Build. Scale. Transform. Partner with Ropes & Gray at Metro Connect USA 2026 for practical insight and deal‑tested strategies across fiber, data centers, towers, and energy‑enabled infrastructure. Leaders across the sector choose us for high‑stakes transactions and platform growth. We combine sector fluency with disciplined execution to help clients move first, move fast, and close with confidence.
Meet us in Meeting Room 217 (Floor 2) to discuss your 2026 priorities—acquisitions and carve‑outs, capital structuring, development pipelines, and strategic partnerships. We’ll share what we’re seeing in the legal, regulatory, and transactional landscape.
We are co‑hosting an invitation‑only cocktail reception and dinner with Houlihan Lokey on February 23 at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa. For details, contact [email protected].
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We invite you to attend our discussion, “The M&A Panel: Welcome to the Next Wave of Consolidation,” chaired by Partner and Global Head of Digital Infrastructure Brandon Howald, happening on Monday, February 23rd, from 10:30 AM to 11:10 AM.
Date: Monday, February 23, 2026
Time & Location: 10:30 AM – 11:10 AM in the Caribbean Ballroom
Presenters: Brandon Howald, Ropes & Gray Partner; Anton Moldan, Macquarie Senior Managing Director; Jason Hill, Houlihan Lokey Managing Director, Global Head Digital Infrastructure & Co-Head of US Technology; Todd Holder, TD Securities Managing Director; Valtin Gallani, Societe Generale Head of TMT Finance & Advisory, Americas
Join leaders at the center of today’s landmark digital infrastructure deals as they unpack the realities behind the next phase of consolidation. The panel will explore how the first wave’s big bets have delivered and the lessons shaping next moves, how policy volatility is influencing costs and risks and whether investor appetite across data centers, fiber, towers, and edge is holding up amid shifting regulation, financing, valuations, and capex pressures.
For more information, contact [email protected].
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