Bestinver Infrastructure and Tages Capital increase stake in IPlanet S.p.A.

Bestinver, through a new investment vehicle alongside Bestinver Infrastructure Fund II, and Tages Capital, through the Tages Helios Net Zero fund, have increased their indirect stake in IPlanet S.p.A. (“IPlanet”) – a leading Italian operator established as a joint venture with Italiana Petroli for the development of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in Italy – by acquiring the shareholding held by Macquarie Capital in EV Asset Holdings (“EVAH”), the holding company that indirectly owns 50% of IPlanet’s capital.

Bestinver and Tages were already minority shareholders of EVAH, following their 2024 acquisition of a portion of the stake originally held by Macquarie Capital.

Following the completion of this transaction – which received antitrust clearance from the European Commission at the end of November – Bestinver now holds approximately two-thirds of EVAH’s capital, while Tages owns the remaining one-third.

Bestinver was advised by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer with an international team composed of partners Guillermo Uriarte Senén, Francesca Morra and Lucia Garralda, and senior associate Giacomo Gavotti; antitrust matters were handled by partner Henar Gonzalez Durantez, senior associate Pilar Carrasco, and associate Gonzalo Sanz-Magallón.

Tages was advised by its Head of Legal Affairs, Marcello Ciampi, and by the international law firm Gianni & Origoni, with a team coordinated by partners Mauro Sambati and Raffaele Tronci and composed of counsel Aldo Turella, managing associate Alberto Punzi, and associate Giuseppe Nigro for corporate matters; antitrust matters were handled by of counsel Eva Cruellas Sada and senior associate Giacomo Dalla Valentina.

Macquarie Capital was advised by Chiomenti, with a team led by partners Mario Roli and Elena Busson, and composed of senior associates Matteo Garofalo and Giusi Nicolosi, and associates Edoardo Fornaro and Bianca Strazzabosco for corporate matters; antitrust matters were handled by senior associate Antonino Cutrupi.

The notarial aspects were handled by Caruso Andreatini Notai Associati, with a team composed of notary Claudio Caruso and lawyer Paolo Liberatore Cipriano.