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FIRM OVERVIEW

We strive to be a rm of rst choice for clients seeking

sophisticated, high-value legal services nationally and glob-

ally. While Katten offers an extensive range of legal services

across numerous industries, our core areas of practice are cor-

porate, nancial services, litigation, real estate, commercial

nance, intellectual property and trusts and estates. Among

our clients are a wide range of public and private companies,

including a third of the Fortune 100, as well as a number of

government and nonprot organizations and individuals.

The rm has a uniquely exible and entrepreneurial culture

that fosters partnerships with our clients. Knowing the law is

not enough. We understand our clients business objectives

and address their legal needs in a manner that is consistent

with the big picture. We have earned a reputation for

being trusted business advisors, and we demonstrate our

value every day in the successful results we achieve.

Corporate

Our Corporate Practice provides sophisticated transactional

representation and business counseling to national and global

companies in a wide range of industries. Attorneys in thepractice regularly work with those from other disciplines,

including tax, labor and employment, antitrust, environmen-

tal and intellectual property, to provide our clients with com-

prehensive representation in their business transactions. We

regularly represent companies in the aviation, entertainment

and media, health care, sports and technology industries,

among others. Our core practice areas include mergers and

acquisitions, private equity and securities.

Katten is a ull-service law frm with more

than 600 attorneys in locations across the

United States and an afliate in London.

Attorneys in our Mergers and Acquisitions Practice handle

complex domestic and international transactions for public

and private companies, nancial institutions, and invest-

ment funds. Our Private Equity Practice works with private

equity sponsors and their portfolio companies to maximize

the value of their investments from entry through exit. Our

Securities Practice assists clients with public and privateofferings of equity and debt securities and other securities

transactions, and provides regulatory advice to public and

private companies and other nancial market participants.

We also provide corporate governance and business coun-

seling to companies and their boards of directors and board

committees.

Financial Services

Kattens Financial Services Practice advises a broad range

of participants in the nancial services arena, including

broker-dealers, futures commission merchants, investment

advisors, nance companies, investment bankers, futures

and securities exchanges, commodity trading advisors,

pension funds, banks and insurance companies, as well as

investment vehicles such as hedge funds, commodity pools,

venture capital funds and private equity funds. The Financial

Services Practice employs an interdisciplinary approach in

providing comprehensive legal services including regulatory

and transactional advice, tax and ERISA counsel, and domes-

tic and foreign litigation services.

Kattens more than 80 nancial services attorneys are well-versed in the latest developments in the industry, especially

those involving regulatory matters. Several have previously

held senior positions with regulatory agencies or have been

in-house counsel at nancial services rms. Our attorneys

depth of experience enables us to provide creative, strategic

representation while being responsive to the practical and

economic needs of our clients.

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Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Kattens Litigation Practice has nearly 200 attorneys across

the country dedicated to evaluating, ghting and resolving

our clients most difcult problems. Our diverse practice

includes commercial litigation, consumer class action, elec-

tronic discovery and evidence, nancial services litigation,

product, premises and tort liability, securities litigation and

white collar criminal and civil litigation. Our litigation track

record and trial victories have earned us national recogni-

tion in Chambers USA, Benchmark: Litigation, Lawdragon 500

and the Law360 Litigation Almanac, among others. But we

believe our litigation victories must provide value and long-

term benet to our clients. More than any rankings, that is

how we measure our success.

Our litigators regularly try signicant bet the companycases to verdict. Many of these large cases are accompanied

by other risks, investigations, government inquiries and pro-

ceedings, and as a result we have become especially adept

at handling parallel and complex proceedings. Our clients

benet from the experience of the many Katten attorneys

who have held positions at the U.S. Department of Justice,

the U.S. Attorneys Ofce, the White House, the Securities

and Exchange Commission and other government agencies

and prosecutors ofces at both the state and federal levels

across the country.

Real Estate

Katten has one of the most extensive and renowned real

estate practices in the United States. With over 100 attor-

neys rmwide and a London afliate, we provide global

solutions and capabilities to clients in national and interna-

tional markets. Attorneys in our Real Estate Practice have

broad experience in all types of real estate transactions,

including all classes of debt nancings, leasing, acquisitions,

sales, development, fund formation, private equity and

joint ventures, REIT formation, securitizations, cross-bordertransactions, recapitalizations, workouts and restructurings.

Our deals involve asset classes that span the market, includ-

ing hotels, ofce, retail, industrial, residential, raw land and

mixed-use projects.

Our sophisticated Real Estate Litigation Practice focuses on

the complex disputes that arise in the industry, including

nance, development and construction, landlord-tenant

relations and brokerage, purchase and sale transactions,

and governance and organization. The Distressed Property

Group advises clients in connection with distressed real

estate asset disputes, out-of-court and in-court restructur-

ings, foreclosures, bankruptcies, reorganizations, equity anddebt capitalization, and acquisitions and dispositions. Our

real estate attorneys also work together with our Sustain-

ability and Climate Change Practice to protect our clients

interests in green development.

