Financing Digital Infrastructure Pathfinders: How to Unlock Capital, Examining Routes to Exit & Evolving Deal Structures in APAC

Agenda

12:30 - 13:10

Financing Digital Infrastructure Pathfinders: How to Unlock Capital, Examining Routes to Exit & Evolving Deal Structures in APAC

Moderator 

Alaister Johnson, Partner, Linklaters

 

Speakers

Brad Kim, Managing Director, BlackRock Global Infrastructure Funds

Andrew Verdasca, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan

 

This breakout session examines evolving deal structures and financing opportunities in APAC, focusing on routes to exit, the increasing role of private credit, and the impact of debt on large transactions. Discussions will delve into pricing trends across acquisitions, LBOs, and capex financing, alongside the influence of interest rate shifts and global events, such as the US election, on the region's digital infrastructure market in 2025.

 

  • Exploring evolving deal structures in APAC and optimal routes to new financing opportunities
  • Analysing strategies around the routes to exit  
  • What role is private credit having in the APAC market now that local banks are maxed out? What role does debt have in large transactions?  
  • What are developments across evolving pricing in crucial subsectors of acquisitions, LBOs, capex and greenfield financing?
  • What impacts are interest rates having on the market in 2025, and how will the global influences (such as the US election) reverberate within the APAC region?  
  • Chair

    Alaister Johnson
    Partner
    Linklaters

  • Speaker

    Alaister Johnson
    Partner
    Linklaters

  • Speaker

    Brad Kim
    Managing Director
    BlackRock Global Infrastructure Funds

  • Speaker

    Andrew Verdasca
    Managing Director
    J.P. Morgan