ILN - International Lawyers Network

Soemadipradja & Taher is an Indonesian law firm providing international standard corporate legal services. A number of attorneys in the firm have international qualifications and many have gained experience working outside Indonesia.

At present, the firm comprises 5 Partners, approximately 35 Associate Attorneys and expatriate Foreign Counsels.

Soemadipradja & Taher focuses on providing business with commercial, corporate and transactional advice. Working closely with clients to develop effective, cost-efficient solutions to problems, the firm is an important resource for ideas, advice and action for clients.

The firm’s clients are mostly multinational companies or their Indonesian subsidiaries. The clients come from various line of business including oil and gas, mining, telecommunication, banking and finance, insurance, consumer goods and property.

Areas in which the firm possesses acknowledged expertise and experience include:

The firm’s clients can be assured of an efficient response and a high standard of service. Soemadipradja & Taher is equipped to assist clients through its combination of legal expertise, practical business skills, integrity and local knowledge

For further information about the firm and individual attorneys, please consult their website, www.soemath.com

The firm has developed a business-oriented practice focused mainly on providing legal services to corporate clients. Client’s list includes Portuguese and international companies of all sizes in various industries such as TMT, construction and real estate, tobacco, tourism, trade, insurance, financing, gambling, medicine, food, etc.

MGRA also provides services to the state and public bodies, advising a number of national public authorities.

MGRA is a full service legal firm but focused in particular on providing a broad range of legal services covering all aspects of business law. Foreign clients represent an important part of the practice, including investments’ global planning and consultancy and cross border operations.

Corporate and Commercial, Finance, Tax, Capital Markets, Intellectual Property, Real Estate and Construction, TMT, Baking and Insurance, Administrative, Labour, Litigation

The Firm has developed a business oriented practice focused mainly on providing legal services to corporate clients. Our clients’ list includes Bulgarian, international and joint venture companies of all sizes with various business activities such as TV and Radio broadcasting, building and operating of Production Plants, construction, real estate investments, tourism, trade, insurance, financing, gambling, medicine, education, etc.

Teralex Consult is very well positioned with the local authorities and consults directly with them on various issues concerning our clients’ activities. The Partners of Teralex Consult have extensive experience in consulting a number of national public authorities as well as in drafting of primary and secondary legislation. Therefore, the firm has established a long term collaboration with a number of government institutions based on excellent professional reputation and integrity.

Teralex Consult provides a broad range of legal services covering all aspects of business law. A significant part of the firms’ practice is to advise foreign clients on all aspects related to establishing business in Bulgaria - from company formation to successful project implementation.

The working languages of the firm are English, French and Bulgarian. The head office is located in Sofia with a branch office in Plovdiv.

Corporate Law, Commercial contracts and transactions, Foreign Investments, Commercial Property, Real Estate and Construction, Privatisation and Concession, Telecommunication, Media, Entertainment, Banking and Finance, Insurance Law, Tax, Intellectual Property, Competition Law, Administrative Law and Public Procurement, Bankruptcy, Litigation and Arbitration

ÖZCAN & NATAN is a full service law firm located in Istanbul, Turkey. The firm focuses mainly on corporate, business and administrative laws. Özcan & Natan provides legal assistance to a wide range of national and international clients. Throughout its legal services, Özcan & Natan also co-operates with independent of counsels who have academic and practical experience in the field of private law, at large. The firm aims always to meet the client’s expectations in terms of quality, efficiency and cost of service.

The firm members are able to converse and correspond fluently in English, German and French which provides the flexibility to serve local clients in international markets and international clients locally along their business transactions in Turkey and follow up, understand developments in international legal practice as well as international uniform laws.

All lawyers in the firm have access to all jurisdictions in Turkey and have right to standing before all courts in Turkey.

Trade Law, Corporate Law, Business Law, Tax Law, Securities Law, Banking Law, Competition Law, International Trade Regulation, International Private Law, Assurance Law, Bankruptcy Law, Estate Law, Law of Obligations, Tort Law, Law of Testaments, Administrative Law, Commercial Criminal Law.

LEGAS LEGAL SOLUTIONS is a team of experts in the field of judiciary practice and legal consulting. Legas employs a team of legal experts and managers, handling projects of complex legal support of Russian and foreign clients’ activity.

The history of the company dates back to 1999 when Dmitry Dyakin (who is now a managing partner of LEGAS LEGAL SOLUTIONS) formed a legal department in the structure of a large industrial holding.

On November 17, 2002 the decision was made to establish an independent legal company. Since then, LEGAS has been successfully operating in the market of legal services. At present, highly qualified lawyers and advisers work in the company. For two years, they have participated in more than 450 litigations, with 86.7 % cases being a success.

LEGAS has wide experience and a serious track record in the following activities: due diligence, litigation, mediation, claims, legal opinion, support of legal procedures, legal documentation, regulatory authority disputes, real estate appraisal, privatization and bankruptcy procedures, etc.

