06 Apr 2026
Latham & Watkins Adds Partner Kaila Sergent to Los Angeles Real Estate and Data Center Team
"Latham & Watkins has hired Kaila Sergent as a partner in its Los Angeles Real Estate Practice and interdisciplinary data center team, focusing on data center leasing, development and high-value commercial real estate."
Sergent brings significant experience in high-value commercial real estate transactions with a particular focus on data center leasing and development. Her data center work ranges from leasing and development of data center campuses to the purchase and sale of data centers, and spans powered shell and build-to-suit structures as well as multi-jurisdictional portfolios. She represents owners, operators, developers, investors and other entities across asset classes, including industrials, life sciences, healthcare, office, multifamily, hotels, retail, student housing and senior housing.
Sergent joins Latham as a partner from DLA Piper. She holds a JD from the University of California, Davis School of Law and a BA from the University of California, Berkeley. She is the second data center–focused partner to join Latham’s Real Estate Practice in the past year, following Michael Rechtin’s arrival in August 2025.