Morgan Lewis Ranks #1 for New Mutual Funds in American Lawyer’s 2005 "Corporate Scorecard" Rankings

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04/11/2005

We are pleased to report that The American Lawyer has ranked Morgan Lewis as the leading mutual fund law firm in its "Corporate Scorecard" based on new mutual fund issues in 2004. The "Mutual Funds Scorecard" also ranks Morgan Lewis seventh by net assets of all mutual fund clients.

Morgan Lewis is consistently listed as a leader in the mutual fund category, having received the top ranking for new funds in two of the last four years (2001 and 2004). The new mutual funds ranking is based on new issues (new funds and new classes of shares by existing funds) that listed a legal counsel in the registration statement.

Morgan Lewis’s clients represent a broad range of well-known global investment management firms, including seven of the 10 largest money managers listed by Institutional Investor, more than 500 mutual fund, venture capital, private equity and hedge funds, banks and trust companies, insurance companies, pension consultants, trade associations, transfer agents and other businesses in the investment management industry.

The firm's ranking as first in the mutual funds category follows the firm's cumulative and consistently high placement in the top 10 across several business categories over the years, including: Issuer's Counsel for U.S. Initial Public Offerings (IPOs); IPO Counsel to Venture-Backed Companies; Asset-Backed Securities; Mutual Funds and Bankruptcy.

For more information about the Corporate Scorecard methodology, please visit www.law.com.