• Land, real estate and construction
• Credit transactions and financial operations
• Litigation
• International commerce
• Corporate and labour relations
• Tax

LEGAS has a vast international practice, including about 20 realized projects with foreign companies over the last two years. Due to strategic cooperation with leading western law firms the firm can effectively represent Russian business abroad as well as foreign companies in Russia.

Verralls Barristers & Solicitors is a medium size commercial law firm based in Gibraltar specialising in company and trust law, private client matters, wills and probate, conveyancing, telecommunications, data protection, insurance and civil litigation.

John Verrall established the firm in November 1999. John is an Australian national and originally qualified to practise law as a Barrister and Solicitor in Australia in 1982.

The firm operates in association with BDO, the world wide network of accountants and auditors. The BDO representative office in Gibraltar is BDO Fidecs which provides a diverse range of client introductions to Verralls as well as offering additional support expertise to its clients in matters such as company and trust formation, forensic accounting and other complimentary professional services, where needed.

The firm now has a total of 3 lawyers including John. Craig Fortunato, who was admitted to practise law as a Barrister in Gibraltar in 2001 and who joined the firm in June 2003 and Chris Miles who was admitted to practise law as a Barrister in Gibraltar in 2004 and joined the firm at the same time. Each lawyer in the firm has been previously admitted to the Supreme Court of England and Wales to practice law, which is a legal prerequisite in Gibraltar to being eligible to be admitted as a barrister or solicitor to the Supreme Court of Gibraltar.

The typical profile of clients of the firm are high net worth individuals (usually from the UK) who have or are looking to retire to Spain or Portugal. Other clients of the firm are mainly corporate, who are looking to set up an international structure based in Gibraltar, to take advantage of its tax haven status and/or Gibraltar’s status as a member of the European Union. The firm also acts for clients looking to purchase property in Gibraltar and can assist with purchasing property in Spain and Portugal.

It is with great pleasure we announce that Kochanski Brudkowski & Partners has joined the ILN.

Kochanski Brudkowski and Partners is a fast-growing mid-sized firm, with a wide rage of legal services for a long list of blue chip clients in such diverse fields as IT, Transportation and FMCG. Over recent years they have built an excellent reputation for their intellectual property, litigation and corporate practices, always being highly recommended in professional directories. They also provide advice on competition law, payment collection, franchising, licensing and M & A. Alongside traditional fields of legal practice, the offer tax advice and patent representation.

Kochanski Brudkowski and Partners service medium and large domestic clients as well as major international companies. Their offices are modern and fully computerized. All of their lawyers speak English with some speaking German, Russian and Spanish. The firm serves as a hub for legal services on behalf of their international clients.

Statement of Practice: Banking Finance, Bankruptcy and Liquidation, Competition and Intellectual Property, Commercial Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate and Commercial Transaction, International Trade and Distribution, Mergers and Acquisition, Privatization, Project Finance, Regulatory Law, Restructuring and Debt Restructuring, European Union Law, Communications and Media, Patent, Energy Law. Year Established: 1998

Firm Profile: One of few Polish independent full scope practice law firms established by a lawyer who gained significant experience with large international law firms over the last decade of Polish transformation. The firm founder, Mr. Piotr Kochanski, formerly was a partner with White & Case and Hogan & Hartson. Kochanski Brudkowski & Partners sp. j. has quickly found its place in the already tough competition on the Polish legal market and it built up to the highest of professional standards. The firm serves blue-chip clients from IT, media, telecommunication and fast growing e-commerce industries, fast moving consumer goods, financial services and investment banking, pharmaceuticals, automotive, mining and steel industries and other sectors.

Clients: REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS: Intel Corp.; ReckittBenckiser; Eurosport TV Channel; Eurozet Radio; Rotschild Poland; Polish Government; HSBC Investment Banking Poland; US Pharmacia; EDF-ENBW Energy; Office Depot; Mitsui Poland.

For further information about the firm and individual attorneys, please consult their website, www.kochanskioffices.com.pl.

STRADLING YOCCA CARLSON & RAUTH - NEWPORT BEACH, CALIFORNIA
AdmittedAugust 2004

We are very pleased to announce that Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth has joined the ILN.

Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth is one of Southern California's leading law firms representing both established and emerging growth companies in a variety of industries and throughout the U.S. and internationally. The firm represents a diverse array of companies at all stages of their existence, including formation, angel and seed financing, venture capital financing, mergers and acquisitions and IPOs and secondary equity and debt financings. Stradling is well known as one of the west-coast's leading corporate and securities law firms, and is a full service regional firm with active practices in litigation, intellectual property, life sciences, real estate, tax, employment law and public finance.

The firm began nearly 30 years ago and today is one of California's dominant law firms with more than 100 lawyers. The firm continues to grow in prominence as a leading business and municipal law firm because of its commitment to finding the best legal solutions to clients' business needs. Stradling has been referred to in press accounts as the "Wilson Sonsini of the South (meaning southern California).

