Weil expands Houston office with infra partner
Jacqui Bogucki has returned to Weil Gotshal as a partner in the firm’s corporate department, based in Houston
HSF adds energy & infra partners, Oz
Herbert Smith Freehills has made 3 promotions in its Australian energy & infrastructure practice as part of a 9-strong partner promotion round
Pérez-Llorca, González Calvillo merge, Mexico
Spain’s Pérez-Llorca will merge with Mexican law firm González Calvillo – a deal which will see Pérez-Llorca enter the Mexican market
Equinix, PGIM JV for data centre in Sillicon Valley
US investor Equinix and PGIM Real Estate have entered into a $600 million joint venture to develop and operate an xScale data centre in San Jose, California, as part of Equinix's Great Oaks data centre campus
Keppel sells Sydney data center
Keppel Data Center REIT has inked a sales and purchase agreement to divest 100% of its data center campus in Sydney for $112.5 million
Blackstone nears UK data centre land deal
Blackstone-managed funds are set to acquire a former Britishvolt site in Northumberland where it will develop what could be Europe’s largest data centre
CVC looks to raise €1.25bn in Dutch IPO
CVC Capital Partners is planning to list on Euronext Amsterdam in the coming weeks, aiming to raise at least €1.25 billion through the sale of new and existing shares
Herbert Smith promotes 6 to partnership, Asia
Herbert Smith Freehills has announced the promotion of 6 lawyers in Asia as part of a 27 partner global promotion round
UBS head of infrastructure steps down
Tommaso Albanese, head of infrastructure at UBS Asset Management since 2013, has retired from the firm
Blackstone invests in Winthrop Technologies, Ireland
Funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities have acquired a 50.7% stake in Winthrop Technologies as part of a wider strategic partnership between the 2 parties
Sharma joins KKR from Macquarie
Abhishek Sharma has joined KKR as a director as part of the climate strategy of the fund’s infrastructure platform
Primevest acquires German fibre optic network, Germany
Primevest Capital Partners has acquired Stadtwerke Bad Nauheim’s fibre optic network as part of joint venture Open German Fiber’s plan to expand high-speed internet access across Bad Nauheim
Vantage to boost EMEA strategy with Swiss data centre
Vantage Data Centers will this summer unveil its second Zurich data centre as part of its plans to grow its EMEA presence
Philipsz made SFT chair, Scotland
Joseph Philipsz was yesterday appointed as the new chair of the Scottish Futures Trust. The appointment will last 4 years – effective from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2028