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      <title>Bankruptcy &amp; Financial Restructuring</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/BankruptcyFinancialRestructuring.aspx</link>
      <description>Bankruptcy &amp;amp; Financial Restructuring is a complex undertaking, with comprehensive legal ramifications that must be addressed proactively in order &lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/BankruptcyFinancialRestructuring.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:58:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Big Data, Privacy and Information Security</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/BigDataPrivacyandInformationSecurity.aspx</link>
      <description>Kilpatrick Townsend is one of the world’s leading information law firms. Our&amp;nbsp;Big Data, Privacy and Information Security Practice&amp;nbsp;builds on&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/BigDataPrivacyandInformationSecurity.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:12:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Contracts &amp; Commercial Agreements</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/ContractsCommercialAgreements.aspx</link>
      <description>The most critical business decisions for organizations often start with contracts and commercial agreements.&amp;nbsp;By working with both buyers and&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/ContractsCommercialAgreements.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:21:57 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Corporate Governance</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/CorporateGovernance.aspx</link>
      <description>Over the past several years, the&amp;nbsp;focus on corporate governance standards applicable to public companies has increased dramatically as&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/CorporateGovernance.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:08:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Special Committee Representation</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/CorporateGovernance/SpecialCommitteeRepresentation.aspx</link>
      <description>Courts have become increasingly insistent that corporate transactions or matters involving conflicts for directors or officers be addressed on behalf &lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/CorporateGovernance/SpecialCommitteeRepresentation.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:15 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Cross Border Transactions</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/CrossBorderTransactions.aspx</link>
      <description>A “global marketplace” is far more the norm than the exception in today’s business world. Organizations must understand, respect and monitor business &lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/CrossBorderTransactions.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:21:58 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Economic Development</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EconomicDevelopment.aspx</link>
      <description>The drive to add&amp;nbsp;business, job opportunities and a better way of life in&amp;nbsp;towns, cities and states across the nation continues to&amp;nbsp;fuel&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EconomicDevelopment.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:36:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Emerging Companies</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmergingCompanies.aspx</link>
      <description>Today’s successful start-up is a company that grows, expands and adapts rapidly to stay at the forefront of technological innovation in their field.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmergingCompanies.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 19:11:17 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Employee Benefits</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits.aspx</link>
      <description>As the complexity of the laws governing benefits and compensation programs increases so does the sophistication of benefits plans. We offer&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:25:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Business Transactions</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/BusinessTransactions.aspx</link>
      <description>Executive and equity compensation issues that arise in connection with mergers, acquisitions, dispositions, spin-offs and other corporate&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/BusinessTransactions.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:22:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ERISA Litigation</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/ERISALitigation.aspx</link>
      <description>With an increasingly sophisticated plaintiffs’ bar as well as new leadership at the Department of Labor, the Internal Revenue Service and the Pension &lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/ERISALitigation.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:02:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Executive Compensation</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/ExecutiveCompensation.aspx</link>
      <description>To attract and retain the top professional talent, companies must establish a wide variety of compensation plans. The laws governing these&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/ExecutiveCompensation.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:25:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fiduciary Counseling</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/FiduciaryCounseling.aspx</link>
      <description>Our Employee Benefits attorneys frequently represent clients in complex fiduciary responsibility and prohibited transaction matters, both in&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/FiduciaryCounseling.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 02:08:46 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Health &amp; Welfare Plans</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/HealthWelfarePlans.aspx</link>
      <description>At Kilpatrick&amp;nbsp;Townsend we recognize that increasingly complex and rapidly changing health and welfare laws can seem daunting and overwhelming at &lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/HealthWelfarePlans.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:22:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pension Asset Management</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/PensionAssetManagement.aspx</link>
      <description>Pension and 401(k) plans are subject to a complex framework of laws which potentially can subject companies to significant liabilities. Planning an&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/PensionAssetManagement.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 20:59:42 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Retirement Income Plans</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/RetirementIncomePlans.aspx</link>
      <description>Our Employee Benefits team provides comprehensive services related to the design, implementation, and administration of tax-qualified retirement&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/EmployeeBenefits/RetirementIncomePlans.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 14:22:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Franchising</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/Franchising.aspx</link>
      <description>Unlike less formal supplier/retailer arrangements, franchisors’ and franchisees’ mutual success depends on maintaining satisfactory relationships&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/Franchising.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:38:12 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Global Sourcing and Technology</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology.aspx</link>
      <description>The Global Sourcing and Technology Practice at Kilpatrick Townsend is ranked nationally and internationally by Chambers and Partners in the category&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 18:13:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/BusinessProcessOutsourcingBPO.aspx</link>
      <description>Business process outsourcing continues to be one of the fastest growing fields of outsourcing. As companies strive to increase operational&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/BusinessProcessOutsourcingBPO.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:12:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ERP Licensing &amp; Systems Integration Transactions</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/ERPLicensingSystemsIntegrationTransactions.aspx</link>
