Linklaters has advised BlackRock on the acquisition of 50.1 percent of the shares in Mainova WebHouse GmbH for a fund managed by BlackRock’s Diversified Infrastructure Team (“BlackRock”). The seller of the shares is the Frankfurt-based Mainova Group.
Mainova WebHouse, a subsidiary of Mainova Group, is a digital infrastructure company focused on designing, building, and operating data centres. With this partnership, Mainova WebHouse is tapping into new growth potential for the planning, construction and operation of sustainable data centres in Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main region.
A cross-practice and jurisdiction Linklaters team was led by Michael Honan (Partner, M&A, London) and Sebastian Daub (Partner, M&A, Frankfurt) and further team members included Oliver Rosenberg (Partner, Tax, Düsseldorf) and Johannes Porsch (Managing Associate, M&A, Frankfurt).
