Honigman and Faegre & Benson Form International Automotive Legal Team

Honigman possesses more than 50 years automotive industry experience, and
Faegre & Benson 40 years collective experience representing businesses in
China

DETROIT, Oct. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit-based Honigman Miller Schwartz and
Cohn LLP (Honigman) and Minneapolis-based Faegre & Benson LLP have formed an
International Automotive Legal Team spanning the U.S., China and the U.K. The
collaboration is an outgrowth of the China-related work the firms have been
doing together and reflects their focus on assisting automotive companies with
strategic cross-border transactions involving these three critically important
jurisdictions.

"Faegre & Benson and Honigman have a remarkably talented cross-functional team
of attorneys dedicated to handling complex automotive deals involving these
three countries. We share high standards for legal excellence, client service
and value. This is a great fit for both firms," said Honigman Chairman and
CEO David Foltyn.

Honigman brings more than 50 years of experience in the automotive industry,
including acquisitions, purchasing, insolvency and troubled supplier legal
services. Faegre & Benson supports clients in China-related transactions
through a dedicated group of lawyers with more than 40 collective years of
experience in China. These lawyers work in collaboration with the firm's
lawyers in the U.S. and London.

Thomas G. Morgan, Chair of the Faegre & Benson Management Committee, observed
that "Our combined industry experience, China market knowledge and
collaborative working styles help our clients take full advantage of the
significant automotive industry growth involving China."

(Click here for a list of recent transactions:
http://www.honigman.com/services/xprServiceDetailHon.aspx?xpST=ServiceDetail&service=283&show=more.)

The International Automotive Legal Team will be led by Robert B. Weiss,
Commercial Law, Bankruptcy and Reorganization Department Chair for Honigman,
and George D. Martin, Head of Faegre & Benson's Corporate Group and Co-chair
of its Greater China Practice, based in Minneapolis.

Other legal team members include from Honigman:
David Foltyn, Chairman, CEO and Partner, Corporate and Securities Department
John P. Kanan, Partner, Corporate and Securities Department
Jonathan P. O'Brien, Intellectual Property Practice Group Chair
Artis M. Noel, Of Counsel and former Chief of Export Compliance for General
Motors (joining Honigman on November 1, 2009)

From Faegre & Benson:
John V. Grobowski, Co-chair of the firm's Greater China practice and Managing
Partner of its Shanghai office
Yiqiang Li (Lee), Partner, Corporate Practice, Shanghai
Wendy Yan, Special Counsel, Shanghai
Melanie Wadsworth, Solicitor, Corporate Practice, England
William K. Weimer, Partner, Intellectual Property Practice

About Honigman
Celebrating its 60th year, Honigman is a leading Michigan-based business law
firm with an international practice. Headquartered in Detroit with offices in
Lansing, Oakland County, Ann Arbor and Kalamazoo, the firm has attorneys
practicing in more than 40 different areas of concentration. Honigman's
highly-credentialed attorneys and staff, along with its customer-service
focus, provide clients in a wide variety of industries timely and
cost-effective counsel.

In 2009, Honigman received a No. 1 ranking within the state of Michigan from
Chambers USA in three key practice areas. In addition, 76 of its attorneys
have been named in the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers(®), a respected
peer-review publication in the legal profession. Honigman also received
recognition for 59 of the firm's attorneys in the 2009 edition of Michigan
Super Lawyers, leading for the third consecutive year with more attorneys in
the "Top 100" than any other law firm in the state of Michigan. The
publication also recognized 39 of the firm's attorneys under the age of 40 as
Rising Stars. Honigman also was named in 2008 and 2009 as one of the "50 Best
Law Firms for Women" by Working Mother magazine and Flex-Time Lawyers, LLC.
For more information, visit www.honigman.com.

About Faegre & Benson:
Faegre & Benson LLP offers a full complement of legal services to clients
ranging from emerging enterprises to multinational companies. Its 500 lawyers
handle complex transactions and litigation matters throughout the United
States, Europe and Asia. Established in Minneapolis in 1886, the firm is one
of the 100 largest law firms in the United States. From its offices in
Minnesota, Colorado, Iowa, London and Shanghai, Faegre & Benson has served
clients in more than 60 countries. For more information, please visit
www.faegre.com.

SOURCE Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP

Susan S. Sherbow of Honigman, +1-313-465-7048, ssherbow@honigman.com; Adam
Severson of Faegre & Benson LLP, +1-612-766-8252