      <description>Systems integration and ERP implementations frequently require significant investment of time and resources and pose significant risk to the business &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/ERPLicensingSystemsIntegrationTransactions.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 19:09:24 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO)</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/InformationTechnologyOutsourcingITO.aspx</link>
      <description>Strategic information technology outsourcing transactions are complex arrangements in which a customer entrusts responsibility for a functional&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/InformationTechnologyOutsourcingITO.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:31:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Licensing and Procurement</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/LicensingandProcurement.aspx</link>
      <description>Industries across many sectors have become more tech savvy, creating prime opportunities to modernize or even revolutionize existing businesses&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/LicensingandProcurement.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:31:22 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Managed Network Services Transactions</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/ManagedNetworkServicesTransactions.aspx</link>
      <description>Our attorneys have significant experience working with clients in a variety of telecommunications and managed network services transactions,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GlobalSourcingandTechnology/ManagedNetworkServicesTransactions.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 May 2012 18:17:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Green Economy</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GreenEconomy.aspx</link>
      <description>One of the most dynamic drivers of the 21st century economy is the imperative to meet the world’s economic needs in more environmentally sustainable&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/GreenEconomy.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:44:18 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Investment Management</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/InvestmentManagement.aspx</link>
      <description>With the changing legal and regulatory landscape faced by hedge funds and other private investment vehicles, we seek to help our clients stay “ahead&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/InvestmentManagement.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:25:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Joint Ventures &amp; Strategic Alliances</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/JointVenturesStrategicAlliances.aspx</link>
      <description>Companies often look to enter new geographic or product markets through joint ventures or strategic alliances rather than by acquisitions or organic&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/JointVenturesStrategicAlliances.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:28:53 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Leveraged Finance</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/LeveragedFinance.aspx</link>
      <description>As many lenders and borrowers have learned (or re-learned) in recent times, understanding and developing an effective financing program are skills&lt;/P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/LeveragedFinance.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:05:26 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Mergers &amp; Acquisitions</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/MergersAcquisitions.aspx</link>
      <description>Growing companies don’t just need lawyers - they need strategic business advisors who possess an understanding of key business drivers and are&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/MergersAcquisitions.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:17:19 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Nordic Legal Services</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/NordicLegalServices.aspx</link>
      <description>Kilpatrick Townsend's office in Stockholm is a prime location for centralized European operations. Many recognize the Nordic Region as a geography&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/NordicLegalServices.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:23:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Private Equity</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/PrivateEquity.aspx</link>
      <description>We advise on all aspects of private equity transactions, including:

Leveraged acquisitions and recapitalizations 
Going-private transactions 
Cross-border&lt;/LI class=KS_Bullets&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/PrivateEquity.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:15:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Real Estate Finance &amp; Capital Markets</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateFinanceCapitalMarkets.aspx</link>
      <description>As the real estate finance and capital markets landscape changes, increased regulation and scrutiny of capital investment vehicles is inevitable in&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateFinanceCapitalMarkets.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:09:28 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Distressed Debt &amp; Workouts</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateFinanceCapitalMarkets/DistressedDebtWorkouts.aspx</link>
      <description>The residential real estate bubble has burst and the commercial real estate market is souring. To avoid joining the legions of other failing banks,&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateFinanceCapitalMarkets/DistressedDebtWorkouts.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:46:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Real Estate Capital Markets</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateFinanceCapitalMarkets/RealEstateCapitalMarkets.aspx</link>
      <description>The Kilpatrick Townsend’s Real Estate Capital Markets team has been providing legal services to the capital markets industry since its origin in the&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateFinanceCapitalMarkets/RealEstateCapitalMarkets.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:47:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Real Estate Finance</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateFinanceCapitalMarkets/RealEstateFinance.aspx</link>
      <description>Kilpatrick Townsend’s Real Estate Finance team serves numerous banks and other financial institutions in various types of construction lending and&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateFinanceCapitalMarkets/RealEstateFinance.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:48:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Real Estate Investment &amp; Development</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateInvestmentDevelopment.aspx</link>
      <description>The real estate industry is accustomed to shifts in the economy and business changes, but within the past decade the industry has&amp;nbsp;experienced&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/RealEstateInvestmentDevelopment.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:44:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Securities</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/Securities.aspx</link>
      <description>Whether navigating complex regulations, structuring and negotiating a deal or simply conducting day-to-day business, public companies are subject to&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/Securities.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:25:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Tax</title>
      <link>http://townsend.com/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/Tax.aspx</link>
      <description>Tax laws can be complex and financial consequences steep. Knowledgeable counsel can provide a significant advantage in effectively navigating&lt;/P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="/en/What_We_Do/Service_Areas/BusinessFinance/Tax.aspx"&gt;more&lt;/a&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 20:42:25 GMT</pubDate>
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