WASHINGTON, September 7 /PRNewswire/ --

Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce the addition of counsel
Sarita Patil Woolhouse to the firm's highly regarded International Dispute
Resolution Practice, adding to its substantial experience in international
investment and treaty arbitration, as well as its far-ranging work in
international commercial arbitration. Woolhouse will be resident in the
firm's London office.

As a lawyer trained and qualified in both India and England & Wales,
Woolhouse brings to Crowell nearly 20 years of experience in resolving
international disputes, especially in the areas of energy, information
technology, telecommunications, financial services, and construction.
Woolhouse's practice will focus on South Asia, particularly India, Pakistan,
Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, as well as the Arabian Gulf. She will work with
group co-Chair Arif Hyder Ali, and other members of Crowell & Moring's South
Asia team, including associates Baiju Simal Vasani and Sobia Haque, and C & M
International Director Amarnath Bhat. Woolhouse will also work closely with
London-based Jane Wessel, whose commercial arbitration work includes
representing numerous Fortune 500 clients in the UK and abroad.

"To represent clients successfully in the types of disputes we see
confronting them around the world, we must be able to quickly field a team of
multilingual, multi-jurisdictional, and multi-cultural dispute resolution
lawyers with the required local knowledge. In other words, these types of
disputes require not only exemplary skills as an international disputes
lawyer but also first-hand experience with both the written and unwritten
legal and business practices of the relevant country or countries touching
the dispute. Sarita has worked out of both India and the UK on high profile
disputes, which affords her the ability to offer clients the perfect mix of
know-how and contacts that can make all the difference in the course of
resolving a dispute cost-effectively," said Ali.

Woolhouse's practice is focused on international commercial arbitration
and investment treaty work, as well as undertaking large-scale mediation and
litigation matters. Her work includes having acted for the Government of
India in one of the world's largest investment treaty arbitrations under the
UNCITRAL Rules, a dispute valued at US$6 billion arising from foreign direct
investment in India in a power plant built by US corporations.

"We're pleased to bring Sarita on board in London as part of our ongoing
plan to expand in core areas such as international arbitration. Sarita will
be an important part of our efforts to serve an increasingly international
client base, particularly in South Asia where the significant economic growth
is driving the need for highly sophisticated disputes counsel," said Paul
Finlan, head of Crowell & Moring's London office.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Woolhouse was a member of the
international disputes practices at Herbert Smith and Watson Farley &
Williams.

In 2006, Global Arbitration Review ranked Crowell & Moring's
International Arbitration Group as "excellent" and also ranked it as "the
largest arbitration outfit in Washington, D.C." Crowell & Moring LLP is a
full-service law firm with nearly 350 lawyers practicing in litigation,
antitrust, government contracts, corporate, intellectual property and more
than 40 other practice areas. More than two-thirds of the firm's lawyers
regularly litigate disputes on behalf of domestic and international
corporations, start-up businesses, and individuals. Crowell & Moring's
extensive client work ranges from advising on one of the world's largest
telecommunications mergers to representing investment banks and major
corporations in litigation, corporate, and financial services matters. Based
in Washington, D.C., the firm also has offices in California, New York,
London, and Brussels. Visit Crowell & Moring online at
http://www.crowell.com.

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