Jacob Clark

Jacob’s practice spans the full life cycle of infrastructure, energy and real estate assets, including acquisitions, developments, operations, financings, restructurings and dispositions. Jacob regularly counsels clients on the real estate aspects of debt finance, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and restructuring matters.

Jacob has experience across asset classes, including industrial, logistics, energy, office, retail, data center, multifamily, gaming and hospitality, as well as infrastructure, media and broadcasting, entertainment, and recreation assets.

Before joining Cooley, Jacob was a partner at an international law firm.

Jacob’s representative matters include advising:

• A global retail and pharmacy company in its $23.7 billion sale to a private equity sponsor*
• A global investment firm in the acquisition of a 774-megawatt natural gas power plant in Loudoun County, Virginia*
• An infrastructure investment fund as sponsor in the refinancing of an 805-megawatt combined gas generating facility located in Sayreville, New Jersey*
• A global infrastructure investment platform in an approximately $1 billion investment in a portfolio of wind and solar projects*
• A private equity firm in its acquisition of a majority stake in a fitness company*
• A consortium and a global private equity firm in a $15 billion all-cash acquisition of a publicly traded data center company*
• A multinational telecommunications company in connection with its $5+ billion sale of a digital media business*
• A natural gas storage company, a portfolio company of a private equity sponsor, in a construction financing of a natural gas storage facility in Texas*
• An infrastructure investment firm in its sale of an 831-megawatt combined-cycle power plant to a credit and investment firm*
• A publicly traded chemical company in the $718 million sale of a specialty chemicals division*
• A global private investment firm in its $2.85 billion acquisition of a multifamily real estate investment trust*
• A US private equity fund in connection with its $610 million sale of a luxury lifestyle hotel property located in Miami Beach, Florida*
• A global luxury lifestyle and fitness company in a comprehensive refinancing of its capital structure that enhanced liquidity and resulted in significant maturity extensions across its capital structure; the proceeds of the $1.8 billion financing, led by private credit sponsors and a consortium of other private credit funds, were used to refinance the existing first lien, second lien and revolving credit facilities to fund working capital across the company’s brand portfolio*
• A publicly traded hospitality company in its separation via spinoff into two independent publicly traded hospitality companies*
• A global investment firm and its portfolio company on the portfolio company’s acquisition of a technology-enabled services business*
• A US private equity fund in its $767 million acquisition of a 36-facility medical office portfolio in the United States*
• A global satellite communications company in its $400 million cash acquisition of the commercial aviation business *
• A US private equity fund in its sale of a 49% interest in multifamily properties located in California, New York and Hawaii, with an aggregate asset value of approximately $1.87 billion*
• A midstream infrastructure business in connection with its $550 million refinancing*
• A US private equity fund in connection with its roll-up sale of a $3.2 billion portfolio of US select service hotels to a newly formed investment fund comprised of sovereign wealth funds and other investors*
• A private equity firm in its acquisition of a majority stake in a branded organic food company*
• An asset management firm in the $1.3 billion sale of 100 retail, office and industrial assets located across 20 states*
• A hospitality and gaming company in real estate matters related to its Chapter 11 restructuring, including the spinout and leaseback of approximately $8.5 billion of real estate assets and $2.2 billion commercial mortgage‑backed securities (CMBS) and mezzanine financing for a flagship Las Vegas property*
• A sovereign wealth fund in connection with its joint venture for the $400 million development of a multifamily apartment complex located in Washington, DC*
• An infrastructure investment firm In the acquisition and financing of a waste management and resource recovery business*
• A sovereign wealth fund client in purchasing the interest of a joint venture partner for a commercial property located in Virginia*
• A sovereign wealth fund in the acquisition of industrial properties under a joint venture structure*
• A sovereign wealth fund in connection with construction loan financing for the $280 million development of a mixed-use office building located in Washington, DC*
• A private equity-owned provider of post-acute healthcare services in connection with a $400 million bridge loan secured by 28 skilled nursing facilities and affiliated operating company leases*

* Representation handled before joining Cooley