Wesley Smith

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

• Represented an institutional investor in connection with the origination of build-to-suit construction financing for the development of two separate data centers in Arizona and Chicago with an enterprise value of approximately $1.3 billion.
• Represented data center developer in connection with construction financing for the development of a build-to-suit data center in California valued at approximately $1.1 billion.
• Represented institutional investor in multiple build-to-suit data center construction financings in Texas valued at over $1.5 billion.
• Represented institutional investor in a spec data center development Oregon valued at approximately $650 million. 
• Represented a joint venture in the acquisition financing of multiple stabilized “co-location” data centers.
• Represented Bleecker Partners in the acquisition financing of a portfolio of industrial properties totaling over two million square feet with an enterprise value of approximately $350 million across Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston.
• Represented institutional private lenders in multiple secondary market transactions, including participations and other co-lending arrangements.
• Represented an institutional investor in connection with a $1.25 billion in CMBS financing for the refinance of the investor’s logistics portfolio.
• Represented an institutional buyer in the negotiation and acquisition of numerous forward sale industrial buildings throughout North America.
• Represented a Gulf-based real estate investment advisor in multiple Sharia and Islamic compliant financings for logistic center real estate loans totaling more than $350 million. 
• Represented an institutional investor in the acquisition of more than $1 billion of self-storage assets. 
• Represented various clients in real estate financings, including credit facilities, mezzanine financing and traditional mortgage-backed financing.