Fried Frank Elects Nine New Partners

Fried Frank Elects Nine New Partners

August 07, 2007

    NEW YORK, Aug. 7 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- 

    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
announced today that nine lawyers have been elected to the
Firm's partnership.  As of September 1, 2007, the new
partners are Peter Guryan, Francois Hellot, Barbara Levy,
Richard C. Park, Brian D. Pfeiffer, Tiffany Pollard, Damian
P. Ridealgh, Joshua Wechsler, and Eli Weiss.

    In a joint statement, Valerie Ford Jacob, Fried Frank's
Chairperson, and Justin Spendlove, Fried Frank's Managing
Partner, stated, "We are very excited and proud to
have these colleagues as partners of the Firm, and we look
forward to their role in the continued growth and success
of Fried Frank."
    
    Attorneys elected to partner:

    Peter Guryan, an attorney in the Antitrust Department
in the Firm's New York office, focuses his practice on
antitrust counseling, government and regulatory review of
mergers and acquisitions, and litigation.  He has
successfully represented major corporations in a wide range
of industries in connection with merger, joint venture, and
civil non-merger investigations before the United States
Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission. 
Prior to joining Fried Frank in 2001, Mr. Guryan was a
trial attorney at the Department of Justice in the
Antitrust Division's Telecommunications Task Force.  He
began his legal career as a law clerk to the Hon. Harold A.
Ackerman, United States District Court for the District of
New Jersey from 1996 to 1998.  He received his JD, cum
laude, from Cornell Law School in 1996 and his BA from
Cornell University in 1992.  He is admitted to practice in
New York and before the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York.

    Francois Hellot, an attorney in the Paris Corporate
Department, centers his practice on mergers and
acquisitions for public and private companies based in
France and abroad, and on private equity transactions
(venture capital and leveraged buy-outs).  He has extensive
experience representing both financial investors and
managers.  Mr. Hellot joined the Firm in 2005 as European
counsel.  He received his advanced degree in English and
North American business law in 1994, from the University of
Paris - I.  He also holds a degree from the Paris Institute
for Political Studies.  He was admitted to the Paris bar in
1997.

    Barbara Levy, an attorney in Fried Frank's Paris
office, focuses her practice primarily on corporate and
commercial litigation. In addition to her general corporate
litigation work, she has developed a strong practice in the
areas of trademarks, intellectual property and related
commercial issues, distribution and antitrust law, and
general contract law. Her clients include French and
International companies, in a wide variety of industries,
including luxury goods, fashion, telecommunications, and
automotive. Mrs. Levy joined the Firm in 2005 as European
Counsel.  She has an advanced degree in international
private law from the University of Paris - II, with
honours, with a specialization in International Commercial
Arbitration.  She was admitted to the Paris bar in 1990. 
Prior to joining the Firm in 2005, Barbara Levy was a
partner at the firm Veil Jourde.  

    Richard C. Park, an attorney in the Antitrust
Department in Fried Frank's Washington, DC office, focuses
his practice on a full range of antitrust counseling, with
a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, joint
ventures, and representation of clients in connection with
investigations by the United States Department of Justice
and the Federal Trade Commission.  He has significant
experience representing clients in merger and civil
non-merger matters involving a wide variety of industries
including, software, pharmaceuticals, defense,
telecommunications and media.  Mr. Park joined the Firm in
1999.  He is a former Vice Chair of the ABA Antitrust
Telecommunications Committee.  He received his LLM from
Georgetown University Law Center in 1997, his JD from
Northeastern University School of Law in 1995, and his BA
from Cornell University in 1992.  He is admitted to the bar
in the District of Columbia and New York.

    Brian D. Pfeiffer, an attorney in the New York
Bankruptcy Department, has a broad range of experience
advising clients on a variety of bankruptcy and/or
restructuring-related matters. His practice spans debtor
representations in connection with Chapter 11 cases and
out-of-court restructurings, creditors' committees or
significant creditors in connection with chapter 11 cases,
and he has also represented a variety of significant
creditors or third-party acquirers in restructuring
situations.  He joined the Firm in 1999.  Mr. Pfeiffer
received his JD in 1999 from Hofstra University School of
Law and received his BA from the State University of New
York at Albany in 1996. He is admitted to the bar in New
York and to practice before the United States District
Court for the Southern District of New York.

    Tiffany Pollard, an attorney in the New York Corporate
Department, focuses her practice on private equity
transactions and mergers and acquisitions representing both
private equity firms and public and private corporations. 
In addition, she regularly advises clients on issues of
corporate governance and securities law compliance. She
joined the Firm in 2000.  Ms. Pollard received her JD from
Michigan Law School in 1998 and her BA from the University
of California at Berkeley in 1991. She is admitted to the
bar in New York.

    Damian P. Ridealgh, an attorney in the Corporate
Department, focuses his practice primarily on the
representation of financial institutions as borrowers and
issuers in leveraged finance transactions, with a
particular focus on acquisition financings.  Prior to
joining the Firm in 2004, Mr. Ridealgh worked as a banking
associate at Ashurst, primarily in their London office,
with secondments to Deutsche Bank, London and Ashurst's
Brussels offices.  Mr. Ridealgh received his JD equivalent
in 1999 from the College of Law London and his LLM in 1997
from University College, London. He is admitted to the bar
in England and Wales and is applying for admission to the
bar in New York.

    Joshua Wechsler, an attorney in the Hong Kong and New
York Corporate Department, concentrates his practice in
corporate finance and the U.S. securities laws representing
both issuers and underwriters in a variety of debt and
equity financing transactions, including initial public
offerings, private placements, high-yield debt offerings
and cross-border financings.  He has also acted for a
number of issuers in connection with corporate governance
matters and reporting under the U.S. securities laws. 
Prior to joining Fried Frank, he served as a staff attorney
in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission's
Division of Corporation Finance.  Mr. Wechsler joined the
Firm in 1998 and became special counsel in 2004.  Recently
Mr. Wechsler helped launch the Firm's Asian capital markets
practice with the opening of the Firm's Hong Kong office in
2007.  He received his JD from St. Thomas University School
of Law in 1993 and his LLM in from the Georgetown University
Law Center in 1994.  He received his BA from the University
of Florida in 1990.  Mr. Wechsler is admitted to the bar in
New York and Florida.

    Eli Weiss, an attorney in the New York Tax Department,
focuses his practice primarily on the representation of
domestic and international clients in numerous
transactions, including acquisitions and divestitures,
public and private financings, joint ventures and the
design and implementation of workout and reorganization
plans.  He joined the Firm in 1999. Mr. Weiss received his
JD, magna cum laude, in 1999 from the Georgetown University
Law Center, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.
He received his BA in 1990 and MA in 1992 from Beth Medrash
Govoha. Mr. Weiss is admitted to the bar in New York.

    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP is a
leading international law firm with more than 600 attorneys
in offices in New York, Washington, D.C., London, Paris,
Frankfurt and Hong Kong. Fried Frank lawyers regularly
represent major investment banking firms, private equity
houses and hedge funds, as well as many of the largest
companies in the world.  The Firm offers legal counsel on
M&A, private equity, asset management, capital markets
and corporate finance matters, white-collar criminal
defense and civil litigation, securities regulation,
compliance and enforcement, government contracts,
environmental law and litigation, real estate, tax,
bankruptcy, antitrust, benefits and compensation,
intellectual property and technology, international trade,
and trusts and estates. The Firm has an association with
Huen Wong & Co. in Hong Kong.  More information on
Fried Frank can be found at http://www.friedfrank.com .


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