São Paulo, Brazil, June 11, 2007. For immediate release.

Migalhas International celebrates its 500th edition of the famous newsletter of legal and business information with a view on Brazil. The publication, started in August of 2003, features the celebrated columns Grammatigalhas and Law Firm Marketing. It is edited by Michael Ghilissen and reaches an international audience of 50,000 lawyers, three times a week.

The mother publication, Migalhas, published in Portuguese, is circulated daily to over 250,000 readers who want smart and lively coverage of the day's news. Migalhas has reported on every important issue with a great sense of humor and lyricism and has become the reference of the legal industry in Brazil and South America.

The Web sites are a complement to the publications and feature reference articles, important opinions on current issues, personality profiles, book reviews, practical information on continuing education, seminars and events. To mark this important event in the life of the publication, Migalhas International’s editor posted a Podcast on the website today. Michael Ghilissen recounts the story of the publication, explaining how readers’ needs were addressed by the Grammatigalhas column, which is an educational column in legal concepts, and the Law Form Marketing column, which addresses specific issues of marketing and management of law firms in the international arena. Click here to listen.

Migalhas’ purpose is to enhance society by creating, collecting and distributing high-quality news, information and entertainment. They are committed to producing the finest possible news report every day. Indeed, Migalhas has commanded a lot of attention in law firms and business circles.

Clearly, sponsors have noticed. With over 250 firms in the roster, Migalhas and Migalhas International are exclusively sponsored by the finest law firms and companies of Brazil and the rest of the world. They are very active with their contributions to the publication and they do not confuse sponsorship with a spectator sport.

Migalhas and Migalhas International are independent publications and offer free subscription to their newsletters. Migalhas (in Portuguese) is available at: www.migalhas.com.br and Migalhas International (in English) is at: www.migalhas.com.

For further inquiries, please contact [email protected].

Michael Ghilissen Editor