Press Release

| December 7, 2007

Dewey & LeBoeuf Advises Ing Parcom Private Equity on its Acquisition of Safic-Alcan

(Paris, December 7, 2007) - Dewey & LeBoeuf has advised ING Parcom Private Equity on its acquisition of the Safic-Alcan (turnover of 250M€) in chemical distribution group for a confidential amount. The French international chemical distributor was purchased from DLMD and Alpha funds.

The Safic-Alcan international scope of activities enabled the Paris, London and Frankfurt offices of Dewey & LeBoeuf to work hand-in-hand to meet the needs of ING Parcom Private Equity.

The multi-disciplinary Dewey & LeBoeuf team advising ING Parcom Private Equity was led by Jean Goncalves from the Paris office and associate Pierre François, with assistance from associate Louis Néret.

Specialist input was provided by Jean Goncalves (Tax, Paris), Stephen Walters (Corporate, Paris), Pierre François (Finance, Paris), Benedikt von Schorlemer (Corporate, Frankfurt) and Matthew Hinxman (Finance, London), supported by a team drawn from Dewey & LeBoeuf's Paris, London and Frankfurt offices.

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