Fried Frank Expands Antitrust Practice with New Partner

Alasdair Balfour to Join Firm in London

LONDON, April 30, 2010 - Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced today that
Alasdair Balfour will join the Firm's antitrust practice as a partner on May
1, 2010 and will be based in the Firm's London office. He has extensive
experience advising in relation to European Commission and United Kingdom
antitrust and regulatory investigations across a broad range of industry
sectors, with a particular focus on merger control and cartel work. Mr.
Balfour was most recently a partner at Olswang LLP in London and previously
spent 10 years with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London, Brussels
and Washington, DC.

"We are delighted that someone with Alasdair's experience is joining our
antitrust practice. Antitrust is a critical component of any large-scale
transaction and Alasdair will greatly assist our clients in evaluating and
structuring transactions in order to accomplish their objectives," said
Valerie Ford Jacob, Fried Frank's Chairperson.

Mr. Balfour's appointment comes seven months after Barry Nigro returned
to Fried Frank to head up the Firm's antitrust practice.

"Alasdair's appointment is a key part of our commitment to developing a
premier antitrust practice," said partner and head of the antitrust practice,
Barry Nigro. "His extensive experience in high-profile merger investigations
and complex antitrust litigation and cartel investigations will greatly
enhance our ability to offer seamless antitrust advice and counsel to clients
of the Firm around the world."

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Paula Zirinsky, Director of Media Relations & Communications, +1-212-859-8818, paula.zirinsky at friedfrank.com