Beyond Marsh, the deal drew on a substantial advisory bench: Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan Securities served as financial advisors to Meta, with Latham & Watkins as Meta’s legal counsel and Eversheds Sutherland advising Meta specifically on leasing matters. Arthur D. Little served as commercial due diligence advisor to Meta, and Arup provided technical and environmental independent engineer services. On the BlackRock side, Kirkland & Ellis served as legal counsel to the funds, while Milbank advised Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan. The breadth of that advisory roster, spanning financial, legal, technical and risk functions on both sides of the transaction, underlines the scale of specialist work now required to bring hyperscale data center projects to financial close.
