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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Paul, Weiss Real Estate Project Featured on Front Page of The New York Times
The front page of today's New York Times features an article on the development of MTA's West Side Railyards, the largest building site left in Manhattan. Beginning next month, developers will have the opportunity to bid for the rights to develop the land under a request for development proposals to be issued by MTA, in cooperation with New York City. The site, which totals nearly 13 million square feet of development potential, is generating intense interest among New York's development community, with the opportunity to develop a major new office and residential neighborhood on Manhattan's Far West Side. The article notes that the project must go through the city's lengthy land-use review process. We are representing the MTA in all aspects of the planning, sale and development of the site. The Paul, Weiss team includes real estate partner Meredith Kane, counsel Barry Langman, and associates Erica Loye and Stephan Steiner.

05-17-2007

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Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

Paul Hastings Welcomes Largest Summer Associates Class in Firm's History
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, announced today the arrival of 181 law students to its 2007 Summer Associate Program, the largest summer class in the Firm's history. The size of the summer class has grown 26% since last year and a remarkable 65% since 2005.

"Attracting and recruiting highly talented law students from top law schools to our Summer Associate Program is a crucial component of Paul Hastings' strategy for growth," said Seth Zachary, Chairman of Paul Hastings. "This year we substantially increased our class size to 181 students while not compromising the exceptional quality of the summer associates in our program."

Paul Hastings' Summer Associate Program provides law school students with a wide variety of legal experiences and significant interaction with firm attorneys. Each summer associate is paired with an associate-"mentor" who helps with transition and serves as a valuable resource for the summer associate.

Over the course of the Program, summer associates have the opportunity to complete a variety of work assignments for different attorneys in a variety of practice areas. They also typically have the opportunity to attend court and depositions; observe and assist in trials, hearings and negotiations; attend client meetings, closings and other such similar activities; and generally participate in day-to-day attorney activities.

05-17-2007

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Baker & McKenzie, L.L.P.

Baker & McKenzie LLP Represented Barclays Bank, S.A. in Secured Cross-Border Real Estate Financing
Baker & McKenzie LLP represented the Spanish subsidiary of Barclays Bank plc, and part of Grupo Barclays España, Barclays Bank, S.A., as lender and agent in connection with a US$16,000,000 second mortgage financing and the first amendment to a US$51,000,000 first mortgage financing, in each case, over an 11 story multi-tenant office building in Washington, D.C., known as the Southern Railway Building, containing 250,605 square foot of net rentable area on a 32,673 square foot parcel of land, provided in favor of 1500 K Street LLC.

Grupo Barclays España is the sixth privately-owned banking group in Spain by total assets, 15,366 million euros, and the fifth by number of branches. Barclays has a network of over 500 branches in Spain and more than 500,000 clients, 60,000 of which are SMEs. After 30 years in Spain, Barclays has become the leader in foreign banking in Spain.

Jose A. Moran, Baker & McKenzie Banking & Finance Partner, said: ''We are pleased with the opportunity to advise Barclays Bank, S.A. on this significant cross-border transaction, as well as, to continue to serve Barclays Bank, S.A. through a single team of attorneys across different fields of law and countries.''

The Baker & McKenzie team was lead by banking & finance Partners Jose A. Moran and Craig Meland in Chicago, with the assistance of Partner Steven Murawski in Chicago, Partner David Cole in Washington, D.C., and associate Andres Vidal and paralegal Nancy Vidad in Chicago.

Manel García and Patricia McDonald both associates and tax specialist based in the Barcelona and Chicago offices respectively assisted in connection with certain tax aspects related to this secured financing.

1500 K Street LLC was represented by Greene Radovsky Maloney Share & Hennigh LLP.

05-17-2007

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Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

Insurance Regulatory Specialist David Hauge Joins Sonnenschein in Los Angeles
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP announced today that David F. Hauge has joined the law firm as a partner in the national Insurance Regulatory Practice Group. He will reside in the firm’s Los Angeles office.

Hauge has more than 30 years’ experience in the insurance industry as both in-house and outside counsel. He has defended class action and unfair business practice-related litigation filed against insurers, financial business services firms and their agencies as well as defended insurers in administrative hearings. Hauge’s experience extends to testifying regarding proposed regulations and counseling insurers and other financial institutions regarding various business, regulatory and legal issues that may arise in market conduct, rate, and other regulatory examinations and major transactions such as mergers and acquisitions.

“David knows the insurance regulatory industry inside and out, having counseled insurance entities for decades on the full range of issues that our clients must deal with on a regular basis,” said Gary Hernandez, national chair of the Insurance Regulatory Practice Group. “I’ve known David for years and it’s great to have him join our team.”

