Paul Hastings Advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in the Acquisition of a Majority Stake in UltraEdge

Paul Hastings (Europe) LLP advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, a private infrastructure investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), on an exclusivity agreement to partner with Altice France to establish the first nationwide independent colocation provider in France through the acquisition of a 70% majority stake in UltraEdge, a newly established data center company.

Corporate partner Arthur de Baudry d’Asson led the Paul Hastings team, which also included partners Jean-Louis Martin and Stéphane Henry, of counsel Vincent Rouer, and associates Nicolas Lovas, Alexandre Ruiz, Quentin Jobard, Juliette Hua, Tom Chanseau and Mathilde Carré in Paris, as well as partners Gregory Spitzer and William DeGrandis, and associates Timothy Breems and David Saylor in the US. 

White & Case also advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners.

De Pardieu Brocas Maffei advised Altice France.

More details on the transaction can be found here.

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