Stradling's corporate clients, both public and private, are engaged in a variety of fields, including high technology, biotechnology, real estate development, manufacturing, finance and service. Carls Junior (CKE), Newport Corporation, Powerwave Technologies, Hyundai Motor America, Morgan Stanley and the Irivine Company are among the firms clients. Stradling also often focuses on joining companies early in their corporate life, guiding them soundly through periods of strong growth and helping them attain higher business plateaus, providing services ranging from private equity transactions and public offerings to mergers and acquisitions.

Municipal clients include counties, cities, redevelopment agencies, school districts, water districts, joint powers authorities and a variety of other public agencies for whom the firm provides legal expertise in finance, redevelopment and general public sector legal counsel.

The dynamics of it's originating region, Orange County, and the entrepreneurial spirit of its clients drives the philosophy of Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth. It has resonated with clients worldwide. As attorneys, the firm believes it must do more than keep up with growth and innovation; it must stay ahead of them, influence them and continually grow in experience to serve clients' increasingly challenging needs. The unique environment of Orange County has created a unique law firm with national and international reach - experienced, focused on results, committed to productivity and excellence.

ILN Contacts:

C. Craig Carlson

carlson@sycr.com

(949) 725-4000

Bruce Feuchter

bfeuchter@sycr.com

(949) 725-4000

Todd Gordinier

tgordinier@sycr.com

(949) 725-4000

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in Phoenix , Arizona , Ryley Carlock & Applewhite.

Established in 1948, Ryley Carlock & Applewhite is a general practice law firm with an outstanding reputation. Ryley Carlock is a well-managed firm, with a long history of financial security and stability. Within its market, the firm is characterized as a mid-sized firm, but one that is more likely to do “large firm” work. Ryley Carlock regularly performs some types of work on a national and regional basis, including, among others, work in Colorado and New Mexico .

The firm's key attributes include a top tier, highly visible Water Rights practice and a solid Labor and Employment practice; solid Real Estate and Corporate practices with deep ties to some of the firm's largest clients; and a broad, sophisticated Litigation practice. The firm also has active practices in Bankruptcy, Taxation, Estate Planning, Immigration, and Intellectual Property.

In 2001, the firm joined with Scott Higginson, former Del Webb vice president of government and public affairs, to form FourSquare Group. FourSquare, which functions as a separate business entity, represents clients in the areas of government affairs, lobbying, public relations, campaign management and political consulting. FourSquare's client list includes Chevron USA, New Mexico & Arizona Land Co., Healthnet of Arizona, and the Western Growers Association.

In 2003, Ryley Carlock was one of only 63 law firms nationwide that was recognized as technologically savvy in BTI Consulting Group's survey of in-house legal counsel at over 1000 corporations.

Ryley Carlock has an outstanding reputation and enjoys an impressive and diverse client base that includes such companies as Phelps Dodge Corporation, Intel Corporation, Bank of America, Accuride Corporation, Southern Union Corporation, PetsMart, Inc., U-Haul International, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank. Other representative clients are: Arcadia Water Company; Artisan Homes; Arizona Public Service Company; Aztec Land & Cattle Company, Ltd.; Banner Health System; Chevron Texaco Corporation; Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.; Chino Valley Irrigation District; Electrical District No. 7; First National Bank of Arizona ; Hospital District No. One, Maricopa County; Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pinal; Knight Transportation, Inc.; McMicken Irrigation District; Maricopa County, Arizona Pollution Control Corporation; Maricopa Water District; Morgan Stanley; Mutoh America, Inc.; Odyssey Homes, LLC; Page Land & Cattle Co.; Pinnacle West Capital Corporation; Pulte Homes; Roosevelt Water Conservation District; SunChase Holdings Company; Thunderbird – The American Graduate School of International Management; Washington Mutual Bank; White Mountain Communities Special Health Care District.

Mr. Christopher A. Coury ( ccoury@rcalaw.com )
Telephone: (602) 440-4847
Fax: (602) 257-6947

Mr. Rodolfo Parga, Jr. ( rparga@rcalaw.com )
Telephone: (602) 440-4848
Fax: (602) 257-6948

Mr. James E. Brophy ( jbrophy@rcalaw.com )
Telephone: (602) 440-4807
Fax: (602) 257-6907

One North Central Avenue, Suite 1200
Phoenix , Arizona 85004-4417

For further information about the firm and individual attorneys, please consult their website, www.rcalaw.com , or their listings on Martindale-Hubbell.

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in Taipei , Taiwan , CHLY & Partners.

CHLY & Partners is a mid-sized, 20 plus, law firm Founded in 1995, the firm has grown to a mid-sized firm in Taiwan . The Firm is recognized among its clients for its outstanding work in litigation, corporate and transactional matters, as well as international work. Its clients range from domestic enterprises to foreign corporations (including publicly traded companies and Fortune 500 companies), and from the sectors of traditional manufacturing to high technology and from financial services to E-commerce. Its lawyers are committed to providing the best expert advice and legal representation at a reasonable cost to its clients. The firm emphasizes the integrity in the relationship the firm has with each of its clients, the building of its professional knowledge, teamwork and international cooperation.

