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George White has been a partner in Sullivan & Cromwell's General Practice Group since 1989. Resident in the Firm's London office since 1994, he also shared responsibility for the Firm's Frankfurt office from 1995-2001. Mr. White was previously based in the Firm's Paris office for two years in the mid-1980s. His foreign languages are German and French. Mr. White's practice focuses on international mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions (including privatizations) and corporate restructurings. Mr. White recently advised Barclays PLC on its proposed acquisition of ABN AMRO Holding N.V. He regularly advises Barclays PLC and Barclays Bank PLC on many corporate matters, including their NYSE listing and SEC registration. He is also currently assisting Instinet Europe Ltd. in the creation of an electronic trading platform for European equity securities. Mr. White regularly represents InBev nv/sa of Belgium, including advising its predecessor, Interbrew S.A., on its combination with AmBev of Brazil to create the world s largest brewer. He has also represented Coca-Cola HBC S.A. of Greece, which has operations in 26 countries, including Russia, Ukraine and most of Central and Eastern Europe, in connection with its New York Stock Exchange listing, SEC registered debt offerings and a variety of corporate matters. Mr. White advised AT&T (then SBC Communications), the leading strategic investor in Telkom SA, the largest telecommunications company in South Africa, in connection with the SEC registration and initial public offering of Telkom, as well as the subsequent disposition of this investment through a secondary offering and a sale to a strategic investor. Mr. White also advised AT&T in the sale of its 41% interest in TDC A/S of Denmark. In the field of mergers and acquisitions, Mr. White has advised InBev on a variety of other matters over the years, including the buy-out of minority interests in its Sun Interbrew subsidiary in 2005 and its acquisition of Bräurei Beck in 2002. He represented the controlling shareholder of Equant in connection with the acquisition of Equant by France Telecom in 2001. In the field of international capital markets, in addition to his work for Barclays, Coca-Cola HBC and AT&T, Mr. White represented Siemens (Germany) and its semiconductor subsidiary, Infineon Technologies, in connection with the initial public offering and spin-off of Infineon in 2001. In 2000, he represented Interbrew (Belgium) on its initial public offering. He also advised Allianz (Germany) in connection with its New York Stock Exchange listing. His experience advising issuers in connection with initial public offerings also includes representing adidas (Germany) and ASM Lithography (Netherlands) in their highly successful flotations in the United States and Europe. He represented the controlling shareholder of Equant (Netherlands) in Equant s initial public offering in 1998 and its 1999 follow-on secondary offerings. Between 1996 and 1999, he advised the global coordinators on the various tranches of the Deutsche Telekom privatization, and he has also represented the managers in numerous offerings by German, Dutch and UK companies. Mr. White has also assisted several clients with internal investigations and other sensitive corporate matters. Mr. White serves as Vice-Chair of the Capital Markets Forum of the International Bar Association. He also serves on the Consultative Advisory Group to the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. Mr. White speaks at a variety of trade associations and in professional and educational forums on topics including corporate governance and regulation of capital markets. Practices Broker-Dealer Regulation Corporate Governance Criminal Defense and Investigations Financial Institutions Mergers & Acquisitions Private Equity Privatizations Project Development and Finance Securities Events & Speaking Engagements IFLR Capital Markets Forum 2006 Education 1981, Harvard Law School, J.D. 1977, Harvard University, A.B. Bar Admissions New York Country of Origin USA | 