Slaughter and May advised Legal & General Capital on its investment in the Kao Data Campus (“Kao”). The transaction completed on 7 February 2019.

From its first 35.2MW data campus in the London to Cambridge corridor, Kao serves hyperscalers and enterprise customers across the largest data centre market and technology cluster in Europe.

Legal & General Capital is partnering with the existing investors in Kao, Goldacre Noé Group.

Slaughter and May worked closely with Jasan Fitzpatrick, General Counsel, and Harriet Gallagher-Powell from the in-house legal team at Legal & General Capital.

Contacts
Corporate: Victoria MacDuff (partner), James Cook (associate), Heather Fleming (associate), Josephine Rabinowitz (trainee); Real Estate, Planning and Construction: John Nevin (partner), Richard Keczkes (associate), Lee Foxcroft (associate), Chloe Halloran (associate); Tax: Sara Luder (partner), Sarah Osprey (associate); IP/ IT: Richard McDonnell (associate); Financing: Chris Armstrong (associate)