“Sonnenschein offers me a great opportunity to work alongside the top litigators and insurance regulatory lawyers,” Hauge said. “It’s the perfect place for me to expand my current practice.”

Hauge joins Sonnenschein from the Los Angeles office of Lord Bissell & Brook LLP, where he was managing partner until March 2007. He earned a J.D. degree from the University of Tulsa College of Law and a B.A. degree from San Diego State University. Prior to joining Lord Bissell, Hauge was on the management committee at Knapp Petersen & Clarke LLP in Los Angeles, and previously worked as general counsel for Montgomery Ward Insurance Group. He is currently a board member of the Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation and a member of the California Conference of Insurance Counsel.

05-17-2007

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Preston, Gates, Ellis, Rouvelas & Meeds, L.L.P.

K&L Gates’ New York Office Continues Recent Growth with Partner Addition
Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP (K&L Gates) welcomes partner Stephan Mallenbaum to its New York office. Mallenbaum joins the firm from Jones Day.

Mallenbaum counsels clients on issues relating to capital formation, mergers and acquisitions and the growth of entrepreneurial ventures. He is experienced in handling complex global, multiparty transactions.

Mallenbaum also brings to K&L Gates more than 25 years of technology-sector experience, where he works with clients to structure and develop private equity financings, public offerings, strategic partnerships, joint ventures, executive compensation plans, technology commercializations, liquidity transactions and other innovative arrangements unique to this area of business.

Woody Collins, Administrative Partner of K&L Gates’ New York office, said: “Stephan’s background is an ideal complement to our transactional capacity here in New York and in markets around the world. Our clients in technology and other vital sectors will benefit from his experience.”

K&L Gates’ Chairman and Global Managing Partner Peter J. Kalis said: “Stephan represents yet another building block in our growing New York office and in establishing K&L Gates as a leading global law firm with deep roots in technology and intellectual property transactions. We are pleased to welcome him to the firm.

05-17-2007

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Phillips Lytle, L.L.P.

PHILLIPS LYTLE LLP PARTNER MARK J. MORETTI NAMED TRUSTEE WITH MONROE COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
Mark J. Moretti a Partner with Phillips Lytle LLP, a full service law firm with statewide coverage, was named to the Monroe County Bar Association Board of Trustees. Active with the Monroe County Bar for several years, he currently serves as chair of the Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee and is former chairman of both the Real Property Tax Committee and Courts Committee.

At Phillips Lytle, Mr. Moretti’s practice focuses on business and tort litigation with Apr-07 concentration on construction disputes, commercial contracts, ERISA and other real property litigation. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, Mr. Moretti received his J.D. from University at Buffalo Law School and his B.A. from University of Rochester. In addition to his involvement with the Monroe County Bar, Mr. Moretti is also a member of the American and New York State Bar Associations and serves as Secretary of the Trial Lawyers Section of the New York State Bar. He currently serves on the board of directors for the Volunteer Legal Services Project, Bristol Harbor Condominium III, and Rochester Downtown Development Corporation.

05-17-2007

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Menter, Rudin & Trivelpiece, P.C.

Mitchell J. Katz elected President of the Board of Directors of Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, Inc.
Mitchell J. Katz was elected President of the Board of Directors of Syracuse Habitat for Humanity, Inc. at its annual meeting on Monday, April 2, 2007, after serving two years as its Vice President. Syracuse Habitat for Humanity (www.syracusehabitat.org) works in partnership with businesses, housing organizations and people, from all walks of life, to help families in need, by building and renovating houses in the Syracuse area, so that there are decent houses in decent neighborhoods which will provide those in need with the ability to fulfill their potential.

Mr. Katz is a member of the firm's Board of Directors and manager of the Litigation practice group. Mr. Katz handles commercial litigation in state and federal courts in cases involving creditors' rights, lender liability defense, limited liability companies and partnerships, shareholder disputes in closely held corporations, contract disputes, trade secrets and technology licensing matters, employers' rights under non-competition and confidentiality agreements, and contested commercial foreclosure actions. Mr. Katz also provides litigation support to the firm’s Business Restructuring and Bankruptcy practice group in complex matters arising under and in connection with cases filed under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code.

Mr. Katz has lectured on commercial litigation issues for the New York State Bar Association, the Central New York Bankruptcy Bar Association and the Capital District Bankruptcy Bar Association. He has organized the Onondaga County Bar Association’s Law Section’s programs at the Syracuse Technology Garden. Mr. Katz is also a member of the Finance Committee of CNY Med Tech, an organization promoting the bioscience industry in Central New York.

05-17-2007

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