FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Jocelyn Dyer, Executive Director
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EIGHT FIRMS JOIN STATE CAPITAL GROUP
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 16, 2009) – Eight law firms – Doralt Seist Csoklich (Austria), Martin Hu & Partners (Shanghai, China), Matsuo & Kosugi (Japan), Crowley Fleck, PLLP (North Dakota),Cardigos e Associados (Portugal), ALRUD Law Firm (Russia), Advokatfirman Lindahl (Sweden), and Arzinger (Ukraine) -- have been confirmed as members of the State Capital Group by State Capital Group's voting representatives.
Doralt Seist Csoklich is based in Vienna and has 14 practicing attorneys. The firm’s activities are focused on transaction consulting and litigation as well as comprehensive counseling of clients in various fields of business. The firm’s primary areas of business include: Banking and Financing; Bankruptcy; Capital Markets; Commercial Litigation and Arbitration; Construction; Foundations; Landlord/Tenant; General Corporate and Commercial; Mergers and Acquisition; PPP; and Public Procurement.For more information about this firm, please visit www.dsc.at or contact Wilfried Seist at seist [at] dsc.at or +43-1-319-45-20.
Martin Hu & Partners is a 15-attorney law firm based in Shanghai. The breadth of the firm’s expertise is reflected in the scope of practice, ranging from Corporate and Commercial Matters; Mergers and Acquisitions; Restructuring; Employment and Labor Issues; Intellectual Property and Technology Protection; Education Collaboration; Real Estate, IPO and Securities; Tax; Litigation; and Arbitration. For more information about this firm, please visit www.mhplawyer.com or contact Martin Hu at martin.hu [at] mhplawyer.com or +86 21 5010-1666.
Matsuo & Kosugi is a Tokyo based firm with 22 attorneys. The firm’s primary areas of practice include: General Domestic and International Practice in Banking; Commercial and Corporate; Domestic and International Corporate Reorganization and Bankruptcy; International Finance; Criminal, Domestic and Transnational Litigation and Arbitration; Mergers and Acquisitions; Telecommunications; Entertainment; and Intellectual Property. For more information about this firm, please visit www.mknet.jp or contact Scott M. Imaye at imaye [at] mknet.jp or 03-3500-0331
North Dakota member firm Fleck, Mather & Strutz, Ltd. merged with Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich P.L.L.P in January 2009. The new firm operates under the name of Crowley Fleck PLLP and has over 100 lawyers practicing in the areas of Commercial Litigation; Insurance Defense Litigation; Natural Resources; Mining and Energy Law; Commercial Transactions; Banking and Finance; Creditors Rights; Real Estate Transactions and Development; Tax and Estate Planning; Intellectual Property; Estate Administration; Employment Law; Governmental Relations; and Lobbying. For more information about this firm, please visit www.crowleyfleck.com or contact Gary R . Wolberg at gwolberg [at] crowleyfleck.com or (701) 223-6585.
Cardigos e Associados is located Lisbon and has 12 practicing attorneys. The firm’s primary practice areas include: Banking, Derivatives and Capital Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions; Tax; and Project Development and Finance. For more information about this firm, please visit www.cardigos.com or contact Pedro Cardigos at pcardigos [at] cardigos.com or +351 21 330 39 00.
ALRUD Law Firm is a 50-attorney firm based in Moscow. The firm’s practice areas include Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Competition and Antitrust; Real Estate; Commercial Law; Labor and Employment; Tax Law; Banking and Finance; Intellectual Property; Arbitration and Litigation; and Restructuring and Insolvency. For more information about this firm, please visit www.alrud.com or contact Maxim Alekseyev at malekseyev [at] alrud.ru or +7-495-234-9692.
Sweden member firm RydinCarlsten merged with Advokatfirman Lindahl effective February 1, 2009. RydinCarlsten dissolved and the new firm operates under the name Lindahl. With 160 attorney’s, the firm's primary areas of practice are Banking and Finance; Competition; Construction; Corporate; Employment; Environment; Insolvency; Insurance; Intellectual Property; Information Technology; Commercial Dispute Resolution; Mergers and Acquisitions; Transportation; Media; Property; Public Procurement; Sport and Entertainment; Tax; and Telecom. For more information about this firm, please visit www.lindahl.se or contact Erik Lind at erik.lind [at] lindahl.se or +46 8-463 39 00.
Arzinger is a Kiev based firm with 70 practicing attorneys. The firm serves international businesses clients with interests in Ukraine. Arzinger’s areas of business include in Real Estate; Construction; Telecommunications; Pharmaceuticals; Transport; Insurance and Banking. For more information about this firm, please visit www.arzinger.ua or contact Sergiy Shklyar at Sergiy.Shklyar [at] arzinger.ua or
+38 (044) 390 55 33.
For more information, contact State Capital Group headquarters at (202) 659-6601 or info [at] statecapitalgroup.org. Please also visit our website at www.statecapitalgroup.org .
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