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Website

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Suggested Contact

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Phone
Hieros Gamos  - legal research center, global listing of law firms www.hg.org    
Lex Mundi  - global association of law firms www.lexmundi.org    
Pacific Rim Advisory Council - regional association of law firms www.prac.org    
TerraLex, Inc. - international network of independent law firms www.terralex.org    
TAGLaw - network of law firms in over 70 countries www.taglaw.com    
Chambers USA - "America's leading business lawyers" www.chambersandpartners.com/us/    
Juris International - reference sources for international law, and also provides lists of business lawyer associations worldwide www.jurisint.org    
International Tax Review - Legal Media Group - Euromoney www.legalmediagroup.com/internationaltaxreview/    
International Financial Law Review - Legal Media Group - Euromoney Institutional Investor plc - publishes country directories and descriptions of law firms www.legalmediagroup.com/iflr/    
Managing Intellectual Property - Legal Media Group - Euromoney www.legalmediagroup.com/mip/    
U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) - lobbying for tort reform, changes to civil liability.  For example, refer to Illinois business climate. www.instituteforlegalreform.com    
International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) www.adr.org    
Firms with specialists for international investment and trade issues      
Allen & Overy www.allenovery.com    
Allens Arthur Robinson  (Australia and Asia Pacific region) www.aar.com.au    
Baker & Daniels LLP - based in Indiana, with offices in China - Beijing, Qingdao www.bakerd.com    
Baker & McKenzie www.bakerinfo.com    
Bingham McCutchen www.bingham.com    
Blake Dawson Waldron  (Australia and Asia Pacific region) www.bdw.com.au    
Bryan Cave www.bryancave.com    
Butzel Long  (note auto industry experience, Detroit) www.butzel.com    
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton www.cgsh.com    
Clifford Chance www.cliffordchance.com    
CMS Transnational Legal Services

and CMS Cameron McKenna

www.cmslegal.com

www.law-now.com

   
Coudert Brothers LLP www.coudert.com    
Covington & Burling www.cov.com    
Cravath, Swaine & Moore www.cravath.com    
Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP www.cm-p.com    
Davis Polk & Wardwell      
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP www.dwt.com    
Debevoise & Plimpton www.debevoise.com    
Denton Wilde Sapte (UK)      
Dewey Ballantine LLP International Trade Law Group www.dbtrade.com    
Eversheds  www.eversheds.com    
Freehills   (Australia and southeast Asia) www.freehills.com    
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer (UK) - offices in 18 countries, over 2400 lawyers www.freshfields.com    
Fried, Frank, Shriver, Harris & Jacobson www.ffhsj.com    
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP www.fulbright.com    
Gilbert & Tobin  (Australia and Asia Pacific, IT telecoms and media focus)

with Arculli and Associates (Hong Kong)

