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Craig A. de Ridder
Partner, Washington, DC
T: +1.202.663.8712
Robert G. Howard
Counsel, San Francisco
T: +1.415.983.1104
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Our core team of Real Estate, Technology, IP, Fintech, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy experts offers comprehensive legal support for providers and adopters of innovative technologies for the real estate and construction industry. Proptech is changing the way that real estate is acquired, financed, developed, marketed and managed. AI, data analytics, cloud storage, digitization, cryptocurrencies, smart devices and the Metaverse, amongst others, create opportunities to improve efficiency, expand service offerings and provide competitive advantages for industry participants. Unique opportunities, such as investments in data centers, colocation facilities and edge computing solutions in the United States and globally, are regularly monitored.

Our team understands the growing proptech market and the technological advances that are pushing the real estate and construction industry forward. We have extensive experience advising both proptech companies and those adopting proptech solutions. Our highly sophisticated national real estate practice represents prominent property owners, developers, contractors, tenants, lenders, investors, entrepreneurs, syndicators and managers. We also have a broad base of technology and startup clients and can offer current guidance on market deal points and new opportunities and strategies.

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Pillsbury’s Proptech team advises clients across the real estate and construction sector to develop and implement cutting edge technology solutions, positioning them for continued industry success well into the future. Our lawyers advise on negotiations with IT hardware and software providers, data center and facility owners and cloud and data storage suppliers to help companies realize the full benefits of existing and emerging proptech. We help clients protect legacy systems and proprietary data, integrate and transition new systems and services, attract financing and strategic equity partners, develop data-compliant policies and procedures, navigate competitive procurements and sophisticated contractual arrangements, patent new proptech offerings and successfully implement innovations that enhance user experiences and improve company bottom lines.

Representative Experience

  • Represented the owner in the sale and leaseback of a 200,000 square foot data center in Quincy, WA.
  • Advised the owner in the sale of a facility containing 1,000,000 square feet, including multiple data centers, a chilled water facility and a power station in Plano, TX.
  • Represented a utility company in the sale and leaseback of a data center with managed technology services.

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  • Advised on the establishment of a data center investment platform in Singapore, including data centers in Japan and a $1 billion financial commitment.
  • Represented a financial institution in obtaining global data center and network services in numerous countries.
  • Representing a life insurance company in the negotiation of multiple colocation agreements in various data centers.
  • Represented multiple U.S. corporations establishing and operating IT capability centers in India.
  • Represented the purchaser of smart building solutions, including virtual concierges, automated parking, energy monitoring and smart lobby displays.
  • Advising a provider of AI-powered energy management solutions in a $10 million fundraising.
  • Representing the developer of an EV charging property portfolio and related energy management services.
  • Negotiating a master services agreement for a large school district for managed facility and network services.
  • Auditing data licenses to identify rights, restrictions and strategic monetization opportunities for residential properties nationally.
  • Advised a technology startup in the sale of a SaaS suite of software used for tracking, managing and sharing data amongst construction teams.
  • Represented a cloud security company in a $168 million Series F funding round for the development of its enterprise data center security cloud platform.

Practice Area Highlights

  • Chambers Global, Chambers USA and Chambers UK have repeatedly recognized Pillsbury’s Information Technology professionals as among the best in the world, and The Legal 500: U.S. consistently names the firm in Tier 1 for sourcing matters.
  • The Legal 500: U.S. ranks Pillsbury as a top firm nationally for real estate, and Chambers USA hails the practice and its lawyers across the California, New York, Northern Virginia and Washington, DC, markets.
  • Pillsbury’s Construction practice is consistently among the top four in the United States according to Chambers USA.

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  • The Financial Times has recognized Pillsbury as one of the most innovative law firms every year since 2015, and FT named the firm to its first-ever “Most Digital Law Firms” list in 2020.

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