Slaughter and May advised Equinix (UK) Limited on the purchase from IO of an operating data centre business in Slough, United Kingdom, consisting of one single site facility. The agreement was signed on 7 January 2017 and the acquisition completed on 3 February 2017.

Equinix is a leading global data centre provider operating 147 data centre facilities in 40 markets across 5 continents. It is a US Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) headquartered in Redwood City, California and listed on NASDAQ with a market capitalisation in excess of $27 billion.

The Equinix legal team was led by EMEA General Counsel Peter Waters.
Contacts

Slaughter and May team: Corporate: Richard Smith (partner), Max Schofield (associate), Matthew Calvert (associate), Liam Healy (associate), Natalie Fernandes (trainee); Competition: Philippe Chappatte (partner), Anish Narendran (associate), Zsolt Vertessy (associate); Real Estate and Environmental: John Nevin (partner), Lee Foxcroft (associate), Helen White (associate), Richard Keczkes (associate), Evelyn Fleming (trainee); Intellectual Property/Information Technology: Rob Sumroy (partner), Richard McDonnell (associate); Shalina Rahman (trainee); Tax: Mike Lane (partner), Stephanie Baxter (associate); Pension and Employment: Jonathan Fenn (partner), Chris Boyle (associate)