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Scott Kobak

Scott Kobak

Work Department

Corporate; Real Estate

Position

Real Estate Partner primarily representing institutional investors in complex commercial real estate transactions, real estate company acquisitions and developments, joint ventures and financings, including active involvement with many of the most prominent real estate private equity funds. Frequent clients include the real estate fund business of Carlyle, KKR, Blackstone and Crown Acquisitions. Recent transactions include Blackstone in a $7 billion joint venture with Digital Realty to develop four hyperscale data center campuses, Blackstone’s purchase and financing of QTS Data Centers in an $11 billion take private transaction, KKR’s acquisition of the Edge Observation Deck at 30 Hudson Yards and several multifamily development joint ventures for The Carlyle Group in New York.

Career

Joined firm in 1993; became Partner in 2000.

Education

 Boston University School of Law (J.D. magna cum laude; Boston University Law Review, Associate Editor, 1992); Binghamton University, State University of New York (B.S., 1989)

Mentions

Real estate • United States

Real estate

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