EDWARD LEHMAN JOINS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF INSTITUTE FOR LAW AND TECHNOLOGY

Beijing, China ¨C May 2007 Edward Lehman, managing director of Lehman, Lee and Xu, has recently joined the Executive Committee of the Institute for Law and Technology.

¡°[T]he purpose of the Institute is to provide a premier national and global forum on intellectual property and technology-related legal issues of policy and practice affecting counsel and companies in the digital age.¡±

Edward Lehman has practiced and lived in China for two decades. Though he has advised companies in all aspects of foreign direct investment, he considers intellectual property, patents, trademarks, copyrights, and other technology or business secrets, to be among the top issues when investing in China. With years of experience advising many of the top multinationals in their China investments, he hopes to contribute and provide a unique perspective among the group.

To learn more about the firm¡¯s work in intellectual property, please http://www.lehmanlaw.com.

LEHMAN, LEE & XU is a prominent Chinese corporate law firm and trademark and patent agency. The firm has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, Macau, and Mongolia, and is managed by Mr. Edward Lehman, who has two decades of legal experience in China.