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Anslow + Jaclin serves diverse clients worldwide on unique and sophisticated securities and corporate matters, reverse mergers, PIPEs, corporate finance and M+A. Anslow + Jaclin's global clients include publicly and privately held corporations, emerging and development stage companies, entrepreneurial start up enterprises and other business entities across a broad range of industries. In 2008, Anslow + Jaclin was ranked 1st in the United States by SEC New Registrations Report for the number of pre-effective IPO registrations advised and since 2001 has been consistently ranked as one of the Top 15 Issuer's Counsel. In addition, Deal Flow Media, Inc.'s The PIPEs Report ranks Anslow + Jaclin as one of the top 10 Issuers and Investors Legal Counsel for number of placements advised.

Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP represents investors and investment banks in PIPE transactions and related products, including reverse mergers, SPACs, equity lines, registered direct and Rule 144A offerings. One of the leading investor counsel in PIPE activity, SRZ's 450 lawyers, based in New York, Washington DC and London, provide advice across all major practice areas, including corporate and commercial, banking and capital markets.

Founded in 2004, New York-based SecondMarket, Inc. (Member FINRA | MSRB | SIPC) is the largest centralized marketplace for illiquid assets, such as auction-rate securities, bankruptcy claims, collateralized debt obligations, limited partnership interests, mortgage-backed securities, private company stock, restricted securities and blocks in small capitalization companies, and whole loans. SecondMarket's online trading platform has 4,000 participants, including global financial institutions, hedge funds, private equity firms, mutual funds, corporations, and other institutional and accredited investors that collectively manage $1 trillion in assets available for investment.

Loeb & Loeb LLP, celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2009, is a national law firm with nearly 300 attorneys focusing on select core industries and practice areas, rather than endeavoring to be all things to all clients. The firm represents multi-national, Fortune 100 companies in their mid-market transactions and litigation matters, and serves as primary outside counsel to a multitude of mid-market clients. The firm also represents clients ranging from high tech start-ups to high net worth individuals and families. Loeb & Loeb has four offices located in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and Nashville, and has applied to open a representative office in Beijing to service a rapidly growing number of Asian clients.

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is a premier, full-service law firm with offices in New York and Paris. Their strong focus on client service and our single-minded commitment to excellence have enabled us to build long-term relationships with major domestic and international corporations, institutions and individuals that look to us for innovative and practical solutions for both everyday and complex matters. Indeed, Issuers, Investors and Financial Institutions repeatedly engage Kramer Levin for all of their capital market transactions. In the last few years alone, they have structured more than 60 diverse PIPES transactions.

Goodwin Procter LLP, with 850 attorneys and offices in Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C., provides corporate law, litigation and real estate services, with a focus on matters involving private equity, technology companies, REITs and real estate capital markets, financial services, intellectual property and products liability.

Lowenstein Sandler PC is a nationally recognized law firm with more than 270 attorneys. The firm's Specialty Finance practice handles mergers and acquisitions, acquisition financing, PIPEs, SPACs and other corporate finance matters for a wide array of investment funds, leading national investment banks, and issuers, in deals worldwide. In 2007, the group assisted in more than $1.9 billion in transactions and ranked first in the nation (by dollars raised) and second in the nation (by number of transactions) for representing placement agents in PIPE transactions, and third in the nation (by number of transactions) for representing investors in PIPEs, according to The PIPES Report and PrivateRaise.com.

With 3,500 lawyers in 29 countries and 67 offices throughout the U.S., U.K., Continental Europe, Middle East and Asia, DLA Piper helps companies around the world succeed by meeting their legal needs wherever they do business. DLA Piper practices in commercial, corporate, finance, human resources, litigation, real estate, regulatory and legislative, and technology, media and communications law. DLA Piper's clients range from multinational, Global 1000 and Fortune 50 enterprises to emerging companies developing industry leading technologies.

Sichenzia Ross Friedman Ference LLP provides experienced, professional representation in all matters involving the securities industry, as well as in all general corporate and litigation matters. SRFF's clients range from start-ups to established, listed companies. They include private and public corporations, partnerships, broker-dealers, bank-affiliated broker-dealers, investment advisors, registered personnel, public and corporate customers and investors, partnerships and other entities. SRFF also advises institutional investors on transactions involving complex securities law considerations. The firm's practice includes the representation of clients located in the United States and throughout the world, including Argentina, Austria, Australia, Canada, China, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP is a full-service law firm with offices in the nation's largest centers of business, government, finance and technology and an associated entity in London, England. Katten Muchin Rosenman's 600 attorneys in more than 40 practice areas provide timely and cost-effective counsel to clients in numerous industries. Katten Muchin Rosenman is a business advisor and advocate for a wide range of public and private companies – from entrepreneurial, emerging-growth, and middle market firms to global Fortune 100 corporations – as well as government entities and major universities, museums and other charitable and cultural organizations.

Greenberg Traurig's 1,750 plus lawyers in 31 offices worldwide provide clients a global scope of resources complemented by local market knowledge and experience. Greenberg's PIPEs practice is a top ranked group in the League Tables published by PrivateRaise and PlacementTracker, based on the number of 2009 PIPEs transactions for investors and issuers. Greenberg was also named USA Law Firm of the Year by Chambers and Partners in 2007.

