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Linklaters elects two new partners in London and Shanghai
29 November 2023
Linklaters has announced the election of two new partners across its global network, effective 1 December 2023.
Data centre momentum continues as $16bn is invested in first nine months of 2023
14 November 2023
The global digital infrastructure sector saw total investment of US$149bn in 2022, with $80bn invested so far in 2023, according to analysis by global law firm Linklaters. Of this $80bn, US$16bn has been invested specifically in deals involving data centres, as investor appetite grows towards the digital world’s warehouses for data storage and processing.
Linklaters advises Vantage Data Centers on the completion of a €2.5bn Investment Partnership with an Investor Consortium to Accelerate Growth in EMEA
3 November 2023
Linklaters have advised Vantage Data Centers (a DigitalBridge portfolio company, and their European hyperscale data centre platform) on the completion of its investment partnership with a consortium of long-term investors, led by MEAG and Infranity, along with funds affiliated with the investment management platform of DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (together the “Investor Consortium”, and the “Investment Partnership”).
Linklaters achieves first-class UK rankings across Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500
25 October 2023
Linklaters is proud to have achieved 25 Band 1 practice rankings in Chambers UK 2024, including in corporate/M&A (£800m+), big-ticket banking & finance (borrowers and lenders), restructuring & insolvency, energy & natural resources (renewables & alternative energy, power, oil & gas and mining), environment & climate change, competition law and contentious regulatory (financial services).
Linklaters advises Euroclear Bank on the establishment and launch of its new Digital Securities Platform, and Euroclear Bank and TD Securities on the inaugural digital securities issuance by the World Bank
24 October 2023
Linklaters has been at the centre of the evolution of the Euromarkets for decades, having advised on the issue by Autostrade of the first Eurobond in July 1963, and regularly advising on developments since then. More recently Linklaters has been at the centre of the digitisation of the financial markets – including the Euromarkets – in the development of new platforms and the use of novel technologies as well as on thought leadership.
Linklaters advises Deutsche Börse AG on the issuance of three tranches of digital corporate bonds in an aggregate volume of €3bn
5 October 2023
Linklaters advised Deutsche Börse AG on the successful issuance of corporate bonds in three tranches and in an aggregate volume of three billion euro. These are the first corporate bonds placed with institutional investors that are represented by central register securities in accordance with the German Electronic Securities Act (eWpG).