Commercial Finance

Kattens nationally recognized Commercial Finance Practice

represents banks, investment funds, nance companies and

nancial institutions making a wide variety of debt invest-

ments in enterprises of all types and sizes, and in a broad

range of industries. Our commercial nance attorneys draw

upon the vast experience of Katten professionals in various

disciplines to ensure that clients receive the highest quality

counsel on the structural, tax, regulatory and other aspects

of any given transaction. Our lending clients benet from

the invaluable perspective our commercial nance attorneys

have gained from representing borrowers and support-

ing Kattens other practices with nancing transactions

such as leveraged buyouts, acquisitions, renancings and

recapitalizations.

Our senior lending practice focuses on the representationof administrative agents, lead arrangers and bookrunners in

syndicated senior secured and unsecured nancing transac-

tions consisting of conventional asset-based loans and cash

ow loans. We also regularly represent nancial institutions

in mezzanine investments and so-called Term B Loans and

Second Lien Term Loans. In addition, our commercial nance

attorneys represent lenders in project nance transactions

and team with other practices within the rm to repre-

sent lenders, sponsors, trustees, portfolio managers and

other participants in structured nance transactions and

securitizations.

Intellectual Property

We recognize that our clients intellectual property is among

their most valuable assets. Our intellectual property attor-

neys assist clients in many industries in managing and pro-

tecting their intellectual property, and in defending against

the claims of others. Our attorneys have experience in the

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intellectual property aspects of all types of business transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, lever-

aged buyouts, venture capital investments, joint ventures and other strategic alliances. We also assist

our clients in exploiting intellectual property rights through licensing, joint ventures and technology

transfer agreements.

Lawyers in Kattens Intellectual Property Litigation Practice have been lead trial counsel on some of themost signicant intellectual property cases for prominent companies around the world. Our seasoned

litigators enforce, protect and defend our clients patent, trademark and copyright rights in jurisdictions

across the United States and abroad. Much of this litigation involves cutting-edge issues of intellectual

property law, including patents concerning pharmaceuticals to allow generic competition, federal

Lanham Act claims, and advertising and entertainment law disputes involving First Amendment issues.

Trusts and Estates

Over 45 attorneys strong, the Trusts and Estates Practice at Katten is one of the largest and most well-

versed in the United States. Our attorneys provide the full panoply of trusts and estates-related services

to both domestic and international clients. We perform sophisticated estate, tax, business, charitableand personal planning for high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs and others with complex assets

or affairs. We represent both duciaries and beneciaries in connection with ongoing estate and trust

administration on a multigenerational basis. We are also experienced in handling contested proceedings

involving estates and trusts in the courts, before taxing authorities, and before governmental and regu-

latory authorities. Our attorneys possess great tact and discretion, and superb interpersonal and ana-

lytical skills, enabling us to assess clients options and to provide innovative solutions to their problems.

Awards and Rankings

Fourteen practices and 37 attorneys ranked among the nations best in the 2009 edition o Chambers USA:Americas Leading Lawyers for Business

Five practices ranked among the nations best in Legal 500 United States 2009

Named to BTI Client Service A-Team 2010 or delivering superior client service

Selected as a 2010 Go-To Law Firm or in-house counsel by Corporate Counsel magazine

Sixty-six attorneys listed in 2010 edition o Best Lawyers in America

Named a leading frm by Practical Law Company in the categories o private client services (USA) and

corporate real estate (Chicago)

Ranked in the 2009 edition o Law360s Litigation Almanac as the third largest securities litigation practice in

the United States and one o the nations top ten busiest securities litigation practices

Recognized as a leading litigation frm in Illinois by Benchmark: Litigation or the past three years

Named a fnalist or North American Team o the Year or 2009-2010 Society o Trust and Estate Practitioners

(STEP) Private Client Awards

One o MultiCultural Lawmagazines Top 100 Law Firms or Diversity or the past fve years

Received the highest possible rating (100 percent) on the Human Rights Campaign Foundations 2010

Corporate Equality Index

One o only our law frms nationally to make Working Mothers 100 Best Companies in 2009

Named to 2009 Working Mother/Flex-Time Lawyers 50 Best Law Firms or Women

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Antitrust

Apparel, Fashion and Textiles

AviationBanking

Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights

China

Commercial Finance

Commercial Litigation

Consumer Class Action

Corporate

Corporate Governance

Customs and International Trade

Distressed Debt Trading

Electronic Discovery and Evidence

Employee Benefts and Executive Compensation

(Transactions, Regulatory and Litigation)

Entertainment and Media

(Transactions, Finance and Litigation)

Environmental

Fiduciary Litigation

Financial Services(Transactions, Regulatory and Litigation)

Food, Drug and Cosmetic

Health Care

Insurance and Risk Management

(Capital Markets, Transactions, Regulatory and Litigation)

Intellectual Property

(Transactions and Litigation)

Labor and Employment

Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Mergers and Acquisitions

Private Equity

Public Finance

Real Estate

(Transactions, Finance and Litigation)

Securities

(Transactions, Regulatory and Litigation)

Shopping Center and Retail Law

Sports Law and Sports Facilities

Structured Finance and Securitization

Sustainability and Climate Change

Tax

(Planning and Controversy)

Technology

Trusts and Estates

White Collar Criminal and Civil Litigation

OUR PRACTICES

CHARLOTTE CHICAGO IRVING LONDON LOS ANGELES NEW YORK WASHINGTON, DC

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