and policyholder where the duty to defend is under dispute, how different states treat the issue, and how both the insurer and the policyholder can work toward a resolution.

A member in the Seattle office, Mintzer focuses his practice on complex insurance claims, particularly environmental and construction defect claims, as well as the defense of environmental, construction and bad faith claims. Prior to joining the firm, Mintzer practiced with a Seattle law firm, where he focused on insurance coverage and bad faith litigation as well as defense of professional liability claims.

Admitted to practice in Washington and Oregon, Mintzer is a member of the American Bar Association Tort and Insurance Practice Section, as well as the Natural Resources and Environmental Law Section. He is also an active member of the Northwest Environmental Claims Association and authored the article, “Corporate Officer and Director Liability,” which was published in the Autumn 1997 issue of The Journal of Corporate Environmental Strategy.

Mintzer is a graduate of The College at the University of Chicago (B.A., 1985) and the University of Oregon (J.D., 1990). In 1989-90, he served as an intern at the Western Natural Resources Law Clinic affiliated with the University.

09-17-2007

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buchanan's Assistant Director of Federal Government Relations Honored by Women and Girls Foundation
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Assistant Director of Federal Government Relations Katherine M. Pippy was selected as one of 25 women who will be honored by the Women and Girls Foundation (WGF) at its October 13, 2007, event, "Women in Sports: Leveling the Playing Field."

In 2005, the WGF pledged to honor a diverse group of women each year who were engaged in dynamic work in exciting and challenging career fields in Southwestern Pennsylvania. The purpose of these annual events is to honor accomplished women and to inspire girls to see the range of activities and career options available to them. This year's event focuses on women and teenage girls who are making an impact on athletics throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Pippy was selected as an honoree based on her work with girls' hockey. In 2003, she helped to found Team Pittsburgh, a national level girls' hockey program. The program started out with one team, and has since grown to include six teams. The program also hosts the second-largest girls' hockey tournament in the United States, now in its second year.

"Women in Sports: Leveling the Playing Field" will include a VIP reception, a keynote address by Mary Lou Retton, an awards ceremony, dinner and interactive sports-themed games.

09-17-2007

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Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney Sponsors 2007 Diversity Series
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC is sponsoring the Center on Race and Social Problems Fall 2007 Speaker Series. The center is part of the University of Pittsburgh's School of Social Work.

The four events in the speaker series are free and open to the public. Each takes place from noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room 2017 in the University of Pittsburgh's Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Avenue, in Pittsburgh. Lunch is provided.

The schedule for the series is as follows:

Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Carl C. Bell, president and CEO of Community Mental Health Council Inc., speaks on the topic "Mental Health Risk Factors in Nonwhite Populations."

Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Shaun L. Gabbidon, professor of criminal justice at the School of Public Affairs for Penn State Harrisburg, speaks on the topic "Shopping Under Suspicion: Consumer Racial Profiling and Perceived Victimization."

Thursday, November 15, 2007
Andrew J. Cherlin, professor of public policy at the Department of Sociology of Johns Hopkins University speaks on the topic "Post-welfare Outcomes for African Americans and Hispanics."

Monday, December 3, 2007
Sala Uldin, president and CEO of Coro Center for Civic Leadership speaks on the topic "Challenges of Race, Poverty and Sprawl."

09-17-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie LLP Announces New Leadership Team to Support Strategic Growth in Bay Area
Baker & McKenzie LLP, the pre-eminent global law firm of over 3,600 lawyers which has been serving clients in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1970, has elected a new management team to implement the next phase of the Firm’s client focused growth strategy in its Palo Alto and San Francisco offices.

Shane Byrne will be the new Managing Partner and Edward D. Burmeister assumes the new position of Chief Operating Partner of the combined offices. The team will focus on ensuring that the Bay Area offices continue to meet growing client demands for comprehensive top quality legal advice as they play to win in an increasingly fast paced and complex global marketplace.

“One of the key elements of this strategy is that we draw on our Firm’s market leading position and increased profitability to attract and retain our top quality talent in one of the world’s most competitive legal markets” says Byrne. “We have well over 100 attorneys in these offices playing a central role in the Firm’s top tier global Technology Sector practice. Our firm has the most developed global platform in the legal business and the largest and most comprehensive service offerings in the key Asian markets that our clients are increasingly looking to such as China, Japan and Vietnam. We want to make sure that clients and lateral talent know what we have to offer.”

