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Directory of 3rd Party Resources: IPO Lawyers

• Cooley Godward, Cooley Godward’s attorneys are counselors, strategists and advocates for foremost private and public companies across a wide variety of industries and in all major technology fields. Our clients include entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, financial service organizations and research institutions. Cooley has approximately 450 attorneys practicing in more than 20 industries.

• Fenwick & West, Fenwick & West provides comprehensive legal services to high technology and life sciences clients of national and international prominence. We have over 250 attorneys and offices in Silicon Valley and San Francisco, California.

• WilmerHale, We are more than 1,000 lawyers strong, with offices in 13 cities in the United States, Europe and Asia. With a practice unsurpassed in depth and scope by any other major firm, we have the ability to anticipate obstacles, seize opportunities and get the case resolved or the deal done—and the experience and know-how to prevent it from being undone.

• Hogan & Harston, With over 1,000 lawyers practicing in 23 offices worldwide, we work seamlessly across multiple practices and offices to provide our clients with exceptional service and creative advice.

• Pillsbury Madison & Sutro LLP, We have 16 offices in global centers for capital markets, energy and technology and provide our clients with the strength of this reach and a commitment to cross-border service and responsiveness. Pillsbury is a leader in our core areas of focus – Capital Markets and Finance, Energy, Global Sourcing, Litigation, Intellectual Property, Real Estate, Technology, Life Sciences and Communications.

• Ropes & Gray, Ropes & Gray is a leading national law firm with offices in Boston, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C. and conference centers in London and Providence.

• Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, According to Thomson Financial's Q1 2006 M&A Legal League Tables, Skadden rankedfirst by value for worldwide announced deals. Skadden ranked second in the dollar value of U.S. M&A transactions announced in 2005; and fourth in the dollar value of worldwide M&A transactions.

• Heller Ehrman Venture Law Group, Heller Ehrman Venture Law Group is one of the premier emerging technology practices in the country. With more than 100 attorneys in 12 cities throughout the United States and Asia.

• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is the premier legal advisor to technology and growth enterprises worldwide, as well as the investment banks and venture capital firms that finance them.

• Buchanan Ingersoll, Founded in 1850, Buchanan Ingersoll PC is one of the largest law firms in the nation. The firm has more than 415 attorneys practicing in its offices throughout the United States, which provides clients with cost-effective access to all our lawyers and staff.

• Cahill Gordon & Reindel, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP opened its doors at 120 Broadway in 1919 as a small firm that quickly built a national reputation in the financial and corporate areas. During and after the Depression, we expanded to handle bankruptcies and reorganizations, as well as to advise our clients on regulatory matters.

• Chadbourne & Parke, Today, Chadbourne is international in scope and orientation. From multiple locations in New York, Washington, Los Angeles, Houston, London (through a multinational partnership), Moscow (and other offices in the CIS), St. Petersburg, Kyiv, Warsaw, Almaty and Beijing, we are positioned to analyze market, institutional and regulatory trends as they evolve, and offer our clients a full range of legal services on virtually all matters affecting their operations and growth.

• Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Martin is a full-service commercial law firm engaged in a sophisticated practice. With offices in Houston and Atlanta, the firm has approximately 100 attorneys representing both public and private companies, as well as individuals and family-owned businesses.

• Clifford Chance, With 28 offices in 19 countries throughout the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, we offer in-depth local knowledge and a uniquely global perspective.

• Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Goodwin Procter is one of the nation's leading law firms, with a team of 650 attorneys serving clients through offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

• Greenberg Traurig LLP, With 1,500 lawyers and governmental affairs professionals, supported by our award-winning technology platform, Greenberg Traurig is one powerful team.

• Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe, Heller Ehrman is a leader in providing innovative legal services to clients throughout the world. With more than 700 attorneys and professionals in 12 cities nationwide and abroad, we offer the full range of litigation, business and intellectual property capabilities needed to succeed in today's competitive marketplace.

• Helms Mulliss & Wicker, PLLC, Helms Mulliss & Wicker has more than 100 lawyers, located in 3 offices, providing a comprehensive range of legal services for corporations and other businesses. We focus on offering sophisticated banking, finance, corporate, litigation, government relations, real estate, tax and employment related services.

