Lobbying Firm Goes International

Chicago and DC based lobbying firm goes International.

Chicago, IL and Washington, DC (PRWEB) September 7, 2004 -- Lord and King/Associates (LKA) a Chicago based lobbying, consulting and law firm has entered into a joint venture agreement with Sawarn & Co, a United Kingdom (England) based law consultancy, with strong ties to the US and India.

LKA entered into the agreement, due to its long history of representing UK insurance clients, including several Lloyd's firms, and the increase number of its US clients seeking assistance in doing business in the UK and in India.

"Our clients and our representation is increasingly becoming borderless", S.Steven Kildaire, a general partner with LKA, stated. "Many of our clients are looking to do outsourcing deals in India and corporate work in the UK. Other clients are also looking from India to the US for export and outsourcing/vendor opportunities", Kildaire said. "It was in our best interest to establish a relationship with a premier UK firm that looks a lot like us in terms of size and geographical scope".

"Sawarn & Co has a great reputation in the US and abroad for the depth of its experience and its strong client service focus."

Sawarn & Co is a young and fast growing internationally focused legal consultancy. Sawarn & Co's consultants represent a wide variety of companies and individuals throughout England, India and the United States in their personal legal and business matters in a wide range of areas.

Palie Manku who earned his law degree from Birmingham University in the UK specialises in Litigation, Real Estate and Corporate matters and heads the firm. Having been admitted to practice in New York, Mr.Manku has worked in the Public Defenders Office, West Palm Beach, Florida, USA. His Partner, Simi Manku a LLM graduate from the University Of Virginia School Of Law is admitted to practice in India, England &Wales and New York. She also holds a professional qualification of Associate Company Secretary. She has rich and varied experience in dealing with start-up projects especially in the emerging technologies companies right from their incorporation to helping them with private funding, securing their intellectual property rights. Her scope of practice also includes mergers & acquisitions, international joint ventures, securities regulation issues, real estate matters and also alternative dispute resolution.

Palie Manku, the Managing Partner of Sawarn & Co. stated, "We see this joint venture as an opportunity to strengthen our ties in the US and expand our client base in the UK. This also allows us to add an additional component i.e Regulatory and Legislative affairs to our already large existing practice portfolio."

Lord and King/Associates practices primarily in the areas of Government and Regulatory Affairs as well as Insurance Litigation Management and Regulation. The firm which has offices in Washington, DC and Chicago, Illinois, represents numerous insurance service firms, corporations and Trade Associations in Corporate, Legislative, Governmental, Regulatory and Insurance Compliance and litigation Management issues.

The firm's senior Partner, Quintin L. King, is a graduate of the prestigous Ivy League University of Pennsylvania Law school. He served formerly as President of the National Association of Insurance Litigation Management, the nation's premier Insurance Litigation Management Professional Association.

Contact:
S. Steven Kildaire at
Lord and King/Associates: 877-661-8019x83
200 South Wacker/Suite 3100 Chicago, Illinois 60606
www.lordkingllc.com
or
Palie Manku - LL.B(Hons) at
Sawarn & Co: +44 (0)7984 431319
191a Warwick Avenue / Littleover / Derby DE23 6HN
http://www.sawarn.com

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