Sahar Kamali is a debt finance partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Prior to joining Kirkland, Sahar was the vice president of the digital infrastructure platform at Blue Owl where she advised on high-profile capital market executions, including some of the largest and most complex construction financings in the data center space over the past several years across the United States and internationally. She also has extensive capital markets experience ranging from data center project financings to stabilized data center financings. She also has experience on a broad range of other secured lending and financing transactions, including syndicated debt facilities, debt commitments and bridge loan financings for leveraged acquisitions by private equity firms, their portfolio companies and public and private companies.
Experience
Representative Matters
Digital Infrastructure
Blue Owl and its portfolio companies STACK Infrastructure, Beale Infrastructure and Radius DC to support the acquisitions, construction and fit-out of data centers and digital infrastructure assets across the U.S. and Europe, including:
Representation in connection with the approximately $18 billion financing for the development of a data center campus in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.*
Representation in connection with approximately $4 billion of credit facilities for the development of a data center campus in Stafford County, Virginia.*
Representation in connection with approximately $3 billion of credit facilities for the development of data center assets in Prince William County, Virginia; Phoenix, Arizona; and Atlanta, Georgia.*
Representation in connection with the approximately $1.4 billion stabilized credit facility for refinancing of a diversified pool of data center assets across North America.*
Representation in connection with approximately $1.4 billion of credit facilities to develop digital infrastructure in California.*
Representation in connection with the financing for the acquisition of PhoenixNAP by Radius DC.*
Representation in connection with the approximately $900 million credit facility to develop a data center campus in Northern Virginia.*
Representation in connection with the approximately $750 million financing of a data center development in Loudoun County, Virginia.*
SDC Capital Partners in the financing of its fiber portfolio companies, including ALLO Communications and IQ Fiber*
Corporate
Represented NCR Corporation in connection with several financings, including its acquisition of Cardtronics plc.*
Represented A&E Television Networks in matters relating to its credit facility.*
Represented Pfizer Inc. in matters relating to its revolving credit facility.*
Represented Hg Capital in connection with credit facilities for its acquisitions of Litera Microsystems, Workshare and Caseware.*
Represented Acrisure, LLC in various financings and amendments relating to its existing credit facilities.*
Represented Pamplona Capital Management in connection with financings for various portfolio companies and the sale of nThrive.*
Represented United Natural Foods in connection with a $1.95 billion first-lien credit facility and $2 billion asset-based credit facility for its acquisition of SUPERVALU.*
*Prior to joining Kirkland
Prior Experience
Vice President, Digital Infrastructure Platform, Blue Owl
