WASHINGTON, D.C. – Aug. 23, 2023 – Global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP and its Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Industry Group has been shortlisted in several categories in this year’s TMT M&A Awards USA 2023.
The awards recognize “the most active TMT M&A Investment Banks, Law Firms, Infrastructure Investors, Transaction Advisors, Industry CEOs and Heads of M&A, as well as individual deal categories,” for their contributions to and impact as the most significant mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions of the year.
Kemal Hawa, co-chair of the Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Industry Group, was shortlisted for TMT Lawyer of the Year. Earlier this year, Hawa was included in Capacity Media’s 2023 Power 100.
Additionally, three deals on which Greenberg Traurig advised were shortlisted. They were:
- Towers Deal of the Year
- Greenberg Traurig represented Carlyle in its $1 billion investment into Tillman Global Holdings (TGH).
- Greenberg Traurig represented Phoenix Tower International in its $930 million sale of 3,800 towers to WOM.
- Data Center Deal of the Year
- Greenberg Traurig represented EdgeCore in its $1.2 billion sale to the global private equity firm the Partners Group.
Greenberg Traurig’s Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Industry Group is composed of a dedicated team of attorneys with experience advising clients in virtually every type of cloud transaction in more than 100 countries, including some of the largest data center operators and content and cloud service providers in the world. The group regularly represents data center operators, cloud service providers, telecommunications carriers, content providers, investors, and lenders in connection with data center acquisitions, leases and development projects, terrestrial network deals, and submarine cable consortium and private subsea cable contracts.