Bryan Brewer Joins Crowell & Moring's Corporate and Securities Practice

WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Crowell & Moring LLP ispleased to announce the addition of partner H. Bryan Brewer, III, to thefirm's expanding Corporate Group. Based in the Washington, D.C. office,Brewer's practice focuses on public securities, private equity, mergers andacquisitions and export controls. The addition of Brewer comes on the heelsof a host of Corporate Group hires during the past two years, including therecent addition of a nine lawyer financial services team in New York.Brewer joins from Nixon Peabody LLP. "Bryan's ability to advise on both public and private corporate mergersand acquisitions, securities and capital raising transactions is atremendous asset to our clients, whose businesses are often internationalin scope. Bryan understands how to get the deal done and how to bridge thegaps required in sophisticated transactions for public and privatecompanies, which means clients benefit from his long-term perspective andhis ability to anticipate those eleventh hour headaches," said James R.Stuart, chair of Crowell & Moring's Corporate Group. Brewer has handled numerous public and private offerings, both debt andequity, and has represented and counseled many public entities on SEC andstock exchange compliance matters, including requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, acquisition matters and proxy solicitations. Anexperienced corporate attorney, his practice has regularly included mergers& acquisitions, debt offerings, tender offers, financing transactions,joint ventures and corporate governance counseling. His clients haveincluded rapidly expanding start-up, pre-IPO and public companies,including technology, life sciences, telecommunications, governmentcontractors, media, financial and others. Brewer, who spearheaded NixonPeabody's regional life sciences initiative, has significant experience inthe technology and life sciences arena. In addition to traditional corporate and securities law work, Breweralso has a significant practice focus on export control law and will alsobe a member of Crowell & Moring's International Trade Group. He has workedon matters related to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR),Export Administration Regulations (EAR), Committee on Foreign Investment inthe United States (CFIUS) and compliance with export control matters. Healso counsels clients on transactional aspects of intellectual propertyrights and strategies and has experience in formulating, negotiating andimplementing intellectual property licensing agreements, technologytransfer programs, technology acquisitions, and trade secret protectionprograms. "Crowell & Moring has built a first-class Corporate Group that hascaptured the attention of clients internationally. It is just a perfectfit. As a native of the Washington area, I've been friends with many oftheir lawyers since my school days, and I am looking forward to being partof a firm so highly regarded for a spirit of teamwork and commitment toclient service," said Brewer. Brewer received his B.A. from the College of William & Mary and hisJ.D. from The Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law. The firm's Corporate Group has recently been ranked by Chambers USA andThe Legal 500 US-Volume I (Corporate and Finance) for its mergers &acquisitions and private equity work. Crowell & Moring LLP is afull-service law firm with more than 350 lawyers practicing in litigation,antitrust, government contracts, corporate, intellectual property and morethan 40 other practice areas. More than two-thirds of the firm's lawyersregularly litigate disputes on behalf of domestic and internationalcorporations, start-up businesses, and individuals. Crowell & Moring'sextensive client work ranges from advising on one of the world's largesttelecommunications mergers to representing governments and corporations oninternational arbitration matters. Based in Washington, D.C., the firm alsohas offices in California, New York, London, and Brussels. Visit Crowell &Moring online at http://www.crowell.com. Contact: Jessica O'Neil (202) 508-8750 joneil@crowell.com