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Frankfurt-headquartered DVB Bank acted as arranger on the €180 million financing of a new deepwater container terminal in Gdansk, Poland. DVB Bank agreed to arrange and provide up to €100 million of debt finance to DCT Gdansk. DCT Gdansk is majority owned by Macquarie Global Infrastructure Fund II. The Norton Rose team advising DVB Bank was led by Tomas Gärdfors in Frankfurt, Chris Brown in London and Piotr Strawa in Warsaw. Wildgen & Partners advised DVB on Luxembourg law and McCann FitzGerald advised DVB on Irish law. Lovells advised the borrower.

Shearman & Sterling and Latham & Watkins were the lead transaction counsel as private company Koch Industries agreed to buy Georgia-Pacific for $13.2 billion. The deal will take place through Koch Forest Products, a wholly owned Koch subsidiary, and will have a total transaction value of $21 billion, including debt. Citigroup will provide debt financing to Koch for the acquisition. Partner Creighton Condon led the Shearman team advising Koch on the deal. King & Spalding partners William Baxley and William Holby in Atlanta and Anthony Rothermel in New York advised Koch on corporate governance, due diligence and Georgia law issues. Mark Gerstein and John Sorkin of Latham & Watkins represented Georgia-Pacific.

A new OSC rule has tried to resolve confusion over what conditions can be attached to the financing of takeover bids for Canadian companies. Graham Gow explains

Asset manager adds to CDO track record White & Case and Ashurst have advised on a new €410 million collateralized debt obligation by Oryx European. Ashurst advised Axa IM Paris as the portfolio manager and White & Case acted for UBS as transaction manager. Ashurst London Partner Erica Handling advised on the structure and the documentation while the firm's Paris office advised on the due diligence aspects of the acquisition of senior and mezzanine debt.

PRC companies' acquisition campaigns share some generic features - some of these features have facilitated, while others have militated against, offshore acquisitions. Jeremy Xiao and Frank Sun explain

Investigations The competent competition authority can inspect an undertaking's premises (during working hours), and documents and accounting books, which can also be sealed or seized for up to 72 hours. The representatives or employees of an undertaking may also be asked about facts or documents related to the case under investigation. With court authorization, the Authority may even enter the private premises of administrators, managers, directors, or employees.

A new bond programme offers investors the chance to buy into trade finance loans for the first time. By Michael Evans

The UK has devised radical proposals to allow law firms to form multi-disciplinary partnerships, attract outside investment and even float on the stockmarket. Daniel Andrews gauges reaction at international firms amid fears over conflicts of interest

Paul Hastings promoted real-estate specialist Mark Brooks to of counsel in the firm's Hong Kong office. Brooks, a New York qualified lawyer, is part of a team of over 20 real estate lawyers in Asia. He has practised in Tokyo, representing foreign-backed lenders and borrowers in connection with securitized financings of commercial projects.

Jeremy Sandelson was voted managing partner of Clifford Chance's London office, with effect from January 1 2006. Sandelson, head of the firm's litigation and dispute resolution practice, takes over from Peter Charlton, who is to become global head of the firm's corporate practice. The role of London managing partner incorporates that of managing partner of the Dubai office.