Deals:
Antin Infrastructure Partners and Arié Group have injected €100 million into EV charging station operator Powerdot.
Arcus Infrastructure Partners has announced the acquisition of Thermomess Wärmemessdienst, a business specializing in the heating service sector and catering to more than 220,000 apartments throughout Germany, by its portfolio company Officium.
Ardian acquires data centre firm Verne from Digital 9 Infrastructure. Ardian plans to expand Verne's facilities across northern Europe with up to $1.2 billion in funding.
Brookfield-owned X-ELIO closes €89m financing package for Spanish solar PV projects.
Canadian pension board to pay €2bn for 17.5% of TIM’s NetCo.
CityFibre, a U.K. independent full fiber platform, has agreed to acquire alternative fiber network Lit Fibre from Newlight Partners.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Arjun Infrastructure Partners have completed a €383.5 million refinancing for a portfolio of operational onshore wind assets in north-eastern Spain.
HIH Invest acquires 25MW wind park in Germany.
HIH Invest buys solar park in southern Spain.
KKR announces the signing of an Investment Agreement with Encavis AG as part of a takeover offer.
Sosteneo, part of the Generali Investments ecosystem, has signed an agreement with Enel through its Italian subsidiary, Enel Italia, for the acquisition of 49 percent of the share capital of Enel Libra Flexsys.
Swiss Life Asset Managers and Vesper Infrastructure Partners have agreed to acquire RAD-x, a diagnostic imaging and social infrastructure platform with 23 sites across Germany and Switzerland, from Gilde Healthcare.
Fundraising:
Advisors & Partners has held a first closing for its newly launched Selective European Transportation Equipment Fund (SETEF), a private equity infrastructure fund focused on the European transportation sector. The fund secured €100 million of aggregate commitments.
DIF Capital Partners raises EUR 6.8 billion for its latest infrastructure funds. Final closes across DIF Infrastructure VII (DIF VII) EUR 4.4 billion, DIF Core-Plus Infrastructure Fund III (CIF III) EUR 1.6 billion, and certain Co-investment vehicles EUR 0.8 billion.
DigitalBridge secures $420m for Partners III digital infrastructure fund. The fund, which has a hard cap of US$8 billion, has already passed US$2.7 billion in commitments.
Global Infrastructure Partners wraps up fundraising for dedicated emerging markets fund at $2.1b.
Movers & Promotions:
AltamarCAM Partners has promoted global CFO Alvaro Bachiller to partner.
I Squared Capital opens office in Munich and hires Yves Meyer-Bülow to lead it.
James Thornton, the current chairman and former CEO at Swiss Life Asset Managers U.K., will step down from his role on April 30.
Low Carbon hired Annabel Wiscarson to help accelerate the creation of large-scale, renewable-energy infrastructure as CEO of the Low Carbon Investment Management (LCIM) arm, starting in April.
Pantheon announces leadership succession plan, Kathryn Leaf to become CEO in 2025.
Sustainable Development Capital, LLP has appointed Philip Doyle as co-Fund Manager of the Green Energy Solutions Fund (GESF) and Managing Director of its Dublin Office.
Current Mandates:
Corporate Finance Analyst – Renewable Energy Advisory
Paris / London
Analyst/Associate Corporate Finance - London
Analyst 3/Associate 1 – Investment Fund
Luxembourg
Assocaite – Impact Fund
Nairobi
Principal - Special Situations SWF
UAE