August 1, 2007 - (Washington, DC) - Proskauer Rose LLP, an international law firm with more than 700 lawyers worldwide, announced that Trevor J. Chaplick has joined the firm as a partner in the Corporate Department and co-head of the Washington, D.C. office. The founder and former managing partner of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati's Washington, D.C. office, Mr. Chaplick brings a broad range of legal and management experience to Proskauer's world-class corporate and transactional groups.

Mr. Chaplick has a long history representing technology and growth companies, underwriters, private equity firms, and venture capital funds in corporate and transactional matters such as public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, financings, and general corporate and securities law matters.

"Trevor is a strong strategic complement to the firm's Corporate Department who will help to further fuel and accelerate the expansion of our platform in both D.C. and firmwide," said Allen I. Fagin, chairman of Proskauer. "Working closely with our Private Investment Funds Group, which is internationally recognized as one of the top practices of its kind in the world, and our corporate transactional practice, which cuts across many of the most important sectors of the economy, Trevor will be a formidable addition. We also look forward to him playing an important role in the firm's overall expansion nationally and internationally."

Mr. Chaplick also brings significant international experience. He has structured public and private acquisitions in a host of countries outside of the United States including the United Kingdom, China, Germany, France, Switzerland, Belgium, and Canada. He has represented numerous companies in raising venture capital and other private financing from institutional investors across many of today's most important industries including software, e-commerce, communications, the Internet, entertainment and media, and biotechnology.

"Trevor will be a great asset as we continue to leverage our capabilities in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and finance into our representation of technology clients from the U.S. and Latin America to Europe and East Asia," said Ronald R. Papa, partner and chair of Proskauer's Corporate Department.

Mr. Chaplick also serves in a number of professional and community associations including as: Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Venture Capital Fund of the State of Maryland; a member of the Board of Directors of Bridgeborn, Inc.; and co-chair of the outreach and sponsorship committees of the Mid-Atlantic Venture Association.

Before joining Wilson Sonsini, Mr. Chaplick practiced at Latham & Watkins in San Francisco. He also worked in the financial services group of Arthur Andersen LLP in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and the McIntire School of Commerce at the University of Virginia.

Mr. Chaplick is the latest addition to Proskauer's firmwide transactional practice, which in recent days has announced that veteran real estate attorneys Louis Eatman and Douglas Frank have joined the Los Angeles office as partners and that capital markets attorney Stuart Bressman has joined the New York office as partner. The firm also recently announced the opening of an office in São Paulo, Brazil, which represents a range of corporate and banking clients in matters that include debt and equity offerings, mergers and acquisitions, and bank finance. 

Proskauer's transactional practice consists of more than 350 lawyers worldwide counseling clients in a full range of sophisticated financial transactions. The practice includes: public and private mergers and acquisitions; public securities offerings, including IPOs; private equity fund transactions, including formation of private equity funds and leveraged buyout funds, and investments by institutional and private investors; private placement of securities and private financing; technology transactions, leveraged buyouts and structured finance.