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Veteran Capital Markets Attorney Joins Chadbourne & Parke's Moscow Office

Addition of Simon H.P. Morgan Strengthens Firm's Banking and Finance Practice in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe

August 25, 2010

The international law firm Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that banking and finance attorney Simon H.P. Morgan has joined its Moscow office as partner, expanding the firm's capital markets practice in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe.

Mr. Morgan was most recently a partner with White & Case where he served as head of the Central and Eastern European capital markets practice, head of the Moscow bank finance and capital markets groups and co-head of the Central and Eastern European banking and finance practice.

Mr. Morgan has nearly two decades of experience counseling clients in the structured finance, securitization, restructuring and capital markets sectors. His practice includes representing regional and international borrowers, issuers, arrangers and lenders and he has worked on some of the most innovative public securitizations by commercial bank originators in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Turkey.

"With offices in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Warsaw, Kyiv and Almaty, we will take full advantage of Simon's deep experience in capital markets throughout the region, as well as his enthusiasm for and dedication to client service. He will be a terrific asset," said Chadbourne Managing Partner Charles K. O'Neill. "This hiring demonstrates Chadbourne's ongoing commitment to the growth of this practice and continues our long tradition of providing clients in Russia and Central and Eastern Europe with top-notch transactional advice."

"I am very excited to welcome Simon to the Moscow office and am confident that our clients will benefit greatly from this addition," said Moscow Managing Partner Jennifer Handz. "Given his many years of diverse experience in the banking and finance industries and in-depth knowledge of the business environment in Russia and the region generally, Simon is recognized as a leading capital markets attorney in Moscow."

Mr. Morgan received his B.A. in 1985 from the University of Wales, his C.P.E. in 1989 from the College of Law in London and his S.F.E. in 1990 from the College of Law in York.