Stephenson Harwood (Singapore) Alliance has advised Arcus Infrastructure Partners (Arcus) – a European independent infrastructure fund manager focused on telecoms, transport and energy – on its acquisition of Peacock Containers Holding Pte. Ltd. (Peacock).

Peacock is a tank container leasing and rental company for liquids and gases, headquartered in Singapore and the Netherlands, which owns and operates a fleet of more than 7,500 tank containers. This acquisition will complement Arcus’ strategy, as it expands into the tank leasing market in Asia and Europe.

The Stephenson Harwood team was led by corporate partner Tom Platts, who was supported by associates Widya Rianita and Laura Baker. Finance partner Martin Brown and associate Solveig De Sousa provided support on the financing and specific container leasing aspects. Further assistance was provided by partner Sheetal Sandhu and associate Kelly Pang in Singapore, and partner Naomi Leach and associates James Gracey, Sarah Bryant and Kate Ackland in London.