New York – June 3, 2026 – Cooley today announced that Kevin Donahue and Jacob Clark have joined the firm’s infrastructure, energy and real estate group as partners in the New York office. Together, they strengthen Cooley’s ability to guide clients through the full life cycle of infrastructure investments, from site acquisition and development to financing, M&A, private equity transactions and restructurings.

Their additions follow the recent arrivals of partners Mona Dajani and John Goldman to the infrastructure, energy and real estate group. Dajani joined as the group’s co-chair in May. Combined with Cooley’s existing bench of practitioners – comprising decades of experience in the real estate, data center and digital infrastructure sectors – Donahue and Clark further enhance the firm’s fully integrated, multichannel infrastructure platform. 

“Kevin and Jacob bring formidable transactional and infrastructure capabilities to our fast-growing group,” said Peter Werner, partner and chair of Cooley’s global business department. “We are investing deliberately to meet growing client demand at the convergence of infrastructure, energy and the digital economy, and we are capable of handling the most complex, high-value matters in the space.”

Donahue and Clark are highly adept, accomplished advisors to sponsors, private equity firms, institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds on complex real estate, financing and transactional matters underpinning large-scale data center and infrastructure development. They join Cooley from Kirkland & Ellis.

“The opportunity to join Cooley and the infrastructure, energy and real estate group was highly compelling,” said Donahue. “Few firms combine the range of trusted relationships across the global technology and investment communities with deep data center experience in the way that Cooley does.”

“Financing and infrastructure are evolving in new ways, and providing integrated and seamless solutions to our clients is critical to their success,” said Clark. “Cooley’s collaborative culture and its role advising many of the world’s most dynamic companies make this the ideal platform to support clients pursuing increasingly complex infrastructure strategies.”

Cooley’s infrastructure, energy and real estate practice partners across the full life cycle of complex projects. Aligning power supply, development, capital and investment strategy, the practice enables the growing demand for the platforms fueling the global economy. With a fully integrated approach, Cooley operates across asset types, financing models and geographies, helping clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex commercial landscape. Cooley’s coordinated team structures sophisticated solutions to manage risk, mobilize capital and advance next-generation initiatives where speed, agility and execution are critical.

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