Sharif Touray to Speak at GoldenNetworking.com's Middle East Leaders Forum 2009

New York, NY, November 12, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Sharif Touray, Of Counsel at DLA Piper, one of the largest legal service providers in the world with 3,500 lawyers in more than 65 offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and the United States, will speak at GoldenNetworking.com's Middle East Leaders Forum 2009 (http://www.MiddleEastLeadersForum.com), forum generously sponsored by Qatar Airways and hosted by DLA Piper, on November 20th, New York City. Middle East Leaders Forum 2009, "Challenges and Opportunities", will be the forum where businessmen, executives, entrepreneurs, investors, academics and professionals following the developments in the region will obtain crucial insights they can act upon immediately to take advantage of the incredible opportunities presented in the Arabian Gulf.

Mr. Touray has wide-ranging experience in international and domestic project finance, Islamic finance, and other secured financing transactions, including significant experience in electric power, telecommunications, and other infrastructure sectors. Mr. Touray has worked on numerous foreign and US domestic electric power, telecommunications, natural resources, and pipeline projects, as well as process plants and manufacturing facilities. He has had significant experience representing developers, including AES, Diamond Energy, MMC Energy, and Kamine Bessicorp, as well as financial institutions, including GE Capital, Bank of America, Bank of New York, IBJ Schroeder, US Exim Bank, in the drafting, negotiation and administration of all types of construction contracts, including EPC Contracts. He has also acted as an expert witness in connection with construction disputes. Before joining DLA Piper, Mr. Touray had been a Managing Director and Counsel at GE Capital’s Structured Finance Group, where he was involved in day-to-day counseling relating to green field projects as well as purchases and sales, restructuring, and operation and maintenance of existing assets. Mr. Touray studied Rock Mechanics at Imperial College (London) in 1978. Mr. Touray practiced or taught structural engineering in the US, the UK, and Ghana before becoming a lawyer and then practiced with several law firms, including Chadbourne & Parke, and Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft. Mr. Touray speaks six languages including Arabic, French, and Hausa.

Sponsors are invited to contact GoldenNetworking.com by sending an email to info@goldennetworking.com to receive Middle East Leaders Forum 2009's Sponsorship Package. This forum is produced by GoldenNetworking.com, the premier networking community for businessmen, entrepreneurs, professionals and diplomats, to experience what’s hot, new and next. GoldenNetworking.com has been frequently featured in the press, including a recent article in The New York Times, "GoldenNetworking.com Helps Job Seekers Make Overseas Connections" (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/07/nyregion/07network.html).

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