These changes take place as former Managing Partner Peter J. Engstrom changes roles to serve a three-year term on the Firm’s Executive Committee. Peter led the Bay Area offices through a period in which they built up a significant M&A and market leading post-acquisition integration and reorganization practice and extended their lead over competitors in other practice areas such as global equity securities, international tax and employment. Although the Firm is now asking Peter to bring his management skills to a broader canvas of 3,600 lawyers in 70 locations, he will still be focused on clients in the Bay Area as many of them are amongst the most important to the Firm. Engstrom remarked: “Not only will my heart still be in San Francisco, my desk is there too.”

Shane Byrne joined the San Francisco/Palo Alto office as a Partner in February 2003, when he came from Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, LLP to chair Baker & McKenzie’s Corporate Practice in the Bay Area. Ed Burmeister has been a Partner at Baker & McKenzie LLP for nearly 20 years and most recently served as Chair of the office’s Global Equity Services Practice.

09-17-2007

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

Squire Sanders Provides Cross-Border Advice on US$143 Million Sale of Leading Russian Poultry Company
Global law firm Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. has advised on the sale of leading Russian poultry company Chicken Kingdom. Cherkizovo, one of Russia’s leading integrated and diversified meat producers, acquired 100 percent of the share capital along with the trademarks used by Chicken Kingdom for a purchase price of US$143 million. Chicken Kingdom, which had been operated by a US investment fund, Golden Rooster, is managed by Agribusiness Management Company (AMC) which is the management company for Agribusiness Partners International (API).

Chicken Kingdom was an attractive target with sales revenue of US$109 million in 2006. The company is a well known brand in Russia, rated number one for quality in its markets. Chicken Kingdom is known for its state-of-the-art poultry production facilities in Lipetsk and Bryansk. API is a US$100 million private equity investment fund which was organised to invest in food and agribusiness companies in the former Soviet Union.

Cherkizovo is one of the largest poultry producers in Russia, producing and packaging more than 1.2 million birds per week. The company is also one of the largest employers in the three regions of Russia in which it operates, with over 2,800 employees.

Squire Sanders’ transactional experts from the United States, the United Kingdom and Russia provided cross-border advice on the deal, with a team that included corporate lawyers in Russia and the United States. Partners David M. Wack (Moscow) and Sarah C. Carey (Washington DC) led the deal, with assistance from senior associate Patrick J. Brooks (Moscow), associate Denis A. Polyakov (Moscow), associate Anna E. Manyatkina (Moscow) and associate Elena E. Yurkina (Moscow).

Carey commented: "This deal is a good example of a US investment fund coming in early and building a modern plant with top quality managers, then selling it to a strong local competitor. It also reflects the dramatic growth in the Russian consumer sector, particularly food processing, and the trend toward local production instead of massive imports. Squire Sanders lawyers are working on many projects involving production in the consumer sector."

Squire Sanders has advised AMC/API in regard to previous transactions in the Commonwealth of Independent States including dairy facilities in Ukraine.

Squire Sanders’ substantial and rapidly expanding international practice represents clients with investments across the globe. The firm’s global platform helps it assist clients wherever their business interests lie. With lawyers who handle business-related transactions in 30 offices and five associated offices around the world, they can meet client requirements for in-country or cross-border transactions for clients across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and in all of the world’s major capital, financial and regulatory centres.

09-17-2007

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Gray-Robinson, P.A.

Keiner Selected to Florida Super Lawyers' Top 100 List
Jeffrey Keiner, a GrayRobinson shareholder, was chosen to the Florida Super Lawyers' Top 100 list. Super Lawyers identify the top .002 percent of attorneys in the state to be a part of its top 100 list. He was voted on and selected from 44,000 active attorneys in the state. Keiner is the head of the Firm's litigation department as a specialist in complex commercial, construction, professional liability, environmental and intellectual property litigation, arbitration and mediation.

GrayRobinson (www.gray-robinson.com) is one of Florida's fastest growing law firms. The 36 year old, full service firm provides legal services for Fortune 500 companies, emerging businesses, lending institutions, local governments, developers, entrepreneurs and individuals across Florida, the nation and the world. The firm has offices in Tampa, Tallahassee, Orlando, Naples, Melbourne, Lakeland, Key West, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale and Clermont.

09-17-2007

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