Chris Glynn

Global Infrastructure Partners II, the second offering from Global Infrastructure Partners, has amassed $7.5bn in capital. The fund, with a hard cap of over $8bn, is on course to become the biggest in industry history.

The surface transportation bill brought unprecedented upside to TIFIA, with the government loan programme receiving $1.7bn in funding.

Industry Funds Management has decided to build out a UK infrastructure debt team. The company has had an office in London since 2006, headed by Christian Seymour (pictured)

Gautam Bhandari is planning to step down as head of India for Morgan Stanley Infrastructure. He is said to remain with the company until a management transition is completed.

Infrastructure Ontario has appointed ex-Scotiabank executive Bert Clark chief executive. The group had been without a full-time head since David Livingston left in May.

Under Ron Lepin (pictured), OTTP and Morgan Stanley became the intelligentsia of a then burgeoning asset class. With Toronto start-up Bastion Infrastructure Group on the horizon, Lepin is making a comeback.

Berwin Leighton Paisner added Nomita Nair to its Singapore practice. She joined the law firm from Allen & Overy.

Peter Stonor, a veteran infrastructure banker who has worked for Macquarie and RBS, is new global head of infrastructure for VTB Capital. The investment bank, based in Russia, has rapidly expanded in 2012.

The RFP to operate the Port of Virginia now has an August 12 deadline. An unsolicited bid from APM Terminals prompted a competitive bidding process.

The former Chesapeake Midstream, now under sole ownership of Global Infrastructure Partners, has been renamed Access Midstream. The company is traded as ACMP on the NYSE.