De Pardieu has advised InfraVia, a leading independent European private equity firm specialized in infrastructure, on exclusive negotiations to form a strategic partnership with the Iliad Group, a major European telecommunications player, to develop a reference hyperscale data center platform in Europe.
As part of this transaction, InfraVia, through its infrastructure funds, will acquire a 50% equity stake in OpCore, a leading operator with high-quality data centers in France and Poland, which is valued at an enterprise value of €860m.
This ambitious partnership is one more initiative from the Iliad Group and InfraVia towards building a truly European digital ecosystem for the benefit of innovative businesses across the region. This transaction draws on the experience of InfraVia in hyperscale data centers development.
Pardieu Brocas Maffei has advised InfraVia on the negotiation and drafting of the Master Services Agreement as well as on the real estate aspects of the transaction.
InfraVia was also assisted by the investment banking firm Perella Weinberg Partners with Gilles Tré-Hardy.