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