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According to article 758 of Poland's Civil Code, as amended by the Law on Amendment of the Civil Code Act of July 26 2000, agency is based on a contract by means of which the person accepting the mandate (agent) assumes the obligation to mediate permanently, within the scope of the activity of his or her enterprise, for a financial consideration, in the conclusion of contracts with clients for the benefit of the entrepreneur being the principal, or in the conclusion of such contracts in the prinicipal's name.

The proposal (COM (2001) 168 final) for a Directive on Financial Collateral Arrangements (the PD) was given on March 27 2001. The Finnish government has officially notified the Finnish parliament of the contents of the PD and attached a brief memorandum to the notification giving a general picture of the views of the Ministry of Finance in respect of the implementation of the PD.

Further to the recent entry into force of CONSOB Resolution No 13086 of April 18 2001 amending CONSOB Resolution No 11971 of May 14 1999, the listing of covered warrants and structured notes of banks and supra-national entities is now allowed on the basis of programmes as an alternative to the previous regime.

By a decision published in the Official Gazette on April 25 2001, the president of Brazil confirmed that the competition authority (CADE) is not the governmental body responsible for judging the cases of mergers, incorporations or acquisitions involving financial institutions authorized to operate by the Central Bank of Brazil.

The downturn has made life harder for everyone in California’s technology sector, but as they showed after the Asian financial crisis, lawyers are able to adapt by meeting new needs and new clients. Tom Nicholson reports from California on how firms are surviving

James Walker and Tongeun Kim of Clifford Chance, Hong Kong analyze Prudential Financial’s two-stage strategic investment of up to $500 million in Korea’s CJ Investment Trust and Securities

Shearman & Sterling has acted for Société Générale (Soc Gen) on its deal to buy a 70% stake in US fund manager TCW, structuring an unusual five-year purchase plan for the French bank rather than a typical one-off acquisition.

Linklaters & Alliance is acting on a ground-breaking public-to-private utility services deal in Ecuador. The project will provide International Water (IW) with a 30-year concession to operate, maintain and upgrade the drinking water and sewage system in Guayaquil, Ecuador. The UK firm is also advising on shareholder arrangements to regulate the sponsors' involvement in the project company.

UBS has raided Homburger Rechtsanwälte in Zurich to hire a new group general counsel for the Swiss bank.

Peter Voisey of Clifford Chance, London, examines last month’s groundbreaking multi-jurisdictional real estate securitization