Mike Rechtin

• Represents a data center development platform company in the purchase and financing of nine sites around the US for hyperscale development, as well as in leases with hyperscalers and AI platform companies, joint ventures and contributions from landowners and joint venture equity funding arrangements with equity investors.
• Represent several data center developers in the purchase of land and financing of data center developments and ultimate lease to hyperscale tenants of build-to-suit, powered shell and full service facilities, with individual facilities in excess of 100 MWs of power draw.
• Represents several private equity infrastructure and technology funds in the acquisition and financing of operating data centers in the US.
• Represented landlords opposite most hyperscale tenants in build-to-suit lease and lease/master service agreement (MSA) negotiations.
• Represented an Australian-based investment bank in performing due diligence on a portfolio of US data centers for purposes of a possible equity investment.
• Represents a cable company on its entire data center portfolio, including a 12 megawatts build-to-suit Tier III+, single-occupant data center lease with purchase options opposite T5 data centers in Hillsboro, Oregon, as well as advised on numerous regional colocation data center leases and licenses ranging from 250 kilowatts to 1.2 megawatts.
• Represented a mortgage loan provider in the sale and leaseback of a data center facility in Detroit, Michigan.
• Represented several colocation providers in creating a master service agreement (MSA) and service order forms, as well as entering into colocation agreements with customers.
• Represented numerous enterprise companies in negotiating colocation data center leases and licenses.
• Advised various clients on all related and tangential agreements in their data center work, including service level agreements (SLAs), tax abatement and exemption agreements, vendor agreements, indefeasible right of use (IRU) agreements, telco and fiber licenses, master service agreements (MSAs), service orders and meet-me-room-related agreements (MMR).

Chambers USA

• Band 4, Illinois Real Estate (2023-2024)

The Legal 500 United States

• Recommended, Real Estate (2017-2020)

Additional Awards

• "Lawyer of the Year" for Privacy and Data Security, The Best Lawyers in America® (2023)
• Recognized, Real Estate Law and Data Privacy & Data Security Law, The Best Lawyers in America® (2019-2024)
• Recognized, Real Estate Law: Commercial, Illinois, Leading Lawyers (2010-2020)

• Moderator, "Finding Opportunity For Expansion in the Eastern Region and Beyond," Bisnow's Datacenter Investment Conference & Expo (DICE) East Summit: Expansions, End User Requirements, and Growth Strategy for Data Center Alley, Tysons Corner, Virginia, November 2021
• Moderator, "Building and Investing In Infrastructure To Support The New Age of Chicago Facilities," Bisnow's Datacenter Investment Conference & Expo (DICE) Midwest Digital Summit: New Data Center Expansion Opportunities, Chicago, September 2021
• Co-presenter, "Data Center Development: Specialized Security, Communications, Cooling and Power Needs; Service Agreements," Strafford Webinar, July 2021