Greenberg Traurig’s Kemal Hawa to Moderate Panel at Datacloud USA

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sept. 9, 2024 -Kemal Hawa, Co-Chair of the Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Industry Group of global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, will moderate a panel at Datacloud USA 2024 Sept. 17 in Austin, Texas.

Hawa, a member of the firm's Washington, D.C., office, will serve as a moderator for the panel discussion "Opportunities and Challenges in 2024: A Market Overview." The session will explore topics such as where data center operators are looking for future site selection, how data centers are adapting to power challenges, and industry trends to watch over the next year.

The panel will feature Rich Paul-Hus, Co-Founder and Senior Vice President, Quantum Loophole; Brian Pryor, Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey; Erik Draaisma, General Manager, Global Leasing, Microsoft; and Noa Sussman, Global Senior Sales Director, TecEx.

Hawa represents many of the world's largest private equity firms, infrastructure funds, real estate investors, and lenders across a broad range of transactions in the digital infrastructure sector domestically and internationally, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investments, financing arrangements, joint ventures, and development projects. Hawa also represents dozens of companies throughout the digital infrastructure and telecommunications, media, and technology industry, including many of the world's largest data center operators, telecommunications carriers, tower companies, Cloud providers, fiber providers, media companies, submarine cable operators, fintech companies, wireless and international carriers, Internet service providers, satellite companies, equipment manufacturers, and electric utilities. In addition to M&A and financing transactions, he represents companies in connection with a full spectrum of other transactions globally, including the negotiation of data center leases and colocation agreements, telecommunications master service agreements, licensing deals, and other commercial transactions.

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