Daniel Zerbib

Daniel’s experience includes advising:

Telecom/Digital

• 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*

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

• Meridiam on the refinancing of the A2 motorway concession in Poland and on the monetization of Meridiam’s equity investments in 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 railway*
• 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*
• The underwriters and trustee on Getlink’s successful issuance of €700 million 3.5% green bonds due October 2025*
• 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