SPRING 2008 CTG review The Gazette of the Company Law and Tax Interest Group Welcome to the Advoc AGM in Orwall Andersen of Advokatfirma Orwall & Co welcomes you to the Advoc Europe AGM to be held at the Grand Hotel in Oslo, from 30 April – 4 May 2008. Over a period of 4 days, the programme focuses on environmental issues on the first morning followed by an opportunity for you to meet with members of the company law and tax special interest group on the Thursday afternoon. The Annual General Meeting takes place on the Saturday morning and Advoc Members will have an opportunity to tour The Supreme Court of Norway and also The Munch Museum as well as enjoy a traditional Norwegian dinner. There will be a Gala Dinner at the Gamle Losjen on Saturday evening.

Orwall Andersen

Features

Member in Focus 2 - 16 Catch up on the news and gossip from Members

Deals Review 17 -25 Recent deals completed by Members

Events 25 Forthcoming Advoc events

Legal Updates 26 New developments in law

Contacts 27 - 28 Details of CTG Members

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Levant & partners law firm commercial, EU & competition, employment, IT and telecommunications, insolvency, intellectual Levant & partners law firm successfully renders a wide property, litigation and arbitration, private client range of legal services for clients who have business and tax” (European Legal Experts 2008). activity in the Russian Federation and abroad. All of our lawyers are English-speakers with different Levant & partners law firm is listed in World IP specialization, mostly in international corporate Survey 2008 matters, tax, investments and IP. To perform legal Following the results of World IP Survey 2008 servi ces i n Russ i a and abroad i s the ma i n purpose conducted by international magazine Managing of L&P practi ce: Corporate Matters, M&A, Forei gn Intell ectua l Property Levant & partners l aw firm is Investments, Tax Law, Intellectual Property, Dispute recommended for worki ng i n patent prosecuti on Resolution, Real Estate & Land Law and Labor Law. includes filing of patents or trade marks and Individual, tailor-made approach to every client associated work. IP practice is one of the strongest and deep, sophisticated knowledge of specifics of practices of the firm, Levant & partners law firm conducti ng bus i ness i n d i fferent fie l ds i s a fundamental provi des ass i stance to forei gn and domestic basi s for successful i mp l ementat i on of each proj ect compani es and governmental author iti es on of the firm. A “One-step-shop” pri nc iple i s ava il leab a broad range of matters connected wi th the due to partnershi p w i th i nternat i ona l firms and Intell ectua l Property. The resul ts of Managi ng membership i n var i ous i nternat i ona l assoc i at i ons. Intellectual Property World IP Survey 2008 The firm works in close cooperation with the have been announced in February 2008 lead i ng l aw firms i n USA, UK, Cyprus, CIS and EU Many Russi an l aw firms have partici pated i n Managing countries, Southern American countries and Asia. IP’s Survey 2008 and onl y 9 of them have been 2008 edition of European Legal Experts mentioned in the rating as leading patent firms in recognizes Matvey Levant prosecuti on work. The resul ts rank firms by country ind i cat i ng the i r capab iliti es i n prosecut i on and Managing partner of Levant contenti ous work for both patents and trade marks. & partners law firm is highly recommended by the 2008 year “A team of researchers based in London, Hong Kong Edition of EU Legal Experts in and New York contacted firms in 65 jurisdictions one of the strongest practice to ask them for information and feedback on the areas of the firm - Intellectual rankings. Client feedback was also sought … the Property. According to the guide, World IP survey is not simply a list of the biggest “Matvey Levant specializes firms, or a list of those that have the biggest in private international and caseload or are the oldest. Instead, it is a qualitative corporate law. He has considerable experience ranking of the leading firms in each category and in intellectual property matters, real estate law reveals which firms are rated by their peers for the and arbitration… he has represented interests of strength of their expertise and the depth of their the heads of subjects of the Russian Federation ability to service clients.” MIP, February 2008. in courts of arbitration and general jurisdiction.” Please click on the link below to read an “In this guide we bring together research to article by Levant & Partners: A new identify over 3,000 of the leading lawyers in specialized legal channel “The Law” has Europe. The guide identifies leading lawyers in a been launched its broadcasting in Russia wide range of practice areas, including banking Click Here to View and finance, commercial property, corporate and

