• Coaxing wild animals into cages

    Angus Leslie Melville Social & Defence Europe

    Talking to people around the market this week puts one in mind of idle moments trawling through Facebook, pausing to watch videos of kind-hearted individuals desperately trying to lure a flea-bitten dog into a cage so they can find that forever home. Curiously, right now it feels pretty much like that in work.

  • TLBs creeping into the infra landscape

    Angus Leslie Melville Social & Defence Europe

    There’s a cheeky little financing mechanism that’s starting to impact the European infrastructure space… a riskier debt instrument borrowed from the US that brings with it the far-from-subtle aroma of leveraged finance

  • The saviour of Southern Water?

    Arran Brown Water Europe

    Earlier this month Macquarie made a return to ownership of one of the UK’s worst performing water companies – Southern Water. If it can turn it around, the rewards it will reap are not confined to the financial

  • Tilt Renewables takeover, Australia/NZ

    Maya Chavvakula Renewables Asia Pacific

    While the calendar year is a long way from over and it is never wise to call a market leader in August, the takeover of Tilt Renewables has all the hallmarks of logging the accolade for being one of the largest M&A deal in the alternative energy sector for 2021

  • DigitalBridge – the digital infra pioneer

    Angus Leslie Melville Telecoms North America

    DigitalBridge Chief Executive Officer, Marc Ganzi speaks to IJGlobal about the potential for global digital infrastructure investment and the pioneering role his firm plays in this space

  • Defining the digital revolution

    Angus Leslie Melville Telecoms Europe

    Sara Pickersgill – co-head of Allen & Overy’s global infrastructure group – and her colleagues speak to IJGlobal about digital infra and the rapidly-evolving landscape

  • Infrafintech – problems, solutions & securitisation

    David Doré Telecoms Asia Pacific

    Fintech has disrupted nearly all aspects of financial services. However, the impact of fintech on infrastructure – or infrafintech – has been one of the weakest links, finds IJGlobal APAC editor David Doré. It’s time for that torpid state to change…

  • Playing chicken with US renewable tax credits

    Taryana Odayar Renewables North America

    Now that the Biden administration's $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill has passed muster in the Senate, market participants are turning their attention to a larger $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that the Progressive Caucus is attempting to tie it to. The reconciliation package contains a slew of tax credit incentives for renewable energy projects. So what lies ahead in Washington,DC?

  • The Global Digital Infrastructure Survey 2021

    Angus Leslie Melville Telecoms North America

    IJGlobal is delighted today to be publishing the findings of the Global Digital Infrastructure Survey 2021 and associated report – sponsored by Allen & Overy and DigitalBridge, and run in partnership M&E Global

  • Friday the 13th… The Return

    Angus Leslie Melville Transport Europe

    On this day of international dread – Friday the 13th – the IJGlobal editorial turns its quivering focus on the impending horror of returning to the office… for the first time since March 2020

  • North America: "plenty of dry powder" for renewables

    Alfie Crooks Renewables North America

    As the market heads into summer 2021, sponsors are ramping up renewables platform and portfolio sales with increasing alacrity, much to the delight of a wide range buyers clamoring to join the frenzy

  • Cypress Creek Renewables, US

    Alfie Crooks Renewables North America

    Sweden's EQT Infrastructure Partners emerged in July as the winning bidder for North Carolina-based solar developer Cypress Creek Renewables, following a competitive auction process. But to get to the point where it could clinch an attractive offer, Cypress had to go through a 3-year saga of restructurings, recapitalizations and refinancings

  • Telfers acquisition, Panama

    Carmen Arroyo Nieto Power Latin America

    This summer, a consortium of investors led by InterEnergy Group was able to seal its purchase of the 656MW Telfers LNG-to-power project in Panama, bringing to close a process they had embarked on 2 years ago

  • Digital infrastructure – key to environmental goals

    Dr William Cox Telecoms Europe

    M&E Global – IJGlobal's digital infrastructure partner – takes a look at the role DI will play in delivering ESG targets. Dr William Cox writes...

  • The Astris Finance Interview

    Ila Patel Renewables Latin America

    On time to celebrate the firm’s 20th anniversary, Astris Finance has been awarded Latin American financial adviser of the year, for the third year in a row – and for good reason. This boutique firm is deeply embedded in the energy and infrastructure sectors in the region, having been active there for the last 2 decades

  • The SMBC Interview

    Ila Patel Renewables Latin America

    SMBC enjoyed an impressive 2020 calendar year working on some landmark transactions in the Americas. Taking the pandemic in its stride, SMBC continues to be one of the dominant players in both North America and Latin America

  • The White & Case Interview

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan Africa

    IJGlobal speaks to White & Case partner and Head of the Africa Group, Mukund Dhar about a highly successful 2020 and the international law firm’s aspirations for Africa in the coming years…

  • The Societe Generale Interview

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Asia Pacific

    Riding high on two regional awards for MLA as well as scooping the global lending trophy and a key financial advisory win, Societe Generale leading light Federico Turegano talks to IJGlobal about 2020 and beyond…

  • The DBS Interview

    David Doré Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    Winner of the IJGlobal Financial Adviser of the Year 2020 for the Asia Pacific region, DBS has a strong reputation among peers and clients for dependable service. IJGlobal speaks with Subash Narayanan to reflect on opportunities ... past, present and future