• Holland & Knight LLP, With practice groups and industry-based teams comprised of more than 1200 lawyers and professionals, we work collaboratively and draw upon our depth and breadth.

• Holme Roberts & Owen LLP, Holme Roberts & Owen LLP is a Denver-based law firm with approximately 225 attorneys in offices in Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs, London, Los Angeles, Munich, Salt Lake City and San Francisco.

• Kirkland & Ellis, Today, Kirkland & Ellis has grown to more than 1,000 attorneys, and our practice areas have continued to expand to meet the needs of our diverse clientele.

• Latham & Watkins, In the Chambers & Partners' 2006 guide covering the US legal market, Latham & Watkins garnered 18 # 1 national and regional rankings, up from 12 # 1 rankings the previous year. In total, the firm placed among the leading firms in 56 practice area categories, up from 46 in 2005.

• Manatt Phelps & Phillips, LLP, Our largest offices are strategically located in Los Angeles, New York City, Palo Alto and Washington, D.C.

• Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo, P.C, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo is a versatile law firm of more than 450 highly qualified and dedicated attorneys representing diverse international clients in many industries, who turn to us for a wide range of legal services and resources.

• Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, With more than 1,200 lawyers in 20 offices, Morgan Lewis offers seamless service across practice areas, no matter where our clients reside.

• Morrison & Foerster LLP, With more than a thousand lawyers in nineteen offices around the world, Morrison & Foerster offers clients comprehensive, global legal services in business and litigation.

• Nixon Peabody LLP, Nixon Peabody LLP is one of the largest multipractice law firms in the United States, with offices in sixteen cities and more than six hundred attorneys collaborating across fifteen major practice areas.

• Palmer & Dodge, Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge is a firm of more than 500 lawyers with offices in nine cities in the United States and a representative office in London offering a full array of legal services to clients worldwide.

• Perkins Coie, Perkins Coie proudly announces that once again it has been ranked by Chambers & Partners, publishers of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, as a top law firm in the United States. Perkins Coie was recognized in the annual directory as a leader in 12 practices areas with top rankings in 7 key markets across the country including Washington, Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, Alaska, and Idaho.

• DLA Piper, DLA Piper became one of the largest legal service providers in the world in 2005 through a merger of unprecedented scope in the legal sector. While large in scale, the merger strategy was simple – to create an international legal practice capable of taking care of the most important legal needs of clients wherever they do business. We wanted our clients to rely on receiving the right service for their particular matter, whether requiring seamless coordination across multiple jurisdictions or delivery in a single location.

• Shearman & Sterling, Shearman & Sterling has been advising many of the world's leading corporations and financial institutions, governments and governmental organizations for more than 130 years. We are committed to providing legal advice that is insightful and valuable to our clients.

• Smith Gambrell & Russell, A dedicated group of more than 180 attorneys and 150 support personnel serve our clients. Our goal is to provide swift, qualified and cost-effective legal support to our clients. Today we serve corporate counsel and corporations across the globe from our centralized offices in Atlanta, GA, Jacksonville, FL and Washington, D.C.

• Stibbe Simont Monahan Duhot , Stibbe is an internationally oriented full-service Dutch legal practice. With 1,500 lawyers and over 20 offices in Europe, Asia and the U.S. we are as global as the multinational clients we represent.

• Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth, We represent some of California's leading companies and municipalities in a wide range of transactions. Whether it's M&A, your first capital, your IPO or a follow on offering, we have the experience and the relationships to make your transaction happen - with innovative ideas for achieving optimal results for you. No law firm has helped launch more companies in Southern California than we have

• Sullivan & Cromwell, S&C comprises approximately 600 lawyers. They serve our clients around the world through a network of 12 offices, located in leading financial centers in Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. We are headquartered in New York

• Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, We are involved in merger and acquisition and other major corporate transactions of every variety; we counsel companies and their boards with respect to the most difficult and sensitive corporate disclosure, governance and policy issues; and we participate in the most sophisticated financing transactions.