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Firm Client Recognized For Aircraft Finance Deals

May 14 2004

WASHINGTON – Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman is pleased to announce that its client Embraer-Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S.A. has been recognized for industry-leading deals in the aviation industry by Airfinance Journal. The company received two nods in the annual Airfinance Journal awards, winning the "Aircraft Order of the Year" and "Deal of the Year" categories. Attorneys at the Firm represented Embraer in these award-winning deals.

Airfinance Journal gave the "Aircraft Order of the Year" award to the June 2003 Embraer JetBlue transaction for the sale of 100 ERJ-190 aircraft with options for an additional 100. "Deal of the Year" went to the December 2003 transaction for EETC ERJ-1 Pass Through Trust, which provided debt in leveraged leases for 36 EMB-145XR aircraft. Timothy J. Lynes, who heads Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman’s Aviation group, worked closely with Embraer on these deals, along with partners Thomas E. Healey and Steven C. Schnitzer and associates Jane M. Cavanaugh, James Zembrzuski and Lisa-Marie Monsanto.

Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman (www.kmzr.com) offers integrated, full-service legal capabilities through offices in the nation's largest centers of business, finance, government and technology – New York; Los Angeles; Chicago; Washington; Charlotte, NC; Palo Alto, Calif.; and Newark, NJ. The Firm’s 600 attorneys in more than 60 practice areas are business advisors and advocates 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 non-profits.