Marc A. Alpert J.D. — Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Loews Corporation

Mr. Marc A. Alpert, J.D. serves as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Loews Corporation. Mr. Alpert is a Partner at Chadbourne & Parke, L.L.P. His areas of practice include corporate, securities compliance, corporate governance, capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. He concentrates on North America and United States. Mr. Alpert's practice focuses on representing multinational corporations in connection with mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs and other divestitures, joint ventures, equity investments and securities offerings. In addition to his extensive transactional experience, he regularly advises in house legal counsel and senior management on a wide range of corporate and securities matters, including issues involving public disclosure, SEC filings, Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance, corporate governance, director duties and independence requirements, takeover defenses, trading by insiders, executive compensation and commercial arrangements and disputes. Some of Mr. Alpert's representative works include representation of Rockwell Automation, Inc., formerly Rockwell International Corporation, in the spin-offs of Rockwell Collins, Inc., Conexant Systems, Inc. and Meritor Automotive, Inc., the acquisitions of Reliance Electric Company and the divestitures of its Power Systems business, FirstPoint Contact business, aerospace and defense businesses, Goss printing press business, Reliance Comm/Tec telecommunications equipment business and Network Transmission Systems Division; representation of Conexant Systems, Inc. in the spin-off and merger of its wireless communications business with Alpha Industries, Inc. to form Skyworks Solutions, Inc.; and representation of numerous issuers in their sales of equity and debt securities in both public and private offerings and various lenders in connection with project and other secured financings. He was admitted to practice law at the Bar of New York in 1987. Mr. Alpert is a Member of the New York State Bar Association and the Society of Corporate Secretaries & Governance Professionals. Some of his published works include SEC Revises Disclosure Requirements for Equity-Based Compensation in the Client Alert on January 4, 2007; SEC Proposes Amendments to Executive Compensation and Related Party Disclosure Rules in Client Alert on February 21, 2006; and SEC Issues FAQs on Securities Offering Reform Transition in Client Alert on October 4, 2005. Mr. Alpert regularly conducts presentations for clients and other attorneys on significant corporate and securities matters, including the SEC's new rules on executive compensation and related party transactions. He was a speaker at The SEC's E-Proxy Rules: Legal Requirements and Practical Considerations held on February 11, 2008. Mr. Alpert was one of only 21 attorneys in the United States to be named by BTI Consulting Group to its list of Law Firm Client Service All-Stars in both 2001 and 2002 as a result of BTI's interviews of approximately 200 general counsel of Fortune 1000 companies. He is fluent in English. Mr. Alpert received a J.D., cum laude, from the State University of New York, University at Buffalo Law School in 1986 and a B.B.A., cum laude, from the Hofstra University in 1983.