CMS advises Art-Invest Real Estate on investment by DTCP in maincubes

Cologne – Frankfurt-based data centre operator maincubes has gained Digital Transformation Capital Partners (DTCP) as a new strategic investor with a focus on digital infrastructure. DTCP made a substantial investment in maincubes by acquiring shares from the current main shareholder, Art-Invest Real Estate. The new investor structure means that the two shareholders jointly hold a majority stake in maincubes.

maincubes is committed to further growth, coupled with the goal of becoming the biggest data centre operator in Europe. The two investors intend to invest more than EUR 1 billion over the coming years. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction has already completed.

An international CMS team headed by lead partner Dr Malte Bruhns advised Art-Invest Real Estate on all legal aspects of the transaction. Art-Invest is a longstanding CMS client and regularly relies on the firm’s advice, which has covered both conventional property deals and strategic corporate/M&A transactions, such as the acquisition of the i-live Group by Art-Invest in 2018.

CMS Germany

Dr Malte Bruhns, Lead Partner, Cologne
Dr Ralph Drouven, Partner, Cologne
Dr Daniel Otte, Partner, Cologne
Dr Thomas Sonnenberg, Partner, Cologne
Laura Christin Stein, Counsel, Cologne
Carmen Hübner, Senior Associate, Cologne 
Philipp Knopp, Associate, Cologne
Christin Fischer, Associate, Cologne, all Corporate/M&A
Dr Dirk Baukholt, Principal Counsel, Frankfurt/Main, W&I
Dr Kai Neuhaus, Partner, Brussels
Dr Björn Herbers, Partner, Brussels, both Competition
Dr Jonas Singraven, Senior Associate, Cologne, Employment

CMS Netherlands 

Erik Vorst, Amsterdam
Britt Straat, Amsterdam
Gieneke Nieroop, Amsterdam, all Corporate M&A

Notary

Maximilian Heck, Bögner, Hensel und Partner, Frankfurt/Main

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