Johannes Groß

Johannes’ representative experience at and prior to joining Latham includes advising:

Data Center Transactions

• CVC DIF on acquiring a significant majority stake in firstcolo
• NScale Global Holdings in connection with the development of a 108 MW AI data center in Narvik, Norway
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on its €2 billion investment in Eurowind Energy, a Denmark-based renewables platform
• nexspace data centers on opening a new data center in Stuttgart
• Stonepeak and Columbia Capital on acquiring German data center operator IPB
• Apollo-managed funds on the acquisition and financing of STACK Infrastructure’s European colocation business
• Mainova on selling a majority stake in its data center business to Blackrock
• Mainova WebHouse on a joint venture with Tishman Speyer
• maincubes on expanding into the Frankfurt data center market
• NorthC on:
  • Its sale to Antin Infrastructure Partners
  • Acquiring and financing six data centers in Germany and the Netherlands
  • A data center investment in Switzerland
  • Entering the Frankfurt data center market
  • Acquiring German colocation provider IP Exchange GmbH (IPX)
• InfraRed Capital Partners on developing data center platform NexSpace
• Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) on a large-volume investment in German colocation data center operator maincubes
• AtlasEdge, a JV between Liberty Global and Digital Bridge, on successfully acquiring Datacenter One
• A global project developer on its first powered core and shell data center development project in Germany/Europe
• Bitfield NV on starting a Bitcoin mining company, as well as on the colocation operator contracts and other project contracts
• Keppel DC REIT on acquiring a data center in the Netherlands
• Keppel Telecommunications & Transport and Alpha Investment Partners on acquiring a €76 million data center from Citigroup and on the sale-and-lease-back agreement to Citigroup, which remains the tenant
• MWH on developing three data centers in the Frankfurt am Main area, including customer MSA, construction agreements, planning agreements, OFCI, and all other aspects of project development
• HSCALE on developing three data centers in Europe, including customer MSA and long-lead supply agreements

Fiber Transactions

• Unsere Grüne Glasfaser on acquiring Infrafibre Germany
• DWS Group on its major investment in Deutsche GigaNetz
• iCON Infrastructure on multiple infrastructure transactions, including its successful acquisition of Strategic Fiber Networks Group
• Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) on all agreements for a several-million HP construction project with a leading telecoms business
• UBS Asset Management on acquiring:
  • Fiber-to-the-home business LuneCom, in UBS’ first German infrastructure equity investment
  • Sewikom
• DIF Capital Partners on its greenfield fiber investment in ruhrfibre, a platform to build out a fiber network in Essen, Germany
• Sellers on disposing of all shares in fiber businesses Netcom Kassel and Breitband Nordhessen
• Intermediate Capital Group and TNG Glasfaser on several financing, commercial agreements, and corporate law matters

Other Transactions

• Lane42 Investment Partners, a private, employee-owned alternative asset management firm, on securing a US$127.5 million term loan
• Axton Copyrights on the business combination of BMG and Concord, an independent global music company
• Capitol Meridian Partners and Stellex Capital Management on acquiring Beaufort, a UK-based manufacturer of mission-critical defense survival solutions
• Commerz Real on acquiring Finland wind farm
• SPIE on acquiring:
  • SGS Industrial Services Group
  • Otto LSE
  • A majority stake in ICG Group
• A real estate developer on selling a local power grid and the subsequent interim power supply contract