Mona Dajani Joins Cooley as Co-Chair of Infrastructure, Energy and Real Estate Group

New York – May 6, 2026 – Cooley today announced the launch of its infrastructure, energy and real estate group along with the addition of Mona Dajani as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Building on Cooley’s decades of experience in the real estate, data center and digital infrastructure sectors – and its long-standing relationships with many of the world’s most innovative technology and AI companies – Dajani’s arrival helps advance the firm’s strategy to offer a fully integrated, multichannel infrastructure platform. She joins John Goldman, who arrived earlier this year as a New York‑based partner.

“Mona adds invaluable expertise to our growing platform,” said Rachel Proffitt, partner and CEO of Cooley. “The infrastructure market is converging where our clients are focused and where the market is heading: toward complex, capital‑intensive infrastructure projects driven by energy, data, AI and digital transformation. We will continue to invest in this space as part of our ambition to build a destination practice for the most capital-intensive infrastructure and energy work.”

Dajani, who will co-chair the new group alongside longtime Cooley real estate and data center partner Michelle Schulman, brings decades of sophisticated transactional experience advising on global energy and infrastructure projects, with a practice spanning project finance and development, mergers and acquisitions, finance, and tax equity. She represents sponsors, utilities, financial institutions, underwriters, private equity funds, infrastructure funds, investment banks, clean technology companies and sovereign wealth funds across the full spectrum of conventional and clean energy assets.

A widely recognized industry global thought leader, Dajani has received numerous accolades from Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Lawdragon, and other leading publications for her transactional work in clean and alternative energy. She joins Cooley from Baker Botts, where she served as the global co-chair of its energy, infrastructure and hydrogen practice.

“The alignment between my practice and Cooley’s platform was immediately apparent,” said Dajani. “Cooley sits at the intersection of capital, energy and technology, which is exactly where the infrastructure market is moving. I’m energized to work alongside Michelle and the broader team to build an integrated, market‑defining infrastructure, energy and real estate practice to help clients navigate the unprecedented energy and infrastructure investment cycle.”

Dajani added: “Rising power demand is driving a fundamental reallocation of capital into infrastructure and reshaping how energy systems are built and financed. The most valuable assets today sit at the intersection of energy, technology and real estate and require an integrated approach, from site selection through capital deployment.”

Cooley’s clients build, finance, acquire and operate the infrastructure that powers the modern economy. The firm’s infrastructure, energy and real estate group leverages lawyers firmwide to advise on the capital-intensive projects where power, energy, land, regulation, complex structuring and dealmaking converge. Working with the full spectrum of market participants – encompassing top developers, operators, technology companies, financial sponsors, investors and lenders – the team collaborates across the life cycle of digital infrastructure, from site selection, permitting and tax incentives through construction, power procurement, capital raising and structuring, and leasing and operations.

Cooley’s infrastructure, energy and real estate practice spans the transactions defining this market cycle: renewable energy and storage development, data center and digital infrastructure, conventional power generation, grid interconnection, project finance, M&A, and the cutting-edge deal structures at the intersection of AI and energy. The team works across asset classes, investment structures and geographies, bringing the full depth of Cooley’s platform to bear on transactions that move fast and carry significant execution risk. Cooley advances practical, commercially grounded solutions that help clients manage risk, unlock capital and execute complex, large-scale projects efficiently. 

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