The Real Estate Practice advises a full spectrum of market participants, including private equity funds, institutional investors, developers, and financial institutions, on complex, high value real estate transactions across asset classes and jurisdictions.
Data center transactions are a key and rapidly growing component of the practice, with significant experience in hyperscale and colocation leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, developments, platform investments, joint ventures, and related financings in the data center and digital infrastructure space.
The role primarily supports complex data center and digital infrastructure transactions, with opportunities to assist on other real estate matters as well.
Work involves a predominantly deal-focused practice on large-scale developments, leasing arrangements, joint ventures, and financings.
Associates will draft, review, and negotiate transactional documents, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, joint venture agreements, development agreements, and financing documents.
Key responsibilities include assisting with commercial leasing (such as colocation and hyperscale lease arrangements), managing and coordinating due diligence processes (including title, survey, and project-level diligence), and supporting deal structuring and execution for domestic and cross-border matters.
Associates will collaborate across practices, including corporate, finance, tax, and energy and infrastructure, to support efficient deal execution and address financing, M&A, and tax aspects of transactions.
Candidates require strong exposure to acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development projects, and/or real estate financings.
Experience with data center leasing, ground leases, build-to-suit transactions, or other large-scale commercial leasing is highly preferred.

Latham & Watkins LLP

Corporate Real Estate Data Center Associate

3+ PQE · July 15, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

Latham & Watkins LLP

3+ PQE · July 15, 2026 (about 2 months ago)

Salary

$225,000 - $435,000

Employment type

Full-time

Practice area

Real Estate · Development · Joint Ventures · Leasing

Locations

San Diego · New York City · Los Angeles · Orange County · Chicago

Trusted recruiters

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Overview

The Real Estate Practice advises a full spectrum of market participants, including private equity funds, institutional investors, developers, and financial institutions, on complex, high value real estate transactions across asset classes and jurisdictions.
Data center transactions are a key and rapidly growing component of the practice, with significant experience in hyperscale and colocation leasing, acquisitions, dispositions, developments, platform investments, joint ventures, and related financings in the data center and digital infrastructure space.
The role primarily supports complex data center and digital infrastructure transactions, with opportunities to assist on other real estate matters as well.
Work involves a predominantly deal-focused practice on large-scale developments, leasing arrangements, joint ventures, and financings.
Associates will draft, review, and negotiate transactional documents, including purchase and sale agreements, leases, joint venture agreements, development agreements, and financing documents.
Key responsibilities include assisting with commercial leasing (such as colocation and hyperscale lease arrangements), managing and coordinating due diligence processes (including title, survey, and project-level diligence), and supporting deal structuring and execution for domestic and cross-border matters.
Associates will collaborate across practices, including corporate, finance, tax, and energy and infrastructure, to support efficient deal execution and address financing, M&A, and tax aspects of transactions.
Candidates require strong exposure to acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, development projects, and/or real estate financings.
Experience with data center leasing, ground leases, build-to-suit transactions, or other large-scale commercial leasing is highly preferred.

Trusted recruiters

Top recruiter for this opening
Ed Hossain
Long Ridge Partners
Ed Hossain
Long Ridge Partners
Avery Rux joined Latham’s Los Angeles office in the Real Estate group.
Ed went above and beyond helping me find a new position. I don’t think I would have been hired without his help updating my resume, preparing for interviews and researching the target firm. What I really appreciated was that I never felt pressured to take a position that wasn’t right for me. He felt like an advisor, not a salesman, which is a hugely important quality in a recruiter. I don’t think you can do better if you’re looking for help finding a new firm!

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Last updated: August 30, 2026

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