Debevoise & Plimpton Names New Partners

NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is pleased to
announce that Alyona N. Kucher and Jasmine Powers will become partners of the
firm, effective July 1, 2009. Ms. Kucher is resident in the Moscow office and
Ms. Powers is resident in the New York office.

Alyona N. Kucher, based in the firm's Moscow office, is a member of the firm's
Corporate Department. Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions,
corporate and securities law, infrastructure projects and project financing
with an emphasis on transactions in the oil and gas sectors and construction.
Ms. Kucher received a degree in legal translation from the Moscow State
University (1999). She graduated with honors from the Moscow State
University, Faculty of Law (2000) and was awarded a Candidate of Sciences
degree (Ph.D.) in law (2002). Ms. Kucher has authored several articles on
foreign investments in Russia, as well as a book on contract negotiation and
pre-contractual liability, and currently teaches a Civil Law course at Moscow
State University. Ms. Kucher joined the firm in 1998.

Jasmine Powers, based in the firm's New York office, is a member of the firm's
Corporate Department. Her practice focuses on bankruptcy and restructuring,
including the representation of debtors, investors, creditors and other
parties in distressed mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings and
refinancings, complex restructurings and Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
She received her B.S. from Princeton University in Civil Engineering and
Operations Research, with a Certificate in Engineering and Management Systems
(1996), and her J.D. from the University of Michigan (1999). Ms. Powers has
authored numerous articles on bankruptcy and restructuring and is a
contributing author to the Collier Business Workout Guide (Matthew Bender,
2008). Ms. Powers joined the firm in 1999.

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is a leading international law firm, representing a
wide range of clients around the world. Founded in 1931, the firm has offices
in New York, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt, Moscow, Hong Kong and
Shanghai. The firm now has approximately 750 lawyers. For more information,
please visit www.debevoise.com.

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