Berry to head new infra team at River and Mercantile

Ian Berry – former head of infrastructure equity at Aviva Investors – has joined River and Mercantile along with several former colleagues to establish a new infrastructure business

Pioneer raises €150m for first fund

Infrastructure investor Pioneer Point Partners has raised €150 million for its first fund

Orange sells fibre equity to institutional investors

Orange has sold a 50% co-controlling equity stake in newly created fibre network − Orange Concessions − to a French consortium.

Cellnex completes Sweden batch of CK Hutchison acquisition

Cellnex has completed its acquisition of 2,650 towers in Sweden from CK Hutchison

UK watchdog delays 5G auction

The UK’s telecoms regulator Ofcom has delayed the 5G spectrum auction it was set to host this month due to disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic

Silva leaves Links after 14 years for V&E

Vinson & Elkins has hired a Latam partner in its New York office – Gabriel Silva who has joined the firm after almost 14 years working at Linklaters

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure plans listing

Cordiant Digital Infrastructure plans to launch an initial public offering on the London Stock Exchange’s specialist fund segment

Eurazeo appoints infra team to manage new fund

A specialist 3-person team started today at the real assets division of French investment firm Eurazeo to manage the company’s new fund

Spanish fund-of-funds exceeds target in €300m capital raise

Spanish insurer MAPFRE and its partner Abante have closed their first infrastructure fund-of-funds vehicle, which invests in various MIRA strategies

Dutch pension funds mandate infra debt managers

Dutch pension funds have unveiled plans for a €2.5 billion push into infrastructure debt over the next few years

Peru launches 2021 infra PPP plan

Peru’s procurement agency Proinversión is looking to award 11 PPP projects in 2021, requiring an estimated investment of $2.5 billion

Pantheon promotes infra partners

Pantheon has promoted 2 of its infrastructure team members to partner

Link Group’s stake in PEXA up for grabs

Australian IT services company Link Group is reportedly considering the sale of its 44.2% stake in Torrens Group Holdings and its core asset PEXA

Downer bags A$300m Telstra contract

Downer Group has been awarded a 4-year field services contract by Australia’s largest telecom outfit Telstra, effective this month