Kaila Sergent

Kaila’s experience includes advising:

• An Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) listed asset manager on five data center acquisitions totaling over US$1 billion, including the US$700 million acquisition of a data center that is leased to a leading global hyperscale customer, in a transaction that structured and closed while the facility was still under construction; the acquisitions culminated in the launch of a AU$2.746 billion REIT, establishing a market-leading global data center investment vehicle*
• A renewable energy developer on leasing and developing a 1+ GW mega campus opposite a major technology hyperscaler*
• A developer and operator on a high-profile 300 MW multiphase data center campus that will be developed with an AI hyperscaler*
• A Shanghai-based developer on acquiring a 70% joint venture interest in a multibillion-dollar real estate development in New York City*
• A private equity investor on a public-private partnership arrangement involving the ground lease and development of a US$230 million high-tech innovation headquarters on a university campus*
• A renewable energy developer on acquiring multiple properties across Texas in connection with developing clean energy data center campuses*
• A Fortune 500 company on a data center lease and related master services and service level agreements for colocation services*
• A global real estate private equity firm on structuring and negotiating a public-private partnership and 99-year ground lease with the University of Washington for the ground-up development of a US$200 million student housing project, including a dining hall, retail space, and office space*
• An international bank on acquiring a US$600 million trophy office tower in Manhattan, followed by the lease-up of about 500,000 square feet of office space*
• A global real estate private equity fund on buying and selling hotels in more than 10 states, including negotiating hotel management and franchise agreements*
• A private equity firm on a US$400 million acquisition of membership interests involving five public-private-partnership student housing facilities*
• A leading Chicago-based real estate private equity firm on developing a US$100 million senior housing facility in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, including a 99-year ground lease and construction financing*
• A global co-working company on more than 30 leases in the US and Canada, including advising on day-to-day leasing and other asset management issues*
• A leading Chicago-based real estate private equity firm on acquiring and disposing of student housing facilities, senior housing communities, and life sciences and medical office buildings across the US, including various multi-site and multi-state transactions*
• A leading privately held global developer of sustainable energy projects on disposing of more than 100 wind energy centers across the Midwest*
• An international bank on the leasing of more than 20 retail locations across the US*
• Fortune 500 companies on headquarters and retail leases in major Manhattan mixed-use developments, including Hudson Yards and One World Trade Center*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham