The European winners are announced here for the Deal category in the IJGlobal Awards 2021 which were staged yesterday evening in The Londoner, Leicester Square, before a room packed with industry professionals

It is with great pleasure that we announce the winners of the IJGlobal Awards 2021 celebrating the deals that reached financial close and moved the dial in Africa over last calendar year

Four of the 6 global winners were announced last night at the IJGlobal Awards 2021, the crowning point of the evening at The Londoner in Leicester Square as this reflects the results of all the judging sessions from around the planet

Luxemburg-based asset manager Cube Infrastructure Managers’ fibre subsidiary Rune has this week (15 March 2022) secured a €130 million debt facility to finance its expansion in Croatia and Slovenia

Triple Point’s listed digital infra fund Digital 9 Infrastructure has signed a £300 million revolving credit facility with an international syndicate of banks

ASX-listed Uniti Group has reportedly entered a 2-week exclusive negotiation period with New Zealand based infrastructure investor Morrison & Co while other interested bidders circle the deal

An energy and infrastructure services company based in the UK and Ireland is up for sale, with the IM due later this year

Norton Rose Fulbright has hired infrastructure lawyer Rhodri Evans as senior counsel in its Houston office

China’s government is developing 4 more mega data centre clusters – bringing the nation’s total data centres hubs to 8 – and expects to bring in up to $63 billion of investments every year

The senior management of TIM Group is considering the indicative and non-binding expression of interest presented by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co

Listed digital infra investor Digital 9 has made a number of directorate changes, including the replacement of its chair and the appointment of a non-executive director

The European Commission has approved Polish mobile network operator Play’s $1.8 billion acquisition of television operator UPC Poland

KKR has held a final closing of its largest ever infrastructure vehicle KKR Global Infrastructure Investors IV at $17 billion

Financial services company Guardian Capital Group has launched a direct private infrastructure investment business

Magenta Telekom – part of the Deutsche Telekom Group – is reportedly seeking a 50:50 joint venture partner to fund its fibre roll out across Austria