Linklaters has advised DigitalBridge (the leading global alternative asset manager dedicated to investing in digital infrastructure) and Vantage Data Centers (a DigitalBridge portfolio company and their European hyperscale data centre platform), on a $9.2bn equity investment in Vantage, led by investment vehicles managed by DigitalBridge Group, Inc. and Silver Lake (a global leader in technology investing).
The investments are incremental to the recently completed €1.5bn investment by AustralianSuper in Vantage EMEA, which Linklaters advised on in 2023. They will accelerate and extend Vantage’s strategic capabilities across North America and EMEA, to continue to partner with global hyperscalers to meet unprecedented cloud and AI demand.
Daniel Law, Corporate partner at Linklaters, comments:
“It is a pleasure to have been on this journey with Vantage Data Centers and DigitalBridge, after advising them on AustralianSuper’s investment in Vantage’s EMEA platform and their investment partnership with MEAG, Infranity and DigitalBridge funds. We are delighted that our digital infrastructure platform was again able to support our clients on delivering another complex multi-jurisdictional data centre transaction.”
The Linklaters cross-border and multi-practice deal team was led by Corporate partners Daniel Law and David Martin (both London), supported by partner Remy Bonneau (Luxembourg), counsels Josh Feit (New York) and Maxime Bertomeu-Savalle (Luxembourg), alongside managing associates Jessica Bremner (London), Colas Surot and Amélie d’Aspremont (both Luxembourg), senior US associate Lizzeth Merchan (New York) and associates Ling Wei Ngew, Shivraj Rajendran, Asim Ayub and Cherie Chen (all London), Ali Duarte Jaber (Luxembourg) and Fraser Goodlad (New York).
The team (all in London unless stated otherwise) also included Antitrust partner Neil Hoolihan (Brussels), Tax partner Jamie Coomber, managing associate Jack Harrison and associate Emma Tritton, Financing partner Elisabeth Johnson and managing associate Benjamin Dewsnip, TMT partner Alaister Johnson (Singapore) and associate Silvia Curin Brown, Real Estate managing associate Jack Shand and associate Dara Ayoade, Employment associate Hayley Tennant, Pensions managing associate Will Rose, Intellectual Property Partner Yohan Liyanage and associate Hollie Cooke and Energy & Infrastructure associate Jared Ovsiowitz.
This is the latest stage of a longstanding relationship with DigitalBridge and Vantage Data Centers. Linklaters supported Vantage in forming its EMEA platform in 2019-2020 and APAC platform in 2021, a number of investments to build them out, and recent equity raises.
