Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP's real estate department were awarded the Chambers USA Awards for Excellence 2009 for Real Estate Including Leisure and Hospitality. Awarded at a dinner held on Thursday, June 11th in New York, the awards are based on research for the 2009 edition of Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business. The Chambers Awards for Excellence honor outstanding lawyers and law firms across the USA, reflecting both pre-eminence in key practice areas, and achievements over the last 12-months.

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Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 550 attorneys in offices in New York, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Fried Frank lawyers regularly represent major investment banking firms, private equity houses and hedge funds, as well as many of the largest companies in the world. The Firm offers legal counsel on M&A, private equity, asset management, capital markets and corporate finance matters, white-collar criminal defense and civil litigation, securities regulation, compliance and enforcement, government contracts, environmental law and litigation, real estate, tax, bankruptcy, antitrust, benefits and compensation, intellectual property and technology, international trade, and trusts and estates. The Firm has an association with Huen Wong & Co. in Hong Kong. More information on Fried Frank can be found at www.friedfrank.com.

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