Macfarlanes advises MM Capital Partners on its acquisition of an interest in Queen Alexandra Hospital (Portsmouth)

Macfarlanes has advised MM Capital Partners, a Japanese infrastructure investment manager controlled by Marubeni Corporation, on its acquisition of a stake in the Queen Alexandra PFI Hospital from InfraRed Capital Partners.

Queen Alexandra Hospital is an acute NHS public hospital with over 7,200 staff and 1,200 beds. It serves over 675,000 residents across Portsmouth and south-east Hampshire, England.

The Macfarlanes team was led by corporate and M&A partner Tim Redman with support from corporate and M&A senior counsel Felicity Powell and corporate and M&A associate Cassandra Triandos. Other specialists from across the firm also provided advice on the transaction.

Tim Redman comments: “We are delighted to have supported MM Capital Partners on this deal, which represents its first investment in the UK and its second investment in the healthcare sector.”