UEFA on track: The London office of French firm Salans advised European real estate investment management firm Meyer Bergman on a €200m (£169m) joint venture to redevelop the main railway station in Katowice, Poland, in preparation for the UEFA Euro 2012 football tournament. Developer Neinver Polska was advised by Clifford Chance.

Grist to the mill: Magic ­circle firm Clifford Chance advised two consortia of banks on financing the ­construction of a $5bn (£3.15bn) aluminium smelter and a $2.5bn (£1.58bn) aluminium rolling mill in Saudi Arabia. Building consortia Ma’aden Aluminium Company and Ma’aden Rolling Company were advised by US firm Baker & McKenzie.

Capital plan: City firm Trowers & Hamlins advised the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham on a £250m joint venture with IT and business process service provider Agilisys, advised by City firm Nabarro.

Inner Circle: Birmingham firm Wragge & Co advised the NHS East of England Strategic Health Authority on procuring a private partner, healthcare partnership Circle, to run Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust, Huntingdonshire. London firm Capsticks advised Circle.

Call for notes: Magic circle firm Allen & Overy advised Goldman Sachs International and Citigroup Global Markets on a €500m (£423m) loan note issue by telecoms ­company Alcatel-Lucent, advised by magic circle firm Freshfields.

Power play: Magic circle firm Linklaters advised power company Globeleq Generation on acquiring a majority stake in the Azito gas-fired power plant near Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire; and ownership of the operator of the plant from power company EDF International, advised by Clifford Chance, and investors ABB Equity Ventures, advised by French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel.