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Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

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For more than 150 years, Blakes has proudly served many of Canada's and the world's leading businesses and organizations. The Firm has built a reputation during that time as both a leader in the business community and in the legal profession – leadership that continues to be recognized to this day. Thanks to our clients and the challenging legal work they generate, in 2010 Blakes was named "Canada's Law Firm of the Year" by Who’s Who Legal for the second consecutive year and, for the third year running, as "Law Firm of the Year: Canada" in the PLC Which Lawyer? Awards. We also consistently rank as one of the top Canadian firms on the Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters and mergermarket M&A league tables in terms of transactional value or number of deals for Canadian announced transactions.

For six consecutive years, Blakes was named one of Canada's best employers by Mediacorp Canada Inc. and is the only law firm to receive this recognition six years in a row. Blakes has also been chosen as one of "Greater Toronto's Top Employers" for 2010.

We have more than 550 lawyers in offices in Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, London, Bahrain, Beijing and associated offices in Al-Khobar and Shanghai. Serving a diverse national and international client base, our integrated office network provides clients with access to the Firm’s full spectrum of capabilities in virtually every area of business law. Whether an issue is local or multi-jurisdictional, practice-area specific or interdisciplinary, Blakes handles transactions of all sizes and levels of complexity. It is our culture and philosophy to work closely with clients to understand all of their legal needs and to keep them apprised of legal developments that may affect them. We provide relevant legal services expertly, promptly and in a cost-effective manner to assist clients in achieving their business objectives.

Barnes & Thornburg LLP

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Your legal issues demand advice that is timely and sound. You expect a firm that offers integrity, reliability and a personal commitment that is aimed at one idea: finding the right solutions for the challenges and opportunities you encounter every day.

We take the time to learn about you and your business. We staff matters with small, close-knit teams led by a fully involved partner who will keep you informed every step of the way. We keep a watchful eye on controlling legal costs.

Simply put, our value-driven approach is what you should expect in your law firm. Today, this is more important than ever.

As one of our valued clients, you will gain access to a firm of more than 550 legal professionals throughout 11 offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio and Washington, D.C. We are one of the 100 largest law firms in the United States, and we have experience in virtually all the legal practice areas required to do business in today's global marketplace.

The attorneys at Barnes & Thornburg serve clients from more than 50 dedicated practice and industry areas. Our main areas of focus include litigation, intellectual property, labor and employment, white collar crime, business law, governmental services and finance, energy, telecommunications, transportation and utilities, environmental, health care, creditors’ rights and construction law.

We help you achieve solutions that span national borders. We represent many of the world’s largest companies in U.S. legal matters and assist a broad array of U.S. companies operating abroad to achieve their international business objectives. As a member of TerraLex, we are part of a selective, international network of more than 155 independent law firms located in nearly 100 countries.

The firm also is a member of TechLaw Group, Inc., an international association of 20 law firms that focuses on technology companies and technology issues, and the State Capital Group, an association of nearly 120 independent law firms in all 50 U.S. state capitals and in other financial centers throughout the world. Through these relationships, we offer our clients access to top legal professionals around the globe.

Whether your legal needs are local, national or international, we invite you to discover the advantages of working with Barnes & Thornburg.

Arthur Cox

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Arthur Cox is a leading Irish law firm. For 90 years, we have been at the forefront of developments in the legal profession in Ireland. From the outset, we have striven to deliver superior levels of service, building relationships that grow over time and developing specialist industry knowledge to help our clients achieve their goals.

Our Practice

With over 350 legal staff and a total headcount of approximately 550, we provide a comprehensive service to an international client base ranging from multinational organisations, banks and financial institutions and established global leaders to government agencies and new players in emerging industry sectors. Our reputation is based on proven professional skills, a thorough understanding of client requirements, sound judgment and a practical approach to resolving commercial problems.

Our Approach

At Arthur Cox, our aim is to provide each client with advice that adds value to its business. Our approach demands the highest levels of knowledge, technical skill and service delivery allowing us to provide accurate, reliable, timely and cost-effective advice across a range of industry groups and sectors. A strong teamwork ethic and practical "can do" approach to solving problems ensures a seamless, effective service.

We identify ourselves with our clients' requirements and work with our clients to help them achieve their goals. In operating a policy of direct partner involvement in client matters and a system of regular review we ensure that all clients are provided with a top class service and that all matters are handled in an efficient and cost effective manner. Effective communication is key to our client relationships, helping us focus on our clients' aims and concerns. By developing real understanding of each client’s business and building a strong working relationship with them, we can play an effective role in shaping their strategic and financial plans. Our lawyers handle a wide range of work so that clients benefit not only from depth of legal knowledge and expertise but also from commercial experience.

We appreciate that our clients operate in a constantly developing commercial environment. They require legal advisers that can help them meet new challenges. We invest in developing specialist industry knowledge in our people, so that they can combine legal skill with genuine understanding of the individual markets in which our clients operate. In this way, we provide real support for our clients in achieving their goals. Our commitment to our clients goes further than simply responding to today's issues. We take a pro-active approach in helping them prepare to meet what lies ahead - both the challenges and the opportunities.

Allen & Gledhill LLP

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Allen & Gledhill LLP is an award-winning full-service firm based in Singapore. The Firm is one of the largest in Singapore, with over 300 lawyers, and also has associated firms in Malaysia, Myanmar and Laos. The Firm is consistently ranked as a market leader across every major practice area. Allen & Gledhill serves a wide range of premier clients, including multinational corporations and financial institutions, governments and sovereign wealth funds, and is regularly engaged in cutting-edge, complex and significant deals. The partners of the Firm are specialists in their areas of practice and are widely recognised by clients and peers as leading legal experts and thought leaders.

The Firm is committed to delivering the same culture and standards of excellence across its network of associated firms in Southeast Asia. With a history that spans more than a century, the Firm is able to tap into its deep knowledge of Asia, and its extensive legal resources enable the Firm to take on lead counsel and transaction manager roles, with the combined teams working seamlessly in multi-jurisdictional and domestic deals.

Allen & Gledhill also sustains a culture of actively giving back to the community, through its dedicated pro-bono programme, and other regular community engagement initiatives.

Additional Locations
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (associated firm, Rahmat Lim & Partners); Yangon, Myanmar (Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar)); and Vientiane, Laos (Allen & Gledhill (Laos))