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4 December 2007
LMR’S COMPETITION/ANTITRUST PRACTICE HIGHLY RANKED IN CHAMBERS GLOBAL – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2008

Chambers & Partners, a highly respected London-based publisher of guides to the world's top lawyers, has in its 2008 edition of Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business ranked LMR as one of the leading Finnish law firms in the competition/antitrust sector.

Chambers Global says e.g. that LMR’s clients and peers praise the “great international focus and understanding” of LMR’s competition lawyers and that LMR’s competition practice is a “great combination of lawyers”.

Chambers Global is an independent guide which is based on e.g. in-depth client interviews.

For more information on the guide Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business, see: http://www.chambersandpartners.com

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28 November 2007
Luostarinen Mettälä Räikkönen is now officially LMR

Luostarinen Mettälä Räikkönen Attorneys-at-Law Ltd. has officially changed its name to LMR Attorneys Ltd. In Finnish, the name is Asianajotoimisto LMR Oy.

The name LMR has been informally used by the firm and its clients for some time. The reason for the change of name is ease of use, particularly by the firm’s many international clients.

The firm’s email and website addresses, and business ID and VAT numbers, shall remain the same.

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8 November 2007
Juris Doctor Paul Herring has joined LMR as Of Counsel as of 8 November 2007

At LMR, Mr Herring will serve as the core of a new technology team that has been set-up to serve the firm’s growing list of internationally-oriented clients in the ICT field or having intellectual property rights matters generally.

Mr Herring was most recently a partner with the law firm of Procopé & Hornborg from 2003-2007. Mr Herring has practiced law since 1990, including six years working as an in-house counsel for Nokia, Kone, and Konecranes. Mr Herring is licensed to practice law in the States of California and Texas.

Mr Herring’s practice primarily involves supporting ICT companies, including on software licensing and technology development transactions, in addition to mergers & acquisitions, international sales and infrastructure projects, and dispute resolution.

Mr Herring is fluent in English and Spanish and is conversational in Finnish and French.

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31 October 2007
REACH: EU’s new chemicals regulation – one of the key areas of LMR

The new European REACH regulation (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) affects and obliges numerous parties: chemicals manufacturers, importers and downstream users. The LMR REACH Team, led by partner Jukka Luostarinen, has followed the development of the regulation/regulatory work since the very beginning. Our REACH Team has increasingly given presentations in various events and seminars, including in the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland, concerning the legal aspects of the REACH regulation, such as the relation between the obligatory substance information exchange and the requirements of competition law. Given not only LMR’s convenient location literally just a couple of blocks from ECHA, the European Chemicals Agency, entrusted with the EU-wide enforcement powers of REACH, but also and more importantly our in-depth knowledge of REACH, the LMR REACH Team finds itself particularly suited for your needs. We warmly welcome you to contact us with any questions you have on REACH.

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22 October 2007
IFLR recommends LMR in Capital markets, Banking and Mergers and acquisitions

IFLR (International Finance Law Review) has recommended LMR in its 2008 edition of the IFLR 1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms.

LMR was recommended in all three practice areas analysed in the guide with regard to Finland: Capital markets, Banking and Mergers and acquisitions. According to IFLR 1000, “Banking and finance is LMR’s strength”, and it further notes that “the firm’s peers all agreed LMR is of a very high quality”.

IFLR 1000 is the international legal market’s leading guide to the top law firms advising on corporate finance. It is said in the guide that it lists “only corporate and financial law firms at the top of their profession”. The guide is published by Legal Media Group, the legal publishing arm of Euromoney Institutional Investor, one of the world's leading financial publishers.

For more information on IFLR 1000 – The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms, see: www.iflr1000.com

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7 September 2007
LMR is pleased to announce the publication of Yrityskaupat ja omistussuhteet (‘Mergers & Acquisitions and Ownership Relations’), a new and extensive handbook co-authored by the specialists of Consilium Corporate Finance Oy, KPMG Oy Ab and LMR. This is the latest release in the series Johtamisen käsikirjat (‘Leadership Handbooks’) published by Kauppalehti, the leading Finnish business daily.

LMR played an active role in planning, compiling and writing the Handbook, which was launched in Helsinki on 29 August 2007. The Handbook is a comprehensive guide to mergers and acquisitions for both large and small enterprises in Finland. Click here for the table of contents (in Finnish).

