Digital infrastructure insights

Investing in a connected future

Over recent years we have seen infrastructure funds begin to focus on digital infrastructure as a distinct asset class, increasingly diversifying and specializing in fiber/broadband investments, data centers and other cable/satellite opportunities.

Accelerated by the global pandemic, this trend has been brought sharply into focus and is expected to increase due to the growth of smart, sustainable cities; the shift towards remote working; increased connectivity; and the digitization of company operations, e.g. supply chains.

Our Digital Infrastructure practice comprises an integrated and global team of lawyers across key practice areas including Corporate, Banking, Projects, Data Protection, Competition and Real Estate, who advise investors, operators, developers and service providers active in this space.

Awards

Tier 1 for TMT Industry Focus – Legal 500, 2020
Tier 1 for TMT (foreign firms) – Singapore – Legal 500 Asia Pacific, 2020
Global Legal Adviser of the Year - IJGlobal Awards, 2019
Asia Pacific Telecoms Deal of the Year – Kacific-1 Satellite – IJ Global Awards, 2019
Tier 2 for Projects & Infrastructure, Chambers Asia – Pacific, 2019

Latest insights

Trends and opportunities for digital infrastructure operators and investors in the APAC region

The dramatic and unpredictable events of 2020 have fuelled the growth of digital infrastructure development and investment in the Asia-Pacific region and we expect that opportunities will continue to abound for operators and investors alike.

Global | Publication | January 06, 2021

Sustainable cities and infrastructure

Developing a city sustainably has never been a more pressing issue as the pandemic rages across the world and how we live and work remains under constant scrutiny.

Global | Publication | November 06, 2020

Deals

Norton Rose Fulbright advises Orange on majority stake in Telekom Romania Communications

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised French Telecoms operator Orange S.A. (Orange) on the EUR 268m acquisition of a controlling stake in fixed operator Telekom Romania Communications by Orange Romania.

Global | Press Release | November 12, 2020

Norton Rose Fulbright advises on US$160 million financing of Kacific1 satellite to serve Southeast Asia and the Pacific

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) on credit facilities totalling US$160 million to finance the construction, launch, ground system and initial operation for “Kacific1”, a Boeing-built next-generation high-throughput Ka-band satellite.

Global | Press Release | December 17, 2019