Clifford Chance hires fund partner in Madrid

Clifford Chance hired Ildefonso Alier to its Madrid office this month as partner in the funds and investment management team

Indonesia seeks adviser for new capital

The government of Indonesia is seeking an advisory team to assist with the pre-development of the new capital city of Nusantara in East Kalimantan

Final close for European fund in H2

Final close on a 2021 vintage European mid-market fund is expected in the second half of the year, IJGlobal has learned

UBS AM names head of infra equity, London

UBS Asset Management has named Andrew Morris as its head of infrastructure equity, a newly-created role, operating out of the London office

Gaw ventures into Vietnam data centre

Apac-focused real estate company Gaw Capital Partners has acquired greenfield land for a 20MW data centre in Ho Chi Minh City

BNDES selects winners in open fund call

Brazilian development bank BNDES has selected the 5 infrastructure funds in which it aims to invest a combined R$2.5 billion with the aim of stimulating the local fund market

Telecoms players circle TDF Group stake

NBOs are due imminently for the sale of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ minority stake in French telco TDF Group

Shearman & Sterling promotes NY partner

Shearman & Sterling has promoted Augusto Ruiloba to partner in its New York project development and finance practice

Lendlease, Princeton building Japan data centre

Australian real estate company Lendlease and Singapore-headquartered data centre company Princeton Digital Group have partnered for a 100MW data centre in north Tokyo

New ADB country director arrives in Ashgabat

Asian Development Bank’s new country director for Turkmenistan, Artur Andrysiak, has arrived in Ashgabat following his appointment last month

Infranode acquires stake in Norwegian telco

Swedish investment business Infranode has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in fibre company Tafjord Connect from municipality-owned power & utility company Tafjord Kraft

Data centre developer to expand Oz footprint

Data centre investor Stack Infrastructure has joined forces with Australian commercial real estate developer Hickory to deploy 124MW capacity across the country

CDPQ hires infra debt director

London-based Thibault Sauvage has joined Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec as a director in the infrastructure debt team

Government bailout for Mexican telecoms PPP

Bankrupt Mexican telecoms concessionaire Altán Redes has signed a $388 million rescue package led by the federal government

Foresight acquires Downing’s tech funds

Foresight has acquired 3 funds from the technology ventures division of UK asset manager Downing for £13.6 million – taking its private equity AUM to £1.2 billion