Jack Haimowitz

Prior to joining Kirkland, Jack was involved in the following matters:

• Represented a foreign state sponsored entity in connection with the development of alternative aluminum smelting operations under a $12 billion Department of Energy grant.
• Represented a capital fund in connection with the acquisition of an orbital defense systems manufacturer that received a $151 billion award from the Department of Defense.
• Advised private equity sponsors on the government contracting facets of acquisitions totaling over $1 billion in deal volume.
• Represented an aerospace defense manufacturer in connection with the formation of a collaborative development relationship with a defense technologies company specializing in autonomous drone production, including drafting of collaboration and joint venture agreements with attention to the preservation and restructuring of intellectual property rights.
• Represented a nuclear energy subsidiary of a North American industrial conglomerate in connection with the development of small modular nuclear reactors intended to bolster interconnectivity within the U.S. energy grid, including drafting of a Shovel-Ready Agreement.
• Represented a leading utility-scale solar and battery storage developer in the negotiation of approximately $575 million in syndicated secured credit facilities.
• Represented a lead arranger and syndicate of lenders in connection with a $1 billion loan in furtherance of an energy-focused economic development initiative in Latin America.
• Represented an investment management firm in the financing of an approximately one-million-square-foot hyperscale data center campus designed to deliver up to 200 megawatts of power capacity.
• Represented the parties to a $500 million promissory note issued in connection with a definitive merger agreement combining a publicly traded American media and technology company with a leading private nuclear fusion energy company in an all-stock transaction valued at more than $6 billion.
• Represented the underwriters in connection with the initial public offering of Mexico's largest private energy supplier on the Singapore Exchange.
• Represented data center developers, including AI infrastructure companies, in securing local tax and economic development incentives—including property tax abatements, payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreements, and enterprise zone designations—in connection with the construction and operation of large-scale data center facilities.
• Represented investors in connection with a $1 billion 144A private placement of notes backed by a data center issuer.
• Represented the issuer in an asset-backed securitization of music royalty and revenue streams, in which a portfolio of music intellectual property assets was contributed to a special purpose entity and used as the basis for the issuance of asset-backed notes, including diligence on underlying licensing agreements.
• Represented a technology company specializing in high-performance networking equipment, wireless solutions, and enterprise security in connection with a $500 million revolving credit facility, including lead drafting of the credit agreement, guaranty, pledge, and security agreement.

Associate, DLA Piper

Jack has experience representing veterans in discharge status upgrade proceedings.