8 Deals Review

Levant & Partners, Russia Apisith & Alliance, Thailand Official legal partnership with Simat Technologies Not-for-profit organization Mir Nauki Public Company Limited On February 8, 2008, the Official Russian Legal adviser to: Simat Technologies Science Day, Levant & partners law firm Public Company Limited (Simat) and Mir Nauki entered into a partnership Transaction: Initial public offering and listing agreement. Levant & partners law firm of 18,750,000 IPO shares of Simat on the has become an official legal partner of Mir Market for Alternative Investment (MAI) Nauki, and shall provide a legal support of Stock Exchange of Thailand. Financial and protection to its social projects. The adviser is Philips Securities (Thailand). agreement was signed by Managing partner Matvey Levant and the Executive director of Mir Nauki Irina Terentieva. Due to managing partner Matvey Levant, the partnership relations between L&P and Mir Nauki represent a new stage for the firm. Apisith & Alliance, Thailand He also stated that it was a great honor to perform legal services for Mir Nauki in its Zorrel International, Inc. activities aimed for popularization of Russian science. Mir Nauki, established by the famous Lead counsel to: Zorrel International, Inc. Russian scientist Prof. Sergey Kapitsa, was Transaction: Acquisition of business and created for the popularization of achievements certain assets of King Louie International, of science and technology in 2001. Inc., a distributor and brand owner of niche textile and garment products in Kansas City, USA, by a US affiliate of a leading Thai textile and garment group. The value of the transaction was USD 15 million.

Makes & Partners, Indonesia Merger of Surabaya Stock Exchange and Jakarta Stock Exchange Matvey Levant, managing partner of Levant & Partners signs partnership agreement with Mir Nauki Area of practice: Mergers and Acquisitions Deal Amount: Rp. 2,200 trillion (combined market capitalisation) Lawyers in charge: Yozua Makes / Iwan Setiawan Transaction: Makes is the only Indonesian law firm handling the two stock exchange mergers in Indonesia: (1) the merger of Bursa Parallel Indonesia into Surabaya Stock Exchange (Makes acts for the two bourses) in 1995; and (2) merger of Surabaya Stock Exchange i nto Jakarta Stock Exchange (Makes acts for the Surabaya Stock Exchange).

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Ireland Patrick Bradley J.W. O’Donovan [email protected] Cormac O’Hanlon J.W. O’Donovan [email protected] Ray Shanahan J.W. O’Donovan [email protected] Gillian Keating J.W. O’Donovan [email protected] Luxembourg Denis Van der Bulke Van der Bulke Advocats [email protected] Laurence Jacques Van der Bulke Advocats [email protected] Malaysia Yoon Ming Sun Cheang & Ariff [email protected] Tan Ming li Cheang & Ariff [email protected] Netherlands Olaf van Eijnhoven Boels Zanders Advocaten [email protected] Wim Eikendal Boels Zanders Advocaten [email protected] Jeroen Oehlen Boels Zanders Advocaten [email protected] Esther Tromp Boels Zanders Advocaten [email protected] Paul Veerman, BrantjesVeerman Advocaten [email protected] Marie-Chantal Canoy BrantjesVeerman Advocaten [email protected] New Zealand Geoff Hosking Hesketh Henry [email protected] Norway Orwall Andersen Orwall & Co [email protected] Kristian Trosvik Orwall & Co [email protected] Portugal Duarte Abecasis Gonçalves Pereira Castelo Branco [email protected] Diogo Ortigão Ramos Gonçalves Pereira Castelo Branco [email protected] Peru Ezio Piaggio Cauvi Ferraro Piaggio Zegarra & del Solar [email protected] Fernando Cauvi Cauvi Ferraro Piaggio Zegarra & del Solar [email protected] Romania Constantin Cunescu Cunescu, Balaciu & Asociatii [email protected] Beatrice Onica Jarka Cunescu, Balaciu & Asociatii [email protected] Russia Matvey Levant Levant & Partners Law Firm [email protected] Valery Narezhny Levant & Partners Law Firm [email protected] Maria Ermakova Levant & Partners Law Firm [email protected] Scotland Allan L Mackenzie MacRoberts [email protected] David Flint MacRoberts [email protected] Spain Ignacio Arraez Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo [email protected] Juan Ignacio Peinado Cremades & Calvo-Sotelo [email protected] Roger Hedlund Karlerö & Co [email protected] Erika Vester Karlerö & Co [email protected] Switzerland Dr Kurt U Blickenstorfer Bratschi Weiderkehr & Buob [email protected] Patrick Umback Bratschi Weiderkehr & Buob [email protected] Thailand Apisith John Sutham Apisith & Alliance [email protected] [email protected] United States of America Paul D. Tvetenstrand Thacher Proffitt & Wood [email protected] Uruguay Dr. Joaquín Reyes Rius Reyes Rius [email protected] Joaquin Reyes Puig Reyes Rius [email protected]

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