Sidewalk hires policy director

Alphabet spin-out Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners has appointed a new director of policy and strategic partnerships

Cellnex appoints independent director

The board of directors of Cellnex Telecom has announced the appointment of Kate Holgate as a new independent director

Lumen to sell LatAm business

Lumen Technologies is to sell its Latin American operations to Stonepeak

Digital 9 puts £50m in intercontinental fibre

London-listed infrastructure vehicle Digital 9 has invested £50 million in an intercontinental fibre system

MIP V raises $6.9bn at final close

Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V has held a final close after raising $6.9 billion

CL promotes NA head of real assets to partner

Campbell Lutyens has promoted Chicago-based Guillermo Marroquin to partner

Details emerge on hiring push at Sequoia

Infrastructure debt specialist Sequoia is making 4 new hires to bolster the firm’s existing platform and support the roll-out of future products

Keppel secures $600m for global infra

Singapore-headquartered Keppel has obtained $600 million in separate managed accounts for global infrastructure projects with long-term utility-like contracted cash flows

Keppel to acquire first data centre in China

Keppel DC REIT agreed with Bluesea and its parent company to acquire a data centre in southern China for nearly $100 million

Bangladesh shortlists PPP adviser

Shortlisted international firms received RFPs from a nonbank infrastructure financial institution to assist on its corporate strategy and capacity development to foster PPPs in Bangladesh

Wall to build sustainable infra team at Lazard AM

Lazard Asset Management has hired London-based Robert Wall to build a sustainable infrastructure team

Tierney joins Blackstone as Bolze retires

Blackstone has appointed Brian Tierney as a senior managing director and global head of infrastructure portfolio operations and asset management

LP to triple fund size

The European LP of an infrastructure fund is in discussions to triple the size of the fund, with approval expected this summer

Schroders holds first close for senior debt fund

Schroders has raised €335 million for the fifth vintage of its senior debt strategy