Hunton & Williams LLP Named One of NYC's 'Best Places to Work'

New York City — November 21, 2008 — Hunton & Williams LLP was named one of the "Top 50 Best Places to Work in New York City" in an inaugural list of the most desirable companies to work for in the City, published in the November edition of Crain's New York Business.

The firm was chosen from a field of 300 companies, based on the results of a confidential survey of its New York lawyers and staff members. The survey solicited feedback in areas directly related to a positive workplace, including respect, trust, empowerment and involvement in decision-making.

The New York office of Hunton & Williams was established in 1984 and is home to more than 70 lawyers. The firm’s practice in New York emphasizes structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and capital markets work for public companies, including financial institutions and energy companies, privacy and information management matters, complex litigation, including product liability, insurance and reinsurance, competition and intellectual property matters, environmental and energy regulatory matters, intellectual property advice and counseling, with particular emphasis on the pharmaceutical industry, and, work-out and bankruptcy representation.

About Hunton & Williams LLP

Hunton & Williams LLP provides legal services to corporations, financial institutions, governments and individuals, as well as to a broad array of other entities. Since our establishment more than a century ago, Hunton & Williams has grown to more than 1,000 attorneys serving clients in 100 countries from 19 offices around the world. While our practice has a strong industry focus on energy, financial services and life sciences, the depth and breadth of our experience extends to more than 100 separate practice areas, including bankruptcy and creditors rights, commercial litigation, corporate transactions and securities law, intellectual property, international and government relations, regulatory law, products liability, and privacy and information management.