Banking, Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution, General Commercial and Corporate Law, Investment, Government Contracts, Joint Venture, Intellectual Property, Insurance, International Trade and Shipping, Mergers & Acquisitions, Securities and Taxation.

Their clients range from domestic enterprises to multinational corporations and from the sectors of traditional businesses to high technology and to service industries (including banks, insurance companies, securities firms and other financial institutions). Among the foreign nationalities of their clients are the United States , Canada , Germany , United Kingdom , France , the Netherlands , Japan , and Hong Kong , some of which are publicly traded and Fortune 500 companies.

ILN Contact Person:
Mr. Benson Yan ( benson.yan@chly-law.com )
9F, 38, Duenhua S. Road , Section 2
Taipei , Taiwan
Telephone: (886 2) 2704-2203
Fax: (886 2) 2704-2133

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in Nassau, Halsbury Chambers.

Halsbury Chambers is a multidisciplinary, commercial law practice, established in December 2000 by Mr. W. A. Branville McCartney, a former Acting Magistrate and civil litigation lawyer. The firm expanded its scope and practice of the law with the admission of Mr. Alexander Berkley Ferguson, a civil and commercial litigation lawyer, and Mr. Tyrone L. E. Fitzgerald, a corporate and commercial lawyer, to the partnership of the firm, in July 2001.

Since then, the firm has broadened its institutional and individual client base and strategically positioned itself as a client-centered, solutions-oriented, law practice with a unique commercial sensibility to the needs of sophisticated and increasingly knowledgeable, local and international clientele, who require more than traditional legal services.

The areas of practice of the firm are: civil and commercial litigation, aviation law, conveyancing, real and commercial property, construction law, personal injury, divorce, matrimonial, and family law, insurance law and litigation, banking, corporate, company and commercial law, investment/mutual funds, securities, e-commerce, wills, estates and probate, trusts, international tax and estate planning, immigration, employment and industrial relations, shipping and admiralty law, copyright and trademarks, and international business transactions.

In 2003, the firm incorporated a management company, HCH Corporate Services Ltd., which is licenced under the Financial & Corporate Service Providers Act, 2000 (as amended), to provide financial and corporate services including, but not limited to, company formation and management services, nominee services, legal and compliance training, management consultancy, accounting and re-invoicing, and business advisory services.

The typical clients of the firm are offshore and commercial banks and trust companies, insurance firms, mutual fund administrators, construction companies, pension funds, international corporate and commercial clients, and local and foreign individual clients.
Halsbury Chambers is a member of The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB), a collaborative group of quasi-government officials and private sector participants which promotes, and provides strategic direction to, the financial services industry, both locally and internationally.

The firm is located at Halsbury Commercial Centre, Suite 1, Village Road North which is within short walking distance of some of the leading accounting firms, mutual fund administrators, and bank and trust companies in the country, and ten minutes driving distance from the main financial and commercial centre of the City of Nassau, various government, quasi-government and regulatory offices, and the Houses of Parliament.
We encourage all members to contact the firm at your convenience and welcome them to the Network.

Tyrone L.E. Fitzgerald
(tlefhalsburych@coralwave.com)
Halsbury Chambers
Halsbury Commercial Centre, Suite 1
Village Road North, P.O. Box N-979
Nassau, The Bahamas
Telephone: 242-393-4551
Fax: 242-393-4558
Firm website: www.halsburylawchambers.com (under construction)

For further information about the firm and individual attorneys, please consult their website or their listings on Martindale-Hubbell.

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm Singhania & Partners.

Singhania & Partners is one of the largest full service national law firm in India. It has established a successful international corporate and commercial law practice out of its offices at New Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai and alliances with local counsels at 55 additional locations across India in 20 States. The firm comprises of a team of over 40 professionals in-house including 6 Chartered Accountants and 8 Company Secretaries. The following is information on the firm for your review:

Singhania & Partners is committed to provide quality legal services. The firm has been certified as an ISO 9002 law firm by Det Norske Veritas, The Netherlands.

The firm's practice areas include corporate & commercial law, intellectual property as well as arbitration and litigation. The firm has considerable experience in cross border transactions in the areas of joint ventures, foreign collaborations, technology transfer, mergers and acquisitions, as well as in assisting its clients in establishing wholly owned subsidiaries in India. The infrastructure practice of the firm has been active in projects in roads, power as well as telecom sector. The intellectual property practice comprises of both contentious as well as non-contentious matters in the areas of designs, trademark, copyright and patents. In the recent public private initiative of the Government of India, the firm has had considerable experience in the areas of disinvestments and privatization. Other areas the firm has been involved in include banking and finance, tax, regulatory approvals from governmental authorities such as Foreign Investment Promotion Board and Reserve Bank of India, litigation, domestic and international arbitration, labor and employment, real estate etc.

