Daniel Zerbib

Daniel’s experience includes advising:

Telecom/Digital

• The underwriters, mandated lead arrangers, and lenders on the €3.3 billion financing of European data centers owned and operated by DATA4, the Brookfield-owned data center operator in France, Italy, Spain, Poland, Germany, and Greece. This transaction constitutes one of Europe's largest data center financings*
• CityFast and its main shareholders (including Axione and Mirova) on the financing of the acquisition of part of the FTTH network of Bouygues Telecom in dense areas and the rollout of such network*
• International Finance Corporation and Standard Bank in providing $92 million in financing to Eastcastle Infrastructure to fund its telecommunications tower deployment strategy in the Democratic Republic of Congo*
• Iliad and Infravia Capital on the €600 million financing for their data center platform for hyper scalers, OPCORE*
• ETIX, an operator of edge data centers owned by Eurazeo and Infranity, on its €170 million debt raise to finance their capex program in Europe*
• Vauban Infra Fibre on the acquisition from Cellnex of Towerlink France SAS, a leading operator of edge data centers in France, and on the financing of the acquisition and the capex program*
• Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Borealis Data Center on the financing of sustainable data center campuses in Iceland and Finland*
• Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Bouygues Telecom on their joint venture to acquire the core data centers of Bouygues Telecom and the financing of such acquisition*
• Infravia Capital on acquiring the Green data centers from Altice*
• Vauban Infrastructure Partners on:
  • The €400 million financing of the acquisition of Orange’s IRUs on the vertical network in very dense areas (Sirona)*
  • Acquiring TDF’s DTT business and the financing of such acquisition (ongoing)
• The €1.5 billion refinancing of the optic fiber platform of Vauban Infrastructure Partners*
• The JVs between Vauban Infrastructure Partners and Bouygues Telecom to acquire IRUs from main telecom operators on the horizontal network in less dense areas and the €2 billion financing for the acquisition of such IRUs (Projects Astérix & Obélix)*
• Arjun Infrastructure Partners on acquiring a minority stake in Altitude’s FttH business*
• The lenders on the financing for the over €1 billion acquisition of a 45% stake in Telefónica’s Spanish fiber-to-the-home network by Vauban Infrastructure Partner and Crédit Agricole Assurances, facilitating the creation of Bluevia*
• The lenders on the refinancing TDF’s optic fiber business in the context of its acquisition by CVC DIF*
• CVC DIF on the financing of the acquisition of French BtoB operator Céleste from Infravia Capital*

Energy / Energy Transition / Renewables

• EDF SA on the multibillion-euro financing of the New French Nuclear Plants (ongoing)
• Brookfield on acquiring a majority stake in Neoen, followed by a mandatory tender offer for the remaining shares*
• The lenders on Dunkirk LNG’s refinancing*
• Meridiam and Allego on refinancing an existing €170 million credit facility, increasing it to €400 million*
• The lenders to Electra, a leading European EV charging company owned by Eurazeo and PGGM, on raising €433 million through a green loan to accelerate its European expansion*
• Antin Infrastructure Partners and Powerdot on the debt raise of Powerdot, a leading European EV charging company*
• ICG Infra on the debt raise for Zeplug, an indoor EV charging company*
• The lenders and export credit agencies on the €4.4 billion debt financing of Automotive Cells Company*
• Eolien Maritime France on developing, financing, constructing, and operating the offshore wind farm off the coast of Saint-Nazaire for about €2 billion and its subsequent refinancing with an installed capacity of 480 MW*
• The project company and the joint venture between EDF Renouvelables and Enbridge, Eolien Maritime France, on:
  • The financing of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Fécamp for about €2 billion and its subsequent refinancing*
  • The financing of an offshore wind farm off the coast of Courseulles for about €2 billion*
• Parc Eolien Offshore de Provence Grand Large (PGL) on the financing of a floating offshore wind farm project near Marseille with an installed capacity of 24 MW (ongoing)

Utilities

• Vauban Infrastructure Partners on refinancing Coriance’s senior and junior debt in the context of acquiring Coriance*
• The lenders of a consortium composed of Meridiam, Global Infrastructure Partners, and the CDC Group (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations and CNP Assurances) on the €5 billion acquisition financing of New Suez*
• The lenders on SAUR’s debt restructuring*
• EQT Infrastructure III on acquiring the SAUR Group*

Transportation

• The financing (of approximately €5 billion) of the privatization of motorway concessionaire APRR and multiple refinancings of the debt raised by Eiffarie (Holding Company) and APRR*
• The wrapped refinancing of the motorway concessionaire SANEF (€1.5 billion)*
• The wrapped refinancing of the motorway concessionaire of the Millau Viaduct (€500 million)*
• The public bond refinancing of the concessionaire of the A28 motorway (approx. €1 billion)*
• The sponsors on the financing of the Tram Train de la Réunion concession project*
• The sponsors on the L2 Road PPP financing and debt securitization*
• The lenders (including EIB) on the financing of the Bretagne Pays de Loire high-speed line PPP (€1.5 billion)*
• EIB on the financing of the Nîmes-Montpellier high-speed line PPP bypass*
• The French State as concession grantor in the restructuring of the Perpignan – Figueras high-speed line international concession*
• The funders on the financing of the concession for the Elazig Healthcare campus*
• The lenders on the financing of the concession for the Bursa Healthcare campus*
• Meridiam on the refinancing of the A2 motorway concession in Poland and on the subsequent recapitalization of the A2 motorway concession*
• The lenders of Akiem (a leading French rolling stock company) on the raise of its junior debt of €285 million to support its growth in European markets, and the creditors and new debt investors on the €1 billion senior debt platform refinancing of Akiem*
• Antin Infrastructure Partners and Proxima on launching a new high-speed rail operator in France (on the Paris-Bordeaux HSL)*
• LISEA and its shareholders on the €2 billion refinancing of the South Europe Atlantic high-speed line concession*
• Meridiam and Vinci Concessions on the financing of the D4 Motorway in the Czech Republic*
• The sponsors, Eiffage, and Macquarie on the debt refinancing of Eiffarie and APRR, as well as on establishing a new €2 billion revolving credit facility for APRR*
• Ascendi on the refinancing of its existing debt and subscription of an additional capex line for its portfolio of Portuguese motorway concessions*
• Eiffage on the public service delegation agreement to deploy a high-speed network in the Loire-Atlantique department and its financing*
• A’liénor and its shareholders (Eiffage and Sanef) on the refinancing of the A65 motorway*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham