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Weil, Gotshal + Manges has been recognized as having one of the nation’s best litigation departments in the January 2004 issue of The American Lawyer, the nation’s leading legal monthly publication, which announced the results of its second biennial survey after conducting intensive analysis of the nation’s top law firms. Weil Gotshal was the only

FROM: Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP www.weil.com Contact: Les Zuke 212.310.8410 les.zuke@weil.com Terri Cohen Rubenstein Associates 212.843.8018 Tcohen@Rubenstein.com ______________________________________________________________________________ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ Litigation Department Selected One of the Top Six in the US by American Lawyer Magazine NEW YORK, January 5, 2004—Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, one of the world’s leading

The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today the expansion of its international practice to include Warsaw, Poland and Kyiv, Ukraine. In Poland, the Firm operates as a Polish partnership with 35 attorneys, and in Ukraine has opened an office with nine attorneys. All of the attorneys were formerly with Altheimer &

Arnold & Porter has been named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in 2004 by Fortune magazine. Making the select list for the second consecutive year, Arnold & Porter is one of only three law firms, and one of only two companies based in the Washington, D.C. area to be named. The

Infrastructure, Construction and Environmental specialist, Sheena Brand has joined Holman Fenwick & Willan (HFW) as a Partner in Hong Kong. In addition to transactional project work, Sheena advises on litigation and arbitration matters and is an accredited mediator. Sheena’s career started in Scotland. She moved to Hong Kong in 1980 and was first promoted to

Covington & Burling represented Cysive, Inc. (“Cysive”), a provider of interaction server technology, in its going private transaction that was consummated on December 1, 2003. Cysive was acquired by Snowbird Holdings, Inc. (“Snowbird”), a newly formed entity owned by Nelson A. Carbonell, Jr., Chairman of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer of

Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Webzen Inc. on its $97 million SEC-registered initial public offering of 8,700,000 ADSs representing one-tenth of a common share. The shares are listed on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol “WZEN”. The offering is the first IPO listing of ADSs since 2000 from a Korean issuer. Based in Seoul,

Skadden, Arps is representing The Dial Corporation in connection with its approximately $2.9 billion acquisition in the form of an all cash merger by Henkel KGaA of Germany. The merger, priced at $28.75 per share in cash, is scheduled to be voted upon by the shareholders of Dial during the first quarter of 2004. Dial,

Reed Smith LLP has added aviation attorney Patrick Bradley as a partner in its Princeton office, effective January 2. A former partner at Herrick Feinstein, Mr. Bradley concentrates his practice on the defense of aviation and other product liability actions. Much of his work involves the defense of airlines, aircraft and component parts manufacturers, and

Reed Smith LLP is expanding its Washington, DC office with a strong core of intellectual property lawyers. Seven attorneys are joining Reed Smith from Shanks & Herbert, a boutique IP firm formerly based in Alexandria, VA, effective, January 2. Shanks & Herbert will wind down its operations and dissolve the firm. A total of 15