Singhania & Partners represents number of large as well as small and medium Indian businesses as well as multinational corporations including Fortune 500 companies. The firm also represents number of large Indian Government owned companies.

We encourage all members to contact the firm at your convenience and welcome them to the Network.

ILN Contact Person:
Ravi Singhania (rs@singhania.co.in)
Singhania & Partners
B-92, 9th Floor, Himalaya House, 23
Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi, India 110 001
Telephone: 91-11-2371-1000
Fax: 91-11-2371-6699
Firm website: www.singhania.co.in

For further information about the firm and individual attorneys, please consult their website or their listings on Martindale-Hubbell

LOMMEN, NELSON, COLE & STAGEBERG, P.A. - MINNEAPOLIS - MINNESOTA
Admitted July 2003

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in Minneapolis, Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A.

Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A. is a mid-sized, 35 plus, Midwest law firm offering litigation and appellate services, services to businesses and entrepreneurs, and counsel to individuals. The firm has offices in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Woodbury, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin. Martindale-Hubbell awarded Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A. its highest rating for legal ability and recommendation. The firm has certified trial specialists, certified real estate specialists and attorneys recognized as "Super Lawyers" and Leading American Attorneys in the fields of litigation, corporate transactions, appeals, and tax. Several of its members are listed in the Best Lawyers in America. Firm associates are among those named as "Rising Stars" in the legal community.

Its litigation practice includes complex cases involving wrongful death, products liability, food safety liability, drugs and medical devices, insurance coverage, business disputes, antitrust, construction and bankruptcy.

The firm has handled more than 350 appeals before the Minnesota and Wisconsin courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits, and other specialty courts. The firm associates with trial counsel or works directly with clients.

Lommen Nelson’s innovative corporate practice provides services such as corporate finance, securities regulation, business formations and reorganizations, public and private offerings, commercial transactions, and tax. Firm services include residential and commercial real estate, condemnation, succession planning, estate planning, probate and trust matters.

Lommen Nelson combines legal expertise, valuable experience, state-of-the-art technology, and knowledge of both the legal system and the business and government communities in which it provides services. Firm members actively participate in supporting both the legal community and the community as a whole. Firm members are responsive to the needs of clients and those that refer clients to them.
We encourage all members to contact the firm at your convenience and welcome them to the Network.

ILN Contact Person(s):
Stephen C. Rathke (steve@lommen.com)
Margie R. Bodas (Margie@lommen.com)
Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A.
1800 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Telephone: 612-339-8131
Fax: 612-339-8064
Toll Free: 800-752-4297
Firm website: www.lommen.com

MCKINNEY & STRINGER, P.C. - OKLAHOMA CITY - OKLAHOMA
Admitted March 2003
We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in Oklahoma City, McKinney & Stringer.
Since it was founded in 1971, McKinney & Stringer has grown into a multi-specialty firm serving clients in a wide range of business, industries and interest on both a local and national scale. Now one of Oklahoma's largest firms, McKinney and Stringer has continued to steadily expand not only the number of attorneys and professional support staff, but also the diversity of its practice areas, breadth of its client base, and the geographical location of its resources.

McKinney & Stringer maintains offices in both Oklahoma City and Tulsa. Its major practice areas focus on all aspects of corporate law and business transactions; intellectual property law; complex business litigation; insurance defense, product liability and personal injury law; environmental law; energy law and employment law. McKinney & Stringer provides clients, from individuals to large national corporations, with a full service law firm - a firm that combines up-to-date technological resources and a professional support staff with dedicated attorneys who are experienced in virtually every dimension of the legal profession. The firm has built its reputation on the pursuit of innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions for its clients' legal and business problems, and remains committed to this goal.

McKinney & Stringer recognizes its role in the community. Accordingly, it strives to contribute to its leadership, talents and resources to the progress and enrichment of its community.

McKinney & Stringer commits itself to developing all members of the firm to their maximum potential by promoting loyalty, instilling commitment and requiring excellence in each person's professional career. McKinney & Stringer cultivates a team-oriented approach to the practice of law that, at the same time, permits and encourages individual achievement and recognition.

We encourage all members to contact the firm at your convenience and welcome them to the Network.

ILN Contact Person:
Robert D. Tomlinson (TomlinsonR@McKinneyStringer.com)
McKinney & Stringer
Corporate Tower, 101 North Robinson
Suite 1300
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102-5510
Telephone: 405-239-6444
Fax: 405-239-7902
Firm website: www.McKinneyStringer.com

For further information about the firm and individual attorneys, please consult their website or their listings on Martindale-Hubbell

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in the Brussels, - VANDEN EYNDE & PARTNERS.

VANDEN EYNDE & PARTNERS was founded in 1993 and is registered at the Brussels Bar Association.

The association has a multilingual team of lawyers with a signification experience in assisting national and multinational clients on a large variety of legal services complying with international standards. The team consists in about fifteen people, of which ten lawyers (four partners).

