Kaila Sergent
Kaila Sergent advises clients on a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, with a focus on data center leasing and development. Kaila draws on extensive transactional experience across the transactional life cycle to guide owners, operators, developers, investors, and other clients through a full spectrum of high-value commercial real estate matters involving acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and development across diverse asset classes, including: Large-scale data center campuses Powered shell and build-to-suit structures Multijurisdictional portfolios Office, multifamily, hotel, retail, and industrial projects Life sciences, healthcare, and medical office facilities Student housing and senior housing developments Kaila also regularly advises clients on public-private partnership (P3) transactions, deftly balancing the interests of private stakeholders, developers, and public entities. She has also negotiated long-term ground leases with more than a dozen universities across the United States. She crafts pragmatic solutions to complex problems at each phase of a data center transaction, enabling large transactions to close on time. A recognized thought leader, Kaila frequently speaks on a broad range of real estate topics, including hyperscaler leasing. Before joining Latham, Kaila was a partner at another global law firm. Earlier in her career, she worked as an associate at another law firm in New York. · Latham & Watkins
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Kaila Sergent advises clients on a broad range of commercial real estate transactions, with a focus on data center leasing and development. She draws on extensive transactional experience across acquisitions, dispositions, financings, and development, and regularly advises on public-private partnership transactions and university ground leases.