Gottbetter Capital Management, LP is a management company founded in 2006 which makes structured investments in public companies and to private companies as part of a committed going public transaction. They rely on a variety of structures including convertible securities, equity line financings, and at-the-market offerings for opportunistic, event-driven companies to meet their working capital and acquisition financing needs. Although Gottbetter Capital is one of few new managers to emerge in recent months, the team has 26 years experience in sourcing, structuring, documenting and financing PIPE transactions. Gottbetter Capital provides the investment banking and legal services necessary to efficiently and effectively close financings.

Entrepreneurs and financiers need a lawyer who thinks like a business professional and can skillfully close a deal or draft a contract. They need an advisor to help develop a long-term relationship and solve those problems that are difficult to discuss objectively with friends or colleagues. At times, they need a litigator to pursue their business goals and protect their legal rights through the judicial system. At Weinstein Smith, our goal is to satisfy the needs of each client on every assignment &ndash: to approach all matters creatively, efficiently, carefully and at a reasonable cost.

Proskauer Rose LLP is one of the nation's largest law firms, providing a wide variety of legal services to major corporations and other clients throughout the United States and around the world. Founded in 1875 in New York City, the firm employs attorneys in seven domestic offices (New York, Los Angeles, Washington, Boston, Boca Raton, Newark and New Orleans) Paris and São Paulo. The Firm has wide experience in all areas of practice important to businesses, including corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, bankruptcy and reorganizations, taxation, litigation, trusts and estates, intellectual property, and labor and employment law.

At Malone & Bailey, PC our mission is to be a market-leading full-service accounting firm delivering high-quality small and middle-market private and public company audit and tax services. Our vision is to change the way auditing and accounting are done for small and middle-market private and public companies. Our public company audit practice is built around the reality that small public companies have unique debt and equity transactions that neither private nor larger public companies have. Such transactions are frequently complex, requiring an in-depth knowledge of the attendant rules that only comes from frequent practice and study. Ours is the only firm in North America that combines such a focus on the smaller U.S. public companies with multiple audit partners dedicated to this specialty area. With substantial direct partner involvement in each engagement, we work to reduce our clients' regulatory headaches and fees, allowing them to focus on the fundamentals of running their businesses while we handle the sometimes complex mechanics of SEC and IRS processes.

PipeFund Services Organization operates the premier platform to facilitate and expedite the documentation process for PIPE and Registered Direct transactions, enabling participants to close deals in hours instead of weeks. The PipeFund platform consists primarily of three integrated services: 1) a private transaction portal where transaction documents, information and communications are centrally located on a secure webpage and participants may execute the purchase agreement online; 2) best-in-class transaction documents which are comprehensive yet easily modified to incorporate specific deal terms; and 3) superior delivery-versus-payment escrow arrangements. PipeFund's services may be used concurrently or independently to negotiate, execute and close transactions through a more effective, efficient and less expensive process.

BarclayHedge is a leading source for proprietary research in the field of alternative investments. For the past 22 years Barclay has provided services as a publisher, database and software provider, and industry consultant. Barclay's 18 hedge fund indices and 10 managed futures indices are utilized worldwide as performance benchmarks for hedge funds and managed futures.

Every week, Hedge Fund Alert delivers the early intelligence you need to anticipate new risks and opportunities facing fund-management firms, their investors and service providers. Be first to identify new capital-raising tactics, investor strategies and competition among industry vendors.

Emerging Manager Focus doesn't just report the fund management news – it provides in-depth analysis, relevant features and knowledgeable insight from premier experts in the field. Emerging Manager Focus is an online magazine published weekly by Focus Point Press, written for emerging managers, hedge funds, institutional investors and research firms. Its readership includes industry leaders, heads of public and corporate pension plans, foundations, endowments, emerging hedge funds, private equity firms, investment banks, CTAs, banks, brokerage firms and more.

mergermarket is an independent Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) intelligence service. Unlike any other service of its kind, mergermarket specializes in providing forward-looking origination and deal flow opportunities integrated with a comprehensive deals database – resulting in real revenues for clients.

Since 1951, EQUITIES Magazine has been a leading media company providing business editorial content designed to serve the needs of business leaders, professionals, institutional investors and retail investors. We are focused on business and the business of making money, not on lifestyle subjects. Our content analyzes business strategy and industry trends, profiles financial leaders, educates our readership, and provides opportunity for the investment community and emerging public companies. We publish original reporting in print and on the Internet at www.equitiesmagazine.com, as well as select content at www.nasdaq.com. For 28 years we have hosted our own branded investor conferences that connect public company CEO's with our loyal readers in the investment community.

Capital IQ provides high-impact information and workflow solutions to over 2,000 leading financial institutions, advisory firms and corporations. Completely web-based, Capital IQ uniquely combines deep fundamental and market data on companies you care about with a broad range of easy-to-use tools for financial modeling, screening, charting, and sourcing industry contacts. Capital IQ helps financial professionals minimize the time and effort required to make sound investment decisions.

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