Andrews Kurth Selects Eight New Partners for 2007

HOUSTON, TX –AmLaw 100 firm Andrews Kurth announced today the election of eight of its lawyers to the partnership. Christopher Boehler, Quentin Faust, Ted Gilman, Charles Jacaman, Jeff Kuehnle, Muriel McFarling, Cheryl Rosenberg and Sean Wooden will assume their new positions on January 1, 2007.

“The addition of these new Partners will greatly strengthen our firm,” said Managing Partner Howard Ayers. “We are pleased to welcome them to the partnership.”

New partners in alphabetical order:

Christopher Boehler (Houston, Texas) focuses on banking/finance, real estate and general business transactions. Christopher’s finance and banking experience includes the representation of both lending institutions and borrowers in commercial financing transactions, including workouts and restructuring of same. He also represents both landlords and tenants in commercial leasing of retail, office and industrial projects, and advises on the acquisition, disposition and development of real property.

Quentin Faust (Dallas, Texas) has a wide-ranging business law practice, functioning as outside general counsel to a variety of public and private corporations. He advises clients on general contract matters, intellectual property concerns, corporate law compliance, overall business strategies, merger and acquisition activities, and securities law reporting, as well as private and public financing and capital-raising transactions.

Ted Gilman (Austin, Texas) focuses on corporate and securities law, primarily in the context of the representation of public and private technology and other emerging growth companies. His experience includes the representation of issuers, underwriters and venture capital and other private equity firms in public and private securities offerings, both acquirors and targets in a variety of public-public and public-private business combination transactions, and publicly held clients with ongoing compliance with federal securities laws.

Charles Jacaman (Dallas, Texas) concentrates on real estate, finance and general business transactions. He represents property owners in drafting and negotiating commercial leases, management agreements, and purchase and sale agreements; commercial mortgage loan originators; loan servicers in connection with loan assumptions, modifications and workouts; and institutional borrowers in commercial real estate financing transactions.

Jeff Kuehnle (The Woodlands, Texas) is a member of the firm’s Litigation section, handling complex commercial and oil and gas litigation. He has represented a variety of clients, primarily natural gas producers and pipelines and financial institutions, in disputes pending in both federal and state courts.

Muriel McFarling (Dallas, Texas) practices in the Corporate / Securities section, representing and advising publicly and privately held companies in a variety of business and commercial matters, including public and private debt and equity offerings, corporate formations and governance matters, securities laws compliance, and mergers and acquisitions.

Cheryl Rosenberg (Houston, Texas) practices in the Public Law area with a primary focus on public finance. She serves as bond counsel and disclosure counsel for various issuers of tax-exempt debt in Texas, particularly cities, counties and school districts. Cheryl also serves as underwriters' counsel and advises governmental bodies on election matters.

Sean Wooden (Washington, DC) focuses on advising clients on their intellectual property portfolios (including patents, trademarks and trade secrets) and developing, managing and exploiting these portfolios through litigation, acquisition, licensing and other transactions. His intellectual property experience covers a wide array of technologies and clients, ranging from individual inventors and small businesses to large multinational corporations.

For more than a century, Andrews Kurth LLP has built its practice on the belief that “straight talk is good business.” Real answers, clear vision and mutual respect define the firm’s relationships with clients, colleagues, communities and employees. With more than 400 lawyers and offices in Austin, Beijing, Dallas, Houston, London, Los Angeles, New York, The Woodlands and Washington, DC, Andrews Kurth represents a wide array of clients in all areas of business law.