Clifford Chance Bolsters its Antitrust Practice

Cornell rejoins Washington, D.C. office as Counsel

WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading international law firm
Clifford Chance recently announced that Tim Cornell has rejoined the firm as
counsel in the Antitrust practice of its office here. From 2000 to 2003
Cornell was an associate in Clifford Chance's New York office. He has spent
the past six years working in the Antitrust group at law firm Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett.

Cornell will be working closely with partner Bill Blumenthal, head of Clifford
Chance's Antitrust practice and former General Counsel of the Federal Trade
Commission.

Cornell has significant experience advising clients concerning competition law
issues in government investigations, the regulatory review of mergers and
acquisitions and the adoption of antitrust best practices. He has guided
clients through United States Federal Trade Commission and Department of
Justice regulatory investigations. Cornell has worked to achieve both United
States and internal regulatory clearance of transactions for clients in
numerous industries including banking, health care, satellites, nuclear
energy, automotive, printing, pharmaceutical, media, security and natural gas.

"We are thrilled to welcome Tim back to Clifford Chance," said Bill
Blumenthal, head of Clifford Chance's Antitrust practice. "Tim's regulatory
experience and familiarity with a number of industries is a welcome addition
to our practice."

"Clifford Chance has an exceptional global antitrust practice. With the
additions of partner Michel Petite, former Director General of the Legal
Service of the European Commission, in Paris and Bill Blumenthal in DC, we
have two of the top legal experts in the field, " said Juan Morillo, the
firm's US Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice area leader. "Tim's
knowledge of both domestic and international antitrust issues is exactly what
we are looking for as we continue to build our US antitrust practice."

Cornell obtained his JD from Georgetown, cum laude, and his BS in Political
Science from the United States Naval Academy.

Clifford Chance is one of the world's leading law firms, helping clients
achieve their goals by combining the highest global standards with local
expertise. The firm has unrivalled scale and depth of legal resources across
the four key markets of the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East, and
focuses on the core areas of commercial activity: capital markets; corporate
and M&A; finance and banking; real estate; tax; pensions and employment;
litigation and dispute resolution. Clifford Chance has 30 offices in 21
countries with 3,800 legal advisers and also operates a 'best friends'
arrangement with AZB & Partners in India, Lakatos, Koves & Partners in Hungary
and a co-operation agreement with Al-Jadaan & Partners Law Firm in Saudi
Arabia.

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Ashley Hill
Clifford Chance US LLP
(212) 880-5638
Ashley.Hill@CliffordChance.com
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