Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

October 13, 2008, DUBAI, U.A.E. - Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP announces the

opening of its newest office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Located in the Dubai International

Financial Centre (DIFC), the office will significantly bolster the Firm’s practice in the Gulf and

Greater Asian regions.

Peter Stewart, corporate partner and co-chair of the Firm’s private equity practice, will serve as the

Managing Partner for the Dubai office. Charles Buderi, corporate partner and head of Curtis

London, will also spend considerable time in Dubai. Select attorneys from other Curtis offices will

relocate to Dubai to join the office.

The opening of Curtis Dubai is part of the Firm’s overall expansion strategy which also recently

included new offices in Almaty, Astana and Istanbul and the expansion of the Firm’s Frankfurt,

Oman and London offices.

Curtis Dubai will focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, project development, tourism

and hospitality projects, energy and commodities, sovereign wealth funds, private equity funds,

and dispute resolution in the DIFC.

“The Dubai office is an integral part of Curtis’ strategic growth plan,” said George Kahale, the

Firm’s Chairman. “Our clients have expressed their enthusiasm about the opening of this office

and we are looking forward to rapid growth and success there.”

In 2007, Curtis won the first judgment handed down by the Judicial Authority of the DIFC Courts on

behalf of its client Daman Real Estate Capital Partners Limited. Mr. Buderi was counsel in the case.

ABOUT CURTIS

Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP is an AmLaw 200 international law firm. Curtis’

worldwide practice includes corporate law, banking and finance, capital markets, private equity,

mergers & acquisitions, project finance and infrastructure development, investment management

and sovereign wealth funds, taxation, real estate, litigation and international arbitration. For more

than 175 years, Curtis has represented a wide range of clients, including multinational corporations

and financial institutions, governments and state companies, money managers and hedge funds.

For more information about Curtis, please visit www.curtis.com.