The practice areas are related to the commercial law, particularly merges, acquisition, banking law, company law (establishment, shareholders agreements…), and also liquidation, bankruptcy and Court approved settlements with creditors. The practice has also experience in competition law, distribution contract law and litigation. In tax law VANDEN EYNDE & PARTNERS advises on VAT, taxation of natural persons and companies, on a local, federal or international level.

The association has also developed a practice in administrative law, including environmental law, town-planning law (planning permission, environmental approvals…), public procurements.

The clients of VANDEN EYNDE & PARTNERS are small and medium enterprises, major companies, large institutions and private and public sector legal entities.

As a result of its activities in the financial, commercial and industrial fields, the association has acquired a practical applied knowledge of the requirements of private and public sector players in the economy.

We encourage all members to contact the firm at your convenience and welcome them to the Network.

VANDEN EYNDE & PARTNERS
Avenue de la Couronne 340
1050 BRUSSELS
BELGIUM
Tel. : +32.(0)2.649.94.94
Fax : +32.(0)2.649.60.10
E-mail : johan.vandeneynde@vdepartners.be
Website : www.vdepartners.be.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome our new member firm based in Beijing, China, Lehman, Lee & Xu. In addition to its Head Office in Beijing, Lehman, Lee & Xu have offices in Shanghai, Shaoguan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
Established in 1992, Lehman, Lee & Xu, one of the first law firms established in China. Based in the capital city of Beijing, Lehman, Lee & Xu also has four additional branch offices spread throughout the country. Combined with its knowledgeable staff, extensive years of experience in the People’s Republic of China and its many branch offices, Lehman, Lee & Xu is one of the few firms able to provide its international clientele with quality service in all areas of Chinese law throughout the nation.

In just a decade, Lehman, Lee & Xu has lead the industry in guiding a long list of foreign enterprises through the complexities of government laws, assisted in obtaining various approvals and licensing and has helped to establish many successful foreign investment enterprises in China. The firm’s presence and contributions to the business community in China is undeniable.
Areas of practice: Antidumping, Aviation & Maritime, Bankruptcy & Reorganization, China Mandatory National Standards Guidance, Corporate Services, Debt Management & Collection, Due Diligence, Entertainment & Sports, Food & Drug, Franchising, Human Resources, Information Technology, Insurance & Risk Management, Intellectual Property, International Trade & Marketing, Investment Funds, Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Mergers & Acquisitions, Not For Profit, Product Liability, Project & Infrastructure Finance, Real Estate, Securities, Taxation, Telecommunications.

We encourage all members to contact the firm at your convenience and welcome them to the Network.

ILN Contact Person:
Edward Lehman (elehman@lehmanlaw.com)
Lehman, Lee & Xu
China Lawyers, Patent & Trademark Agents
6th floor, Dongwai Diplomatic Office Building
23 Dongzhimenwai Dajie
Beijing 100600 China
Tel: (86) (10) 8532-1919
Fax: (86) (10) 8532-1999
Firm website: www.chinalaw.cc

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in the Guatemala, Corporacion de Abogados Aguilar & Zarceño

Aguilar & Zarceño is one of the largest and most prestigious law firms in Guatemala, having gained broad and irrefutable experience in all fields covered by Guatemalan laws. In this respect, the firm has a solid team of legal counselors distinguished for outstanding performance in their profession, who promptly find solutions to legal and notarial requirements in and out of court. The firm has multilingual capabilities in French, English, Spanish, German, Italian and Japanese.

Aguilar & Zarceño was organized in 1981. Since then, the firm has gained recognition for its capacity to render professional and legal advice, as well as integrated services. Client interests and worldwide events have demanded the specialized and continuous support of its professional staff to respond to highly complex issues. Moreover, the staff of Aguilar & Zarceño has participated in a myriad of cultural, academic, economic, juridical, and legislative events that have given it a more clear vision as well as enhanced its capacity to understand the needs of its clients. The firm’s goal is to provide the best service possible.

Aguilar & Zarceño offers expertise in a broad range of practice areas, such as Intellectual Property, Trademarks, Patents, Industrial Designs, Prosecution, Registration and Infringements, Licensing and Franchising, Anti-piracy, Unfair Competition, Trade Dress, Computer, Software and Multimedia Law, Copyrights, Domain Names, Banking, Trust Administration, Real Estate Planning, Probate Law, Personal Injury, Negligence Litigation, Tax Law and Financial Consulting.

The Intellectual Property area is one of the main pillars of the firm. The firm provides a variety of services in this area including advice regarding the protection of registration and maintenance of patents, trademarks, slogans, copyrights, utility models, industrial designs, and industrial secrets.

Furthermore, the firm keeps at pace with state-of-the-art technology. Aguilar & Zarceño pioneered in Central America with the creation of software containing the National Legislation and known as LEXENESIS, as well as other programs such as ABOGADO Y NOTARIO (LAWYER AND NOTARY) which structure and organize law firm files to provide efficient and expeditious services. The newest innovation of this firm is an Investment Promotion Office inside the firm, which is aiding business to invest in and out of the Latin American Region, using the strategic alliances made through ILN with other firms as gateways to international Markets.

