e& ups stake in Vodafone Group

Emirates Telecommunications Group yesterday notified the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange that it had increased its interest in Vodafone Group to 12% of the issued share capital – 3,272.3 million shares

IJGlobal Awards 2022 – APAC Judges

We are delighted to announce the Asia Pacific judging panel for IJGlobal Awards 2022, pulling together a group of industry professionals – all of them with deep experience of infrastructure and energy financing across the region – to decide the fate of the company awards

GIP buys Indian telcom infrastructure provider

Global Infrastructure Partners has reportedly acquired Tower Vision India, an independent telecommunications infrastructure provider, from a group of investors led by Quadrangle Capital Partners

Patrizia, Mitsui launch APAC sustainable fund

Germany-headquartered Patrizia has partnered with Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co to launch an Asia Pacific-focused sustainable infrastructure fund with a target size of up to $1 billion

EIB to finance French fibre roll-out

The European Investment Bank is set to invest €300 million in the Iliad Group to finance its fibre-to-the-home network rollout in France

Earle crops up at Gottex

Robin Earle – who is best known in the infrastructure community for heading up the project finance team at Banco Espirito Santo in London – has surfaced at the private markets team at Gottex

Mirza joins Al Tamimi

Infra partner Suhail Mirza has left Gowling WLG after nearly 3 years to join Al Tamimi in Dubai where he will continue his M&A, infra and commercial transactions legal work

RFP deadline extended for Arizona broadband P3

Arizona has extended the response deadline by more than 2 weeks for its RFP seeking a private partner to provide operations, maintenance and commercialisation services for its for middle-mile fibre infrastructure

IJGlobal Awards 2022 – Latin America Judges

We are delighted to announce the Latin American judging panel for IJGlobal Awards 2022, a team of industry professionals – all of them with deep experience of infrastructure and energy financing – to pick winners for regional excellence

KfW IPEX backs German fibre expansion

KfW IPEX Bank and German consortium Glasfaser Nordwest have reached FC on a debut financing package of circa €800 million

Natixis promotes Khatib to Dubai head of energy and infra...

Natixis has promoted executive director Lara Khatib to head of its MENAT infrastructure and energy finance team based in Dubai

ARCH Capital launches digital infra platform

Real estate private equity investor Arch Capital Management has launched digital infrastructure affiliate platform Digital Halo 

RFP for California county broadband P3

County of Ventura in California has issued an RFP seeking private partners interested in building Phase 1 of its middle mile fibre-optic project via a P3

Quinbrook expands US-based green data centre platform

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has expanded its Rowan Green Data platform by internalising the previously outsourced digital infrastructure management team and hiring industry veterans

Vedanta-Foxconn venture – FC likely by 3Q 2023

The Financial Close of Vedanta-Foxconn’s $20 billion project for setting up semiconductor chips and display fabrication units is likely to be completed by 3Q