The WSG Law firm member from Lithuania, Lideika, Petrauskas, Valiûnas ir partneriai advised TeliaSonera, a wholly owned subsidiary of Amber Mobile Teleholding AB, in the acquisition of 10 percent remaining outstanding shares in UAB Omnitel (the largest mobile operator in Lithuania and the Baltic States).

TShevchenko Didkovskiy & Partners acted as a Ukrainian legal counsel to 'The State Export-Import Bank of Ukraine', one of the major and most profitable operators in the Ukrainian banking market, in launching a USD 150 million Eurobond issue. This transaction is so far the largest and the most successful capital market offering by a Ukrainian financial institution.

Carey Olsen, the Channel Islands legal services member, has again been recognized as the island's leading legal advisers in terms of numbers of Guernsey-serviced active funds and sub-funds. According to research undertaken by Fitzrovia International PLC, a leading independent investment fund research company whose surveys are recognized globally, Carey Olsen advised 508 active funds and sub-funds this year, an increase of 103 on the previous year, and 124 more than their nearest competitor.

On Friday, July 23, 2004, Parlee McLaws LLP's Senior Counsel, Ed Molstad, QC, was honored by the Samson Cree Nation as an honorary chief at a ceremony in Hobbema, just south of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Mr. Molstad is a highly respected aboriginal and treaty rights lawyer in Canada who is representing the Samson Nation in their multi-billion dollar breach of treaty and trust case currently before the Federal Court of Canada. The bestowing of honorary chieftainships is a relatively rare event for Samson with the last one made in 1980 to Canada's Former Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. Jean Chrétien. This is unquestionably one of the most important cases ever to come before the Courts of Canada in relation to the rights of Aboriginal Peoples.

More than 24,000 Georgia attorneys were asked to name the best of their peers in Atlanta magazine's annual Super Lawyers survey. The extensive balloting, research and blue ribbon review process revealed 60 Troutman Sanders attorneys in the top five percent. John J. "Jack" Dalton of Troutman Sanders was once again named in the top 10 super lawyers, affirming his position as one of the firm's leading litigators.

Chambers & Partners' Chambers Global, The World's Leading Lawyers, 2004 edition has adjudged WSG member Brigard & Urrutia as the best firm in Colombia for Corporate Law and Mergers and Acquisitions. The firm is the leading player in the Colombian finance market. "Latin Lawyer 250" and "Euromoney Legal Media Group" in their 2004 editions have also included B&U as Latin America's Leading Finance / Business Law Firms.