White & Case advises lenders on financing for acquisition of Cellnex’s Austria business

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised the lenders on the financing for the acquisition of 100 percent of Cellnex’s business in Austria.

The acquisition is by a consortium comprising Vauban Infrastructure Partners, through its funds Core Infrastructure Fund IV SCSp and Core Infrastructure Fund IV SCA SICAV RAIF, EDF Invest, the investment arm of EDF Group, and MEAG, the asset manager of Munich Re and ERGO. The acquisition has been approved by regulatory authorities.

Cellnex, Europe’s largest operator of telecommunications towers and infrastructure, has been operating in Austria since 2021 following the acquisition of CK Hutchison’s infrastructure portfolio in six European countries, including Austria.

The White & Case team in Paris which advised on the transaction was led by partner Amaury de Feydeau and included associates Tsveta Pencheva, Jessy Laberty and Charles Linel.

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