ILN Contact Person:
Lissa Marie Polanco (lpolanco@legal.com.gt)
Corporación de Abogados Aguilar & Zarceño
3 avenida zona 10 Torre CITIBANK nivel 17-18
Guatemala City, Guatemala

International Address
Section 8447 P.O. Box 02-5289
Miami, Florida 33102-5289

Telephone: +502 339 8000 ext 122
Fax: +502 339 8010
Firm website: http://www.legal.com.gt/

PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners v.o.s - CZECH REPUBLIC
Admitted November 2002

Since its foundation in 2000, the law office PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners v.o.s. has been one of the largest independent Czech law firms. Since January 2001 it has a branch office in Bratislava, the Slovak Republic.
PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners v.o.s. has a multilingual team of lawyers who have significant experience in assisting multi-national clients on a large variety of legal services complying with international standards. The firm provides legal services in the fields of Czech, Slovak and French law.
The team at PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners v.o.s. currently comprises more than 60 persons, of which there are about 50 lawyers (9 partners).
Areas of practice relate to activities of key foreign investors in the Czech and Slovak Republics. Ten of the firm’s clients are among the top 40 companies listed on the Paris Stock Exchange Index CAC 40. PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners v.o.s. also advises many domestic clients - individuals, companies and institutions. However, the fact that foreign clients outnumber the domestic ones represents neither the aim nor limiting factor of the firm.
PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners v.o.s. offers expertise in a broad range of practice areas, such as Bankruptcy Law, Company Law, Competition Law, Contract Law, Construction and Development Law, Corporate Law, , Finance, IT, Intellectual Property Law, International Law, Labour Law, Litigation, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities, Tax Law.
All the members of PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners v.o.s. have acquired professional experience enabling them to provide legal services corresponding to international standards. All of them have a brilliant mastery of the relevant languages and a majority of them attended long-term studies abroad and practiced within other national and international law offices both in the Czech and Slovak Republics, as well as in countries of the European Union.

PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners v.o.s.
Na Prikope 15/583
Prague, Czech Republic 110 00
Telephone: +420 272 143 400
Fax: +420 272 143 470
Firm website: www.cabinet.cz

PETERKA, LEUCHTEROVÁ & partners s.r.o.
Kapitulska 18/A
Bratislava, Slovakia 811 01
Telephone: +421 2 544 18 700
Fax: +421 2 544 18 701

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in the West End of London, Fladgate Fielder.

Fladgate Fielder is a leading business law firm located in the West End of London, providing a full range of legal services to clients from all sectors of commerce and industry in the UK and overseas, including multinationals, major institutions and listed companies, clearing banks, lenders and entrepreneurs.

They have avoided the traditional model of setting up foreign offices and believe that they can provide a more tailored, proactive and efficient service to clients with international business from their London "desks" which serve continental Europe (with an emphasis on the Germanic countries and France), Israel and the U.S.

Their desks are managed by multi-lingual lawyers who have practiced in the relevant country, all of whom possess the required mix of linguistic, legal and transactional skills. Effective cross-border advice should cover more than just the technicalities however, and they place as great an emphasis on their lawyers' knowledge of the culture and mentality of the country with which they are dealing.

Fladgate Fielder can trace its ancestry back to 1760. One of the oldest records of instruction comes from Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, in relation to the setting up of the Smithsonian Institute in the US.

Historically Fladgates was a traditional firm with offices in Pall Mall, SW1 and counted many institutions, trusts, aristocrats and politicians (including Winston Churchill and Anthony Eden), amongst its client base. A major change for the firm occurred in 1977 when Fladgates merged with Walters Vandercom & Hart and practised as Walters Fladgate from offices in Queen Anne Street, W1.
By 1986 the pressure for change had become irresistible and the partners agreed to transform the firm into a commercial practice through merger. In 1988 a match was found which most onlookers regarded as bizarre. Walters Fladgate would merge with the well-known West End property firm, Fielder Le Riche.
The two firms were utterly different. Fielder Le Riche was the typical commercial property developer's practice, enterprising and dynamic, but both partnerships saw the different cultures of the two firms and their very different clientele as an advantage. There was a classic synergy to be exploited.
Despite the differences, the merger was a success. Fladgate Fielder weathered the recession successfully and came out of it ready to develop a leading corporate practice that would complement the firm's existing strengths in property, litigation, tax and private client.

Statement of Practice:
English, European (particularly in French and German speaking countries) and U.S. Business Law Practice. Primarily a Corporate practice with an International focus, including advising on German law. The main areas of work are Corporate, Corporate Finance, Banking and Financial Services, Intellectual Property, Venture Capital, AIM Quotations, MBO's and Litigation (including Professional Negligence), Real Estate, Taxation, Insolvency, Environmental, EC and Competition, Immigration, Pensions, Employment and Employee Benefits, Computer Law, Trusts and Estates and Private Client.

