Director of Investment Banking
Alantra

Richard has worked in the finance sector for over 15 years and leads Alantra’s digital infrastructure M&A offering with a particular focus on data centres. Richard’s deep industry knowledge is founded on longstanding relationships with both digital infra, real estate funds and other financial investors, as well as operators globally. He advises business owners, management teams and financial investors on sector dynamics, asset valuation and bidding tactics.

Richard has advised on data centre transactions in the UK (including Morrison on its investment into Kao Data), in Eastern Europe (advising Goldman Sachs’ digital infra fund on the acquisition of Polish data centre platform, Atman) as well as in Africa (advising the founder N+ONE, the Moroccan leading colocation provider, on investment from African Infrastructure Investment Managers, AIIM). His experience includes advising on transactions including both fully operational businesses and greenfield projects (including Helios’s investment in IXAfrica).

Alantra is a global investment banking and asset management firm focusing on the mid-market with offices across Europe, the US, Middle East and Asia. It provides the full spectrum of corporate finance advisory services, including M&A transactions, private equity, and debt and equity capital raising across both private and public markets. Prior to joining Alantra, Richard was Torch Partners’ Director in the digital infrastructure team and previously covered the sector as Vice President at RBC Capital Markets in London. Richard is a qualified chartered accountant.

 

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