Chadbourne & Parke LLP Awards First Middle East-North Africa Student Fellowship

NEW YORK, May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The international law firm of Chadbourne & Parke LLP announced today that it has awarded its first Middle East-North Africa (MENA) Student Fellowship to Jacob A. Zenn, currently enrolled at Georgetown University Law Center.

Reflecting the importance to Chadbourne of its MENA practice and of the firm's commitment to the region, the Fellowship Program provides a grant to fund the summer internship of one J.D. or LL.M. student with a not-for-profit organization. The organization proposed by the student must be an entity that assists in efforts to strengthen community relations, further education or healthcare, or foster economic, social or political reform in the Middle East or North Africa.

"The expansion of our MENA practice is a consequence of the firm's extensive experience in energy, project finance, and cross-border acquisitions, as well as our growing relationships with clients in the Middle East and North Africa," said Ayse Yuksel, head of Chadbourne's MENA/Turkey corporate practice. "We continue to reinvigorate our commitment to the region through programs like the MENA fellowship."

Mr. Zenn is expected to earn his J.D. in May 2011 from Georgetown. He received his graduate degree in international affairs from Johns Hopkins SAIS, Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in 2007 and his B.A. from Emory University in 2005. He speaks or is conversant in 13 languages.

Mr. Zenn has chosen to complete his summer internship in Yemen under the guidance of his sponsoring organization, the National Organization for Protecting Rights and Freedoms (HOOD), whose primary focus is the defense of human rights in Yemen. During a six-week period, Mr. Zenn will concentrate his research on Guantanamo-related legal issues. Following the conclusion of his internship, he will take part in a supervised research project at Georgetown in the fall, at the conclusion of which he will prepare a law review article based on his experiences in Yemen.

"We are thrilled to extend the first MENA Fellowship to Mr. Zenn and are confident that he will make a strong contribution towards HOOD and their defense of human rights in Yemen," said Lisa Featherson, Manager of Recruitment and Associate Life.

About the MENA Practice

Chadbourne's MENA practice draws upon the combined experience of lawyers in the corporate, securities, project finance, energy, tax, litigation, intellectual property, real estate, employment law and trusts and estates areas. Chadbourne's MENA clients include U.S., European and regional companies, financial institutions, private equity and sovereign wealth funds.

Chadbourne attorneys, including those who joined the firm from multilateral and bilateral agencies, offer the firm's MENA clients a wealth of experience in such sectors as financial services, oil and gas exploration and oil field services, construction and real estate development, healthcare, education, technology, logistics and government.

In addition to its attorneys in Dubai, Chadbourne serves clients in the region through strong relationships with local law firms in Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. The Dubai, New York and London offices are staffed with lawyers who are fluent in English, Arabic, Turkish and French and have experience drafting and negotiating documents in those languages.

About Chadbourne & Parke LLP

Chadbourne & Parke LLP, an international law firm headquartered in New York City, provides a full range of legal services, including mergers and acquisitions, securities, project finance, corporate finance, energy, telecommunications, commercial and products liability litigation, securities litigation and regulatory enforcement, white collar defense, intellectual property, antitrust, domestic and international tax, reinsurance and insurance, environmental, real estate, bankruptcy and financial restructuring, employment law and ERISA, trusts and estates and government contract matters.  The Firm has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston, Moscow, Kyiv, Warsaw (through a Polish partnership), Beijing and a multinational partnership, Chadbourne & Parke, in London.  For additional information, visit www.chadbourne.com.

SOURCE Chadbourne & Parke LLP

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