We encourage all members to contact the firm at your convenience and welcome them into the Network.

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in Singapore named Goodwins Law Corporation.

Goodwins Law Corporation is a commercially minded law firm, which understands and appreciates the realities in the commercial world. Their lawyers have held professional, management, business development and other responsibilities in multi-national Corporations and in Government entities. At Goodwins they focus on the things that matter to their clients, which is reflected in their culture of Client Care and Quality Control.

While Goodwins has proven strength in traditional legal work such as in Real Property and Conveyancing Practice, it also has niche practice expertise in newer areas of law, such as eCommerce law. Their Chairman, Dr. (Assoc. Prof.) Toh See Kiat, is heavily involved in local and international eCommerce organizations.

Goodwins acts for Singaporean and International Corporate, Commercial, Public Sector and Private Clients. A list of representative clients is available on request.

Goodwins main areas of work are in: ADR, Mediation & Mediation Advocacy, Banking & Finance, Commercial Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Corporate & Commercial Law, Estate & Trust, Family Law, Information Technology & E Commerce, Insurance, Intellectual Property Rights, International Development & Transactions, Legislative Drafting, Migration Law, Private Clients, and Real Property & Conveyancing.

Stanley Jeremiah obtained his LL B (Hons) Degree in 1983 and a LL M Degree, in 1985, from London University. He was called as a Barrister [England & Wales] in 1984 and as an Advocate & Solicitor in Singapore in 1986. In 1997 he was admitted as a Solicitor in England & Wales. In 1994 he was admitted as an Associate of the Chartered Insurance Institute and subsequently became a Chartered Insurer and was elected a Fellow of the Institute in 1997. As a lawyer, life insurers, general insurers and insurance brokers, have engaged Stanley both locally and internationally. Stanley has been involved in various areas of development in the Insurance industry and has been called upon to advise insurers and industry bodies on the impact of legislative and regulatory changes and the opportunities they present.

Peter Ng has an LL B (Hons) Degree from the National University of Singapore in 1982 and LL M from the University of Melbourne in 1996. He was admitted as an Advocate & Solicitor in Singapore in 1983 and a Barrister & Solicitor in the State of Victoria, Australia in 1994. Peter is a partner in the firm’s commercial litigation department. In addition to practicing in Singapore, Peter has worked at one time with the ILN member in Gadens Lawyers. He is also an active mediator on various mediation panels both in Singapore and Australia.

We are delighted to announce that the Network has welcomed a new member firm based in Miami, Florida named Shutts & Bowen LLP.

Shutts & Bowen is one of Florida's oldest law firms and has been committed to providing first-rate legal services and the highest degree of professionalism since their inception in 1910. With over 130 attorneys, the firm is headquartered in Miami and has four additional Florida offices in Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach, Orlando and Tallahassee as well as two offices in Europe. Firm attorneys have served the community and the profession as judges in the State Circuit Court, State Court of Appeal, Supreme Court of Florida, United States Court of Appeal and United States Supreme Court, Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Mayor of the City of Miami, United States Congressman and as elected officials in the State Legislature, the Florida Bar and American Bar Association. The firm practices in Federal and State Courts and before Administrative Agencies, and specializes in the following practice areas: Admiralty, Antitrust, Appellate, Aviation, Business Litigation, Construction Litigation, Corporate, Creditors' Rights & Bankruptcy, Environmental, Financial Services, Health Care, Immigration, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Internal Investigations and Audit, International Law, Internet, Labor & Employment, Land Use & Zoning, Public Finance, Real Estate/Leasing, Tax and Trusts & Estates. The firm's Governmental Law Practice Group provides a full range of services including the following practice areas: Lobbying Services, Legislative and Executive Branch, Eminent Domain, Telecommunications, Government Procurement Issues, Public-Private Ventures, Construction Contracts, Ad Valorem Tax Issues, Civil Rights, Affordable Housing, School Boards, Environmental, Special Benefit, Districts, Health Law, Relocation Incentives and Transportation/Airports.Shutts & Bowen offers their clients - whether local, state, national or international - a diverse and complete range of high quality and responsive legal services. The firm represents major industrial corporations and life insurance companies, utilities companies, securities brokerage firms, transportation concerns, national and international financial institutions, local banking firms, major foreign companies, health care organizations, local municipalities, local corporations, and individuals and smaller enterprises of every nature.

The ILN Contact for Shutts & Bowen will be Mr. Timothy J. Murphy (tmurphy@shutts-law.com). Mr. Murphy received his J.D. from Washington & Lee University in 1970 and an LL.M. from Harvard University in 1976. He is a member of the Virginia, Florida and Dade County Bar Associations. As a partner at Shutts & Bowen, he is a member of the firm's corporate department, where he concentrates his practice in state and federal administrative law, including immigration and international tax matters, business transactions and general corporate law. He was a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 1982-1984 and is currently the President of the American Immigration Lawyers' Association, South Florida.