BRAMWELL
CAPITAL ADVISORS
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ABOUT US
Over the past five years, we have established ourselves as one of Europe’s leading specialists in the fast-growing data centre sector. By focusing on the financing of early-stage data centre and energy projects, we have developed valuable insights into how developers and funders can best navigate the challenges that typically arise in this space.
We are trusted by a range of high-profile clients, including global data centre operator Echelon Data Centres (backed by Starwood Capital); Kao Data (supported by Legal & General and Infratil/Morrison & Co); Urban Electric (supported by Balfour Beatty); Nova Nexa Technologies; EQUIM DC; two rapidly scaling “neocloud” AI platforms; Sun Float Power BV; and we act as senior advisor to one of Europe’s largest equity asset managers.
In the data centre sector alone, Bramwell (previously Broadstone Capital) has supported clients in delivering more than 1 GW of IT critical load across Europe, and has raised over €3 billion in equity and debt capital within the last three years. With direct access to key decision-makers at more than 200 funders and investors active in energy and data centres, we are uniquely positioned to provide real-time advice on optimal funding structures and market-standard investment and lending terms. Our deep industry knowledge, combined with direct access to some of the world’s largest data centre operators and hyperscalers enables us to fully understand, evaluate, and support the successful delivery of your financing objectives.
SERVICES
Equity Capital Raising
Our team, led by John Kirwan, holds decades of experience in the structuring of infrastructure and project investments. We understand the playbook often used by investors in term sheet negotiation, we aim to ensure that final terms are fair, bankable, practicable and future proofed.
We use our independent position and extensive market knowledge to advise our clients on timing, business structure and corporate governance matters. We then provide guidance throughout the process, creating competitive tension to obtain best terms of execution. We help our clients to compete effectively for capital, and increase management's return on time and investment.
Debt
We have delivered over €2 billion in debt financing since 2022, with a particular focus on data centres and energy, our debt and refinancing specialists (and technical and modelling) are experienced in assisting every type of client at every stage of construction. Our team's long track record includes many of the world's most complex, demanding and transformational assignments. Our team has been able to stand up some of Europe's fastest growing data centre companies, future proofing their capital structure, avoiding the need to dilute equity and manage refinancing risks. This scale and expertise gives us unique access to the performance and strategy of the full spectrum of debt capital providers.
Secondary Capital
In advising companies on capital raising we often advise on the sale of existing shares as part of an overall process to enable founders to unlock value creation. It is often advisable to do this before the risk of significant dilution kicks in. As part of this exercise BCA can use its relatively unique experience and access to equity valuation benchmarks to negotiate a fair price and structure for any share sale terms. We provide boards and management teams with independent judgment and deep expertise. We also advise as to the timing, structure, financing, and pricing of a proposed transaction as well as assist in negotiating and closing the deal and aiming to exceed our clients goals.
NEWS
ECHELON DATA CENTRES DELIVERING 90MW HYPERSCALE DUBLIN CAMPUS
Lead advisor for a 90MW of capacity in Dublin with short-term delivery supported by our data centre and power advisory team,
ADVISOR FOR A SECOND MAJOR EUROPEAN DATA CENTRE TRANSACTION
Our firm advised on the closing of a £200 million debt transaction for a digital infrastructure firm in June 2022
KAO DATA SECURES £356M TO FUND FUTURE DATA CENTRE GROWTH IN THE UK AND EUROPE
Sole financial advisor to Kao on this transaction which concluded in an innovative financing package to include both the refinancing of existing indebtedness and funding for its future expansion in the UK and overseas.
ECHELON DATA CENTRES CLOSES A MAJOR EQUITY AND DEBT REFINANCING TO FUND FUTURE GROWTH
We advised our client (Echelon Data Centres) achieves a significant funding milestone underpinning its ambitious capital expansion plans
ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGE POINT OPERATOR URBAN ELECTRIC TO LAUNCH ITS NEXT CAPITAL RAISE TO FUND UK EXPANSION
Financial advisor for Urban Electric (now Urban Fox), one of the largest and fastest growing on street electric vehicle infrastructure platforms.
ADVISOR ON A PORTFOLIO OF 6 DATA CENTRES IN EUROPE
Primary and Secondary debt and equity financing for a 500 MW+ data centre portfolio and pipelne
