SNR Denton Launches as Top 25 Global Law Firm

Combination of Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal and Denton Wilde Sapte creates a high-quality client-focused firm in eight core industry sectors

NEW YORK and LONDON, September 30, 2010 - SNR Denton officially opens its doors today. The combination of
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP and Denton Wilde Sapte LLP creates an
international legal practice with 48 locations in 32 countries across four
continents. SNR Denton launches as a top 25 firm by lawyers and professionals
worldwide, spanning the US, UK, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the CIS,
South-East Asia, and Africa.

Today the firm introduces its new web site: snrdenton.com
(www.snrdenton.com/).

SNR Denton has recognized eminence in eight core industry sectors:

    - Energy, Transport and Infrastructure
    - Financial Institutions and Funds
    - Government
    - Health and Life Sciences
    - Insurance
    - Manufacturing
    - Real Estate, Retail and Hotels
    - Technology, Media and Telecommunications

The partners unanimously approved the combination on June 9. Since then,
lawyers and professionals have worked together to advance the integration.
Clients have contributed to the refinement of the new firm's sector-driven
focus.

"Our lawyers and professionals worldwide are already working together on
many client matters - we have made a great start," said SNR Denton Chief
Executives Elliott Portnoy and Howard Morris.

"Our driving motivation remains simple: to better serve the needs of our
clients - whether in the world's financial centers, business hubs or emerging
markets - and to deliver the highest-quality service," Messrs. Portnoy and
Morris added. "We want to be the first choice of clients for whom quality and
value make a difference."

Joseph Andrew and Martin Kitchen serve as Chairmen of the new firm.

In the past 100 days, lawyers and professionals across the new SNR Denton
have teamed up on dozens of key client projects. For example, large
cross-border licensing deals, a complex international records retention
engagement, and several structured finance transactions, including creating a
legal structure for the issuance of residential mortgage-backed
securitizations in Europe.

Since announcement of SNR Denton, top-flight lateral partners have joined
with established reputations in energy, infrastructure, telecommunications,
capital markets, corporate, intellectual property, international tax, health
care, litigation, competition and trade regulation, and real estate.

SNR Denton has a distinguished pedigree, reflecting Denton's roots as a
City of London firm dating to the late 1700s and SNR's founding in 1906. "The
continuity of our firm across old and new world economies gives us an
exceptional foundation from which to begin anew as SNR Denton," said Messrs.
Portnoy and Morris. "In helping our clients achieve their business goals, we
have a history of success on which we launch SNR Denton today."

More Information

SNR Denton's locations may be viewed at snrdenton.com/locations
(www.snrdenton.com/).

About SNR Denton

SNR Denton is a client-focused international legal practice delivering
quality and value. We serve clients in key business and financial centers
from 48 locations in 32 countries, through offices, associate firms and
special alliances across the US, UK, Europe, the Middle East, Russia and the
CIS, South-East Asia, and Africa, making us a top 25 legal services provider
by lawyers and professionals worldwide. Joining the complementary top tier
practices of its founding firms — Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP and
Denton Wilde Sapte LLP — SNR Denton offers business, government and
institutional clients premier service and a disciplined focus to meet
evolving needs in eight key industry sectors: Energy, Transport and
Infrastructure; Financial Institutions and Funds; Government; Health and Life
Sciences; Insurance; Manufacturing; Real Estate, Retail and Hotels; and
Technology, Media and Telecommunications. Please see snrdenton.com
(www.snrdenton.com/)for more information and Legal Notices.

    Media Contacts:
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    Mark Young +1-212-768-6900 mark.young@snrdenton.com
    Mike Gannaway +44-(0)20-7320-6573 mike.gannaway@snrdenton.com

snrdenton.com

Mark Young, +1-212-768-6900, mark.young at snrdenton.com ; or Mike Gannaway, +44-(0)20-7320-6573, mike.gannaway at snrdenton.com, both of SNR Denton