Matthieu Favas
Matthieu Favas is the editor of Agri Investor. He was previously the web editor of Infrastructure Investor, where he started in 2013 after a year as a reporter at Private Equity International. Prior to joining PEI he spent four years in the wine industry in London, Spain and Mongolia.
Paul Newfield replaces Lib Petagna less than a week after the New Zealand-based manager acquired an Australian data centre business for $565m.
The 30MW project, the first to be sponsored by Meridiam’s Africa fund, has secured a €34.5m loan from the French institution.
The UK fund manager has acquired a 17% holding in the utility from Australia’s Future Fund.
The firm is set to pay £72m for the operator of 23 motorway services areas from Carlyle.
The 35-year loan, which the bank says is the largest-ever for a water project, represents a sizeable portion of the financing needed to build the £4.2bn scheme.
The rolling-stock lessor was acquired by Pamplona Capital for $450m two years ago amid a flurry of train leasing deals in Europe.
Existing shareholders are looking to sell down about 15% of the Danish utility in a transaction that could value the company at $12.3bn.
The proceeds will be used to fund the UK firm’s recent investments in Wireless Infrastructure Group and TCR as well as pursue a £400m deal pipeline.
The London-headquartered asset manager has been chosen to manage the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund 14 years after its creation.
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The UK manager has acquired a pool of PPP assets from developer Condotte, its first investment in the Southern European country.