Kemal Hawa, co-chair of the Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Industry Group at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was named “TMT Lawyer of the Year” at the TMT M&A Awards USA Gala Dinner, which took place Sept. 28 at the Metropolitan Club New York.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Kemal Hawa, co-chair of the Digital Infrastructure, Data Center and Cloud Computing Industry Group at global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP, was named “TMT Lawyer of the Year” at the TMT M&A Awards USA Gala Dinner, which took place Sept. 28 at the Metropolitan Club New York.
The awards recognized the leading companies, investment banks, law firms, investors, and advisors on both an organizational and individual level for their contributions to technology, media and telecommunications mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and investment activity.
The TMT M&A Awards are unique in that the independent panel of judges comprises a broad cross section of industry leaders spanning all aspects of the industry. TMT Finance, the host of the awards, stated that “the judges felt that Kemal is the go-to lawyer in this sector, with few people who are as plugged in to the digital infrastructure sector as Kemal,” making him “a valuable partner.”
Based in the firm’s Washington, D.C., office, Hawa represents many of the world’s largest private equity firms, infrastructure funds, real estate investors, and lenders across a broad range of transactions in the digital infrastructure sector domestically and internationally, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), investments, financing arrangements, joint ventures, and development projects. Hawa also represents dozens of companies throughout the digital infrastructure and telecommunications, media, and technology industry, including many of the world’s largest data center operators, telecommunications carriers, tower companies, Cloud providers, fiber providers, media companies, submarine cable operators, fintech companies, wireless and international carriers, Internet service providers, satellite companies, equipment manufacturers, and electric utilities. In addition to M&A and financing transactions, he represents companies in connection with a full spectrum of other transactions globally, including the negotiation of data center leases and colocation agreements, telecommunications master service agreements, licensing deals, and other commercial transactions.
About Greenberg Traurig: Greenberg Traurig, LLP has more than 2650 attorneys in 47 locations in the United States, Europe and the Middle East, Latin America, and Asia. The firm is a 2022 BTI “Highly Recommended Law Firm” for superior client service and is consistently among the top firms on the Am Law Global 100 and NLJ 500. Greenberg Traurig is Mansfield Rule 5.0 Certified Plus by The Diversity Lab. The firm is recognized for powering its U.S. offices with 100% renewable energy as certified by the Center for Resource Solutions Green-e® Energy program and is a member of the U.S. EPA’s Green Power Partnership Program. The firm is known for its philanthropic giving, innovation, diversity, and pro bono. Web: http://www.gtlaw.com.
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