DWS expands German infra practice

DWS has made 2 senior appointments to its German team – expanding the firm’s local infrastructure and energy offering

Wessex Internet secures investment for fibre roll-out

abrdn – via its third core infrastructure fund – will invest in UK broadband provider Wessex Internet’s FTTH network roll-out across the south west of England

Jennings joins Herbert Smith Freehills in Joburg

Herbert Smith Freehills has hired Webber Wentzel partner Carey-Anne Jennings as a director for its project development and finance team in Johannesburg

Warburg Pincus backs Evolution DC

Singapore-based Evolution Data Centres has tapped American private equity company Warburg Pincus as its financial sponsor to enter the cloud markets in Southeast Asia

Romanian competition authority to rule on telco deal

The Romanian competition council is assessing the proposed acquisition of Ines Group – one of the largest independent telecoms businesses in the country – by Cloudsys Telecom SRL

Kirkland hires in M&A expert from A&O

Kirkland & Ellis has hired M&A lawyer Sara Pickersgill as a partner to expand the firm’s European energy and infrastructure offering

DTCP moves up Maurer

Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners has this month promoted digital infrastructure veteran Waldemar Maurer to partner

Lumen to invest in UK-US subsea cable

Telecom company Lumen is investing in a fibre pair on the Grace Hopper subsea cable which connects landing stations between New York and Bude, Cornwall, in the UK

INPP offloads UK dark fibre asset

UK wholesale full-fibre provider ITS Technology Group has acquired dark fibre provider NextGenAccess from investor International Public Partnerships Limited

Kleinwort Hambros launches real assets fund

Société Générale’s private bank Kleinwort Hambros has launched a UCITS fund to invest in infrastructure and specialist property assets in the UK

UBS-AM telecoms business acquires UK data centre

UBS Asset Management UBS-AM-owned Datum Datacentres has acquired independent Manchester-based colocation data centre, Teledata UK for an undisclosed sum

Cherian George crops up in new role

Cherian George of Fitch Ratings fame has cropped up in a new role having joined Keystone Global as a senior adviser

MAM hires MD for fund secondaries

Macquarie Asset Management has appointed Irina Luckey as a managing director to support its infrastructure secondaries business across Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Macquarie-backed Onivia grows telecoms portfolio

Spanish fibre network operator Onivia will expand its network to acquire access to 500,000 homes from MásMóvil with support from Macquarie Capital