www.gtlaw.com.au

www.arcullilaw.com

   
Goodsill Anderson Quinn & Stifel www.goodsill.com    
Greenberg Traurig www.gtlaw.com/home.htm    
Grunfeld, Desiderio, Lebowitz, Silverman & Klestadt LLP - (note FTZ and customs) www.gdlsk.com   212-557-4000
Hale and Dorr LLP - see Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP www.haledorr.com    
Haynes and Boone www.haynesboone.com   Honors, rankings    
Hogan & Hartson LLP - Washington DC, Virginia, Maryland, Florida, Colorado and California offices www.hhlaw.com    
Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP www.hugheshubbard.com    
Hunton & Williams www.hunton.com    
Jones Day http://www1.jonesday.com    
Kaye Scholer LLP www.kayescholer.com    
Keller and Heckman LLP www.khlaw.com    
Kelley Drye    (note US location selection / incentives work) www.kelleydrye.com    
Kilpatrick Stockton www.kilstock.com    
King & Spalding LLP www.kslaw.com    
Kirkland & Ellis (Chicago)      
Latham & Watkins www.lw.com    
LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP www.llgm.com    
Linklaters www.linklaters.com    
Lovells (UK)      
Luce Forward Hamilton & Scripps LLP www.luce.com    
Mallesons Stephen Jacques   (Australia and Asia Pacific region) www.mallesons.com    
Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw  (note Global Trade Practice, and MBP Consulting in China) www.mayerbrown.com    
McGuireWoods LLP www.mcguirewoods.com    
McKee Nelson LLP (has an alliance with Ernst & Young LLP) www.mneylaw.com    
Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy LLP www.milbank.com    
Miller & Chevalier (Washington DC - note practice area related to international corruption) www.millerchevalier.com    
Miller & Co. PC - Kansas City MO, New York and Washington DC - specialized in international trade, customs and Foreign Trade Zone law www.millerco.com    
Morgan Lewis & Bockius www.morganlewis.com    
Morrison & Foerster LLP www.mofo.com    
NautaDutilh  (Netherlands and Belgium offices, with experience in foreign investment and corporate real estate mainly in these countries) www.nautadutilh.com    
Norton Rose www.nortonrose.com    
O'Melveny & Myers LLP www.omm.com    
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison      
Pillsbury Winthrop LLP www.pillsburywinthrop.com    
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg Trade Advisory Services - Washington DC and offices in Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Ottawa, Buenos Aires www.strtrade.com    
Shearman & Sterling www.shearman.com    
Simmons & Simmons (UK)      
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett www.stblaw.com    
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates www.skadden.com    
Squire, Sanders & Dempsey (note practice for formation of business entities, including foreign direct investment projects in China and eastern Europe, as well as their corporate real estate practice) www.ssd.com    
Steel Hector & Davis LLP (note South American presence) www.steelhector.com    
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP www.sullcrom.com    

Thelen Reid and Priest LLP

and related site for construction industry issues as a specialty

www.tmjb.com

www.constructionweblinks.com

   
Tomlinson Zisko Morosoli & Maser LLP   (note Silicon Valley startup work, intellectual property) www.tzmm.com    
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz   (note corporate M&A and real estate practice) www.wlrk.com    
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP   (note European real estate practice, including eastern Europe; also Asia) www.weil.com    
White & Case   (note European Union practice in Brussels, including work related to state aid) www.whitecase.com    
Wiley Rein & Fielding LLP   (note international trade services in Washington DC) www.wfr.com    
Willkie Farr & Gallagher    (note international trade practice) www.willkie.com     
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP - formed by May 2004 merger, now over 1000 lawyers in five countries www.wilmerhale.com    
WSGR - Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati  (note Silicon Valley practice, and cooperation with companies in Japan, China, and Taiwan, including the Deloitte & Touche Japanese practice in San Jose CA). www.wsgr.com    
Womble, Carlyle Sandridge & Rice - Washington DC, Charlotte, Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Research Triangle Park, Atlanta, Greenville SC www.wcsr.com Mark Whitley 336-721-3587
Intellectual Property specialists

such as for biotechnology, life sciences, pharmaceutical, or other technology businesses

Website Suggested Contact Phone
Exhibitors at Bio 2004 event      
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunnier, LLP - 300 lawyers specialized in intellectual property law; offices in Washington DC, Atlanta GA, Cambridge MA, Palo Alto CA, Reston VA, Brussels, Taipei, Tokyo www.finnegan.com

Jean Fordis

Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Practice Group Chair

650-849-6607
Morrison & Foerster LLP - patent and IP, venture financing, partnering, M&A, public offerings, technology transfers, tax strategies, litigation; offices in Beijing, Brussels, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo and various US cities www.mofo.com John Campbell 415-268-7000
Covington & Burling; over 500 lawyers, offices in San Francisco, Washington DC, New York, London, Brussels; specialists in international life sciences www.cov.com

James C. Snipes, Partner

Chair for Business Development

Life Sciences Group

415-591-7071
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Corporate structuring, venture finance, and public offerings Website Suggested Contact Phone
Director list remains under development; suggestions welcome      
       
Mergers & Acquisitions, business alliances Website Suggested Contact Phone
Directory list remains under development; suggestions welcome      
       
       
Tax strategies (see also corporate tax planning and compliance firms) Website Suggested Contact Phone
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