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1 June 2007
HEIKKI KOPONEN (formerly Vice President, Legal Affairs, Amer Sports Corporation), 45, JOINED LMR AS SENIOR COUNSEL – Other recent lawyer recruitments include Ilona Alatalo from Fennica Attorneys Ltd. and LMR trainee Riikka Sipponen

Mr Koponen is trained at the bench (Vantaa District Court 1990) and has Masters of Law degree from Helsinki University (1989) as well as Executive Masters of Business Administration degree from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration (1992).

His professional background complements LMR's wide expertise in international business and cross-border transactions (Vice President, Legal Affairs, Amer Sports Corporation), heavy industry (Legal Counsel, Nokia Networks and Fortum Power and Heat Oy) as well as corporate restructuring and finance (Legal Counsel, Government Guarantee Fund and SKOPBANK).

LMR has recruited also two other lawyers. Ms Ilona Alatalo joined LMR on 23 May after three years at Fennica Attorneys Ltd. Ms Riikka Sipponen will obtain her Master’s degree in law on 6 June and subsequently continue at LMR as a lawyer. She has been a trainee at LMR since 2006.

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25 May 2007
LMR HIGHLY RANKED IN CHAMBERS EUROPE – Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2007. LMR also included in the Euro Top 100 Survey.

Chambers & Partners, a highly respected London-based publisher of guides to the world's top lawyers, has in its 2007 edition of Chambers Europe – Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked LMR as a leading firm in both Banking & Finance and Competition/Antitrust.

LMR was also included in Chambers & Partners’ Euro Top 100 Survey. Only three other Finnish law firms were included in this Survey. Chambers says the following as an introduction to the Top 100 list: “Chambers asked Europe's largest corporations to name their lawyers. The result? A list of the main players in the European legal market drawn from the most important source: the clients themselves.”

Chambers Europe is an independent guide which is based on e.g. in-depth client interviews. It is said in the guide that “no firms or lawyers are mentioned unless they come strongly recommended in the market.”

For more information on the guide Chambers Europe – Europe’s Leading Lawyers for Business, see: http://www.chambersandpartners.com

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22 May 2007
PETRI MORELIUS PROMOTED TO PARTNERSHIP

Petri Morelius has been promoted to partnership. Morelius has been with LMR since 2002.

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11 May 2007
THE LEGAL 500 RANKED LMR IN THE FIRST CATEGORY IN BANKING AND FINANCE & EU AND COMPETITION – LMR highly ranked also e.g. in Corporate and M&A, Maritime and Transport and Real Estate and Construction

THE LEGAL 500, a leading international publication of recommended law firms, has in its 2007 edition again given high rankings to LMR in most legal practice areas. For the sixth consecutive year, LMR has been ranked in the highest category in Banking and Finance. LMR was again ranked in the highest category also in EU and Competition.

In addition, LMR was very highly ranked (2nd category) in its other principal practice areas, such as Corporate and M&A, Maritime and Transport and Real Estate and Construction. Furthermore, LMR was highly ranked (third category) among the recommended law firms in Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution and TMT and IP.

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24 April 2007
LMR’S BANKING AND COMPETITION/ANTITRUST PRACTICES HIGHLY RECOMMENDED IN PLC WHICH LAWYER?YEARBOOK 2007

PLC WHICH LAWYER?Yearbook 2007, a Practical Law Company publication, highly recommends LMR’s banking and competition/antitrust practices. In addition, LMR partners Kimmo Mettälä and Jukka Luostarinen are mentioned respectively as highly recommended individuals.

For more information on PLC Which Lawyer? Yearbook 2007, see: http://whichlawyer.practicallaw.com/which/whichlawyer.do

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1 February 2007
LMR RANKED AS A LEADING COMPETITION/ANTITRUST FIRM IN CHAMBERS GLOBAL – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business 2007

Chambers & Partners, a highly respected London-based publisher of guides to the world's top lawyers, has in its 2007 edition of Chambers Global – The World's Leading Lawyers for Business ranked LMR as one of the leading Finnish law firms in the competition/antitrust sector.

Chambers Global has also ranked Jukka Luostarinen, a name partner of LMR, on top of the list of the leading competition/antitrust lawyers in Finland. Also another name partner of LMR, Keijo Räikkönen, was listed as a leading competition/antitrust lawyer.