James Johnson

Yondr Group, a global developer, owner and operator of hyperscale data centers, on its agreement to be acquired by DigitalBridge through one of its managed investment funds.Credit Suisse on the cross border sale and leaseback of critical data center facilities in both London and Singapore to Iron Mountain.

Multiple confidential mandates across the Nordics, EMEA, APAC and the Americas acting for sponsors, developers and operators with respect to hyperscale datacenter developments, including Europe’s largest developments in France, Germany and the UK.

Representation of Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 7 on its purchase of a significant minority stake in Virtus Data Centres group from ST Telemedia (a portfolio company of Temasek). The Virtus Data Centres Group builds and operates data centres in England and is expanding into Europe.

Representation of 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 percent majority stake in UltraEdge, a newly established data center company.

Representation of Credit Suisse on the cross border sale and leaseback of critical data center facilities in both London and Singapore to Iron Mountain.

Representation of Citibank on the sale and leaseback of Frankfurt Data Center, the first sale and leaseback of its kind relating to its Western European data center campus.

Representation of Digital Realty in relation the acquisition of eight high quality, carrier-neutral data centres across Europe in a deal worth in excess of US$874 million.

Representation of Digital Realty in relation to the sale of its Paris operating business and data centre for approximately US$211 million to Equinix.

Representation of IFC in relation to a confidential mandate relevant to the regulatory framework of an emerging data centre market.

Citibank on the sale and leaseback of Frankfurt Data Center, the first sale and leaseback of its kind relating to its Western European data center campus.

Blue Horizon Investor Limited, which is owned by an Abu Dhabi based family office, in connection with its acquisition of 10 Hammersmith Grove for £112 million (2017) and Blaak16 for €65 million (2018), each marquee commercial mixed use properties located in London and Rotterdam.

Oaktree Capital Management, a leading global alternative investment management firm, on its acquisition and subsequent sale of the SACO property portfolio, one of the UK's leading providers of serviced apartments with an extensive network of properties around the world, to Brookfield Asset Management.

The high profile commercial real estate acquisition of 105 Wigmore Street, London, W1 from Standard Life. Located next to the iconic Selfridges department store in the heart of London's West End retail district, he advised one of the Firm's longstanding family office clients on the successful purchase following a competitive bidding.

Digital Realty in relation to Project Cheetah – the acquisition of eight high quality, carrier-neutral data centres across Europe in a deal worth in excess of US$874 million

Digital Realty in relation to Project Panther – the sale of its Paris operating business and data centre for approximately US$211 million to Equinix

Data4 Group in relation to the grant of the largest commercial data centre agreements ever to have been completed in France and Italy

Harrods in relation to its US$1.3 billion real estate financing of Harrods department store

Oaktree Capital Management on its acquisition of The Serviced Apartment Company (Saco)

Better Capital on its acquisition of Walkabout bars

Deutsche Bank in connection with its real estate financing of Virtus IMH Limited for ongoing capex works relating to its data centres and an associated corporate acquisition

Deutsche Bank in connection with its real estate financing of the development of a central London data centre by Volta Data Centres

Digital Realty on its acquisition of the Sentrum portfolio for approximately US $1.1 billion

Digital Realty on its ongoing £200m-plus acquisition, development and leasing of the largest data centre campus in Europe, in Crawley

Digital Realty on its ongoing acquisition and leasing of its European and Asian data centres

London Stock Exchange, in relation to its real estate portfolio and related transactions (ongoing)

Corney & Barrow Bars, in relation to the sale of its UK bars and restaurants business to Drake & Morgan (backed by Bowmark Capital) and Corney & Barrow Merchants in respect of related bespoke supply arrangements

Numerous high profile data centre end users with respect to their occupation of third party data centre facilities (ongoing)