Swiss Life Asset Managers Acquires Co-Controlling Stake in Telecom Infrastructure Partners (TIP) via InfraBridge

PAI Partners to Acquire Majority Stake in Infra Group

July 6, 2023

Infrastructure

PAI Partners has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Infra Group, a Belgium-headquartered multi-disciplinary network infrastructure services provider. The investment will make PAI the largest shareholder alongside existing investors ICG, Andera Partners and the management team, and will support Infra Group's growth strategy to accelerate expansion organically and via complementary acquisitions.

Zurich Holding Company of America Acquires SpearTip

August 14, 2023

Cybersecurity

Zurich Holding Company of America, through its Zurich Resilience Solutions division, has acquired cyber counterintelligence firm SpearTip. The acquisition bolsters Zurich's cyber risk mitigation and response capabilities by adding SpearTip's managed detection and response, incident response/digital forensics, and advisory services to Zurich Resilience Solutions' cyber offerings.

DigitalBridge to Acquire Telenet's Mobile Telecommunications Tower Business in Belgium

March 25, 2022

Infrastructure

DigitalBridge Investments, LLC (an affiliate of DigitalBridge Group) has agreed to acquire Telenet Group Holding NV’s mobile telecommunications tower business (“TowerCo”) for €745 million (cash-free, debt-free). The deal will create Belgium’s first independent TowerCo, giving DigitalBridge ownership of 100% of Telenet’s tower and passive infrastructure assets, with 3,322 sites nationwide.

Blackstone Infrastructure Partners Acquires 35% Stake in Phoenix Tower International

January 18, 2022

Infrastructure

Funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure Partners purchased a 35% stake in Phoenix Tower International (PTI) from Manulife Investment Management. The minority investment will support PTI's continued growth and geographic expansion of its wireless infrastructure platform across the Americas and Europe.

Energy Infrastructure Partners Acquires Minority Stake in Fluxys

February 22, 2023

Energy

Energy Infrastructure Partners (EIP), together with a consortium of Belgian institutional investors, acquired a 19.85% stake in Fluxys; Macquarie Asset Management provided acquisition debt financing to support the transaction. The investment — announced in September and completed in February 2023 after Belgian regulator approval — positions investors to support Fluxys' role in European gas infrastructure and its planned expansion into hydrogen and CO2 infrastructure.

Livingbridge Makes Investment in Welltel

December 21, 2020

IT Services

UK private equity firm Livingbridge has made an investment in Dublin-headquartered communications and IT provider Welltel to support the company’s M&A programme, organic growth and infrastructure scaling. Welltel, founded in 2007 and led by CEO Ross Murray and Executive Chairman John Quinn, serves roughly 3,500 customers across enterprise and public sectors and has completed six prior acquisitions.