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