Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff Joins Morgan Lewis

Frankfurt, Germany, January 22, 2007 – Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is pleased to announce that Jens-Dietrich Mitzlaff has joined the firm as a partner in the Frankfurt office. Dr. Mitzlaff focuses on corporate finance, banking transactions, syndicated loans, derivatives, and acquisition finance, as well as a broad range of capital markets matters.

"Jens is an integral and exciting addition to our strong and growing global finance practice," said David Pollak, head of the firm's Business & Finance Practice. "He'll work closely with our existing finance capacity in Frankfurt, Paris, and in the U.S. where we recently added two structured finance partners, Douglas Rutherford and Michael Macaluso," he continued.

Dr. Mitzlaff received his legal education at the universities of Frankfurt am Main, Bayreuth and Passau. He has previously worked in the investment banking division of Goldman Sachs in London and more recently as a finance partner in the Frankfurt office of the law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Dr Mitzlaff speaks German and English, and he is admitted to the German Bars.

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