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Rautenberg Moritz & Co. advises B Capital Partners in the arrangement of a co-investment of a German institutional investor in Deutsche Glasfaser Group alongside OMERS.

Our team advised B Capital Partners, initiator and investment manager of the transaction, on the co-investment of a German institutional investor alongside OMERS in Deutsche Glasfaser Group.

B Capital Partners AG is a partner-owned investment house, established in 2003 in Zurich. B Capital Partners exclusively focuses on core sustainable infrastructure. Since 2010, it has invested and advised capital in excess of EUR 2.6 billion across Europe.

OMERS is the state-owned pension fund of the Canadian province of Ontario, established in 1962 to manage the retirement benefits of all local government employees. In 2019, the fund managed net assets of CAD 109 billion.

Deutsche Glasfaser Group GmbH mainly operates carrier-neutral fibre-optic access lines for private households and businesses. With a total investment volume of EUR 7 billion available, 6 million fibre optic connections are to be built throughout Germany in the medium term. Deutsche Glasfaser is the market-leading FTTH provider in Germany.

Our team around Arndt Rautenberg advised B Capital Partners as an industry expert by preparing a full-scope Commercial Due Diligence.

Quick Facts

  • Date
    • October 2020
  • B Capital Partners
    • Partner-owned investment house
    • Focus on sustainable core infrastructure
    • Since 2010 EUR 2.6bn invested and advised
  • OMERS
    • State-owned pension fund of Canadian province Ontario
    • CAD 109bn in net assets
  • Deutsche Glasfaser Group
    • Operator of carrier-neutral optical fibre access lines
    • Founded in 2020 by EQT and OMERS
  • Services
    • Commercial Due Diligence
  • Team
    • Arndt Rautenberg, Managing Partner
    • Gero Steinröder, Partner
    • Andreas Kindt, Associate Partner
    • Boris Herzog, Senior Director
    • Brian Demmer, Senior Associate
    • Tim Haase, Senior Associate
    • Matthias Winschuh, Associate

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