Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe announced on October 26, 2026 that former Kirkland & Ellis partner TJ Kuban had joined its Chicago office as a partner in its Data Center practice and Energy & Infrastructure team.

Kuban advises data center owners, operators and investors on real estate transactions spanning site acquisitions, powered land arrangements, construction financing, joint venture structures and hyperscaler lease negotiations.He also advises real estate private equity funds and investment managers on real estate acquisitions and disposals, preferred equity investments and sale-leasebacks.

Kuban advised Blue Owl Capital on a US$20 billion, one-gigawatt data center campus development in New Mexico and was involved in advising an investor consortium on the US$40 billion acquisition of Aligned Data Centers. He also represented high-density, liquid-cooled data center operator Colovore in a US$925 million financing provided by Blackstone funds. Before joining Orrick, Kuban was a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and previously worked at Babst Calland, Crown Castle and McGuireWoods.

Teresa Hill, head of Orrick’s Data Center practice, said the team was seeing substantial demand from sponsors, operators and investors, and that Kuban’s experience on different sides of transactions would strengthen its perspective on market terms.