Willkie adds leading Data Center and Digital Infrastructure team. September 16, 2026 New York, NY (September 16, 2026) - Willkie today announced that it has added a leading data center and digital infrastructure team, including four real estate partners based in Willkie's Dallas office. The partners are James Grice, Bruce 'Eddie' Lowry, Michael McKinley, and Thu Pham. The group significantly expands Willkie's capabilities in the sector and further strengthens the Firm's broader infrastructure and real estate platform. Jim Grice will serve as the chair of the Firm's Digital Infrastructure and Data Center practice. A seasoned commercial real estate lawyer, Jim advises investors, developers, operators, and users in a wide range of transactions. He is widely recognized for his work in digital infrastructure and data centers, with decades of experience handling complex, high-profile matters. "The scale of investment flowing into digital infrastructure is reshaping the technology and capital markets sectors, and creating increasingly complex commercial, legal, and regulatory considerations for our clients," said Firm Chairman Matthew Feldman. "Bringing Jim and his team to Willkie enhances our ability to provide comprehensive counsel on matters that require strong transactional experience, deep sector knowledge, and an understanding of this rapidly evolving regulatory landscape." "Willkie's reputation for handling sophisticated, high-value transactions made this an easy decision," said Jim Grice. "The firm's global reach and strong corporate, energy, and finance practices provide an exceptional platform for the integrated counsel our clients expect. We look forward to building on that foundation alongside our new colleagues in Dallas and across Willkie." Jim regularly advises clients on standalone data center asset purchases and divestitures, including matters involving operations, leasing, subleasing, co-location and related services. He is a regular speaker at industry events and is recognized for his work in legal and industry publications. "Jim, Eddie, Michael, and Thu bring a record of success that speaks for itself," said Eric Pogue, Global Chair of Power & Renewable Energy. "Their capabilities and deep experience across digital infrastructure and energy complement our existing power and finance practices in ways that will immediately benefit our clients. Together, we're an even stronger team across the board." Eddie Lowry has more than 28 years of experience in infrastructure and energy transactions. His practice includes advising clients on digital infrastructure and data center development and operations, as well as energy and power agreements, water allocation, fiber and telecommunication issues, colocation agreements, master service agreements, and management-related issues. Michael McKinley and Thu Pham focus on project development and real estate, with an emphasis on digital infrastructure - including data center leasing, state and local tax and permittability matters. Together, these additions significantly strengthen Willkie's real estate infrastructure capabilities in Dallas and across the Firm. The team joins from Akerman. "We're thrilled to welcome this dynamic team to our Dallas office," said Holt Foster, Managing Partner of Willkie's Dallas office. "Adding a team of this caliber marks another important milestone in Willkie's ongoing growth in and commitment to the Dallas market, as well as building upon our industry leading capabilities in this rapidly evolving area of the law." The team's arrival follows the addition of a number of significant energy and real estate hires over the last year in Texas and beyond - including the addition of lateral project development (EPC) partner, Matthew Penny, in Houston last month. Opened in 2024, Willkie's Dallas office extends the Firm's prominent corporate, private equity, M&A, litigation, finance, real estate, tax, executive compensation, employee benefits, and restructuring practices to clients across the region. The office serves a diverse client base spanning technology, energy, financial services, retail, aerospace & defense, industrials, manufacturing, aviation, automotive, chemicals, healthcare, infrastructure, and other sectors. ***************************************************** About Willkie Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business critical issues spanning markets and industries. Its approximately 1,300 attorneys across 16 offices worldwide deliver innovative, pragmatic, and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas. Learn more at www.willkie.com.

Willkie adds litigator and Supreme Court clerk Sean Sandoloski as partner in Washington, DC. September 9, 2026 New York, NY (September 9, 2026) - Willkie today announced that Sean Sandoloski has rejoined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. He is based in the Washington, D.C. office. Sean most recently served as law clerk to Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh at the U.S. Supreme Court. Prior to that, Sean was counsel in Willkie's Litigation Department. Earlier in his career, he served in various senior roles in the White House and Department of Justice. Tariq Mundiya, Chair of Willkie's Litigation Department, commented: "We are delighted to welcome Sean back to Willkie. Together with his experience at the Supreme Court, as well as a diverse background in government and private practice handling sophisticated complex litigation and investigations, Sean is a terrific addition to our Litigation Department. Sean's ability to navigate high-stakes matters across multiple practice areas will be invaluable to our clients." Sean's practice focuses on government investigations, including those undertaken by Congress and State Attorneys General, in addition to complex litigation and appeals. He regularly helps clients navigate high-stakes, fast-moving matters, advising clients on strategic and regulatory issues. Sean also has extensive experience with administrative and antitrust law. While in government, Sean served at the highest levels of the Executive Branch, advising on a range of litigation and policy matters. He also served in the Appellate Section of the DOJ's Antitrust Division, representing the United States in the courts of appeals, and advising leadership on criminal and civil enforcement as well as complex issues of federal law. Sean previously clerked for Judge Steven M. Colloton of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. "I could not be more excited to return to Willkie. I am thrilled to rejoin a team of outstanding lawyers who I have seen first-hand share my commitment to delivering exceptional results to clients," said Sean. "Willkie's collaborative culture as well its deep bench stocked with the nation's top litigators and regulatory attorneysprovide the ideal platform to help clients facing their most challenging and sensitive legal issues." ***************************************************** Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business critical issues spanning markets and industries. Its approximately 1,300 attorneys across 16 offices worldwide deliver innovative, pragmatic and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas. Learn more at www.willkie.com.

Willkie expands Strategic Capital and Restructuring Group with addition of Eugene Park to Chair the Liability Management and Strategic Credit practice. September 3, 2026 New York, NY (September 3, 2026) - Willkie announced today that Eugene Park, a leading liability management lawyer, will join the firm's Strategic Capital and Restructuring Group as a partner. He will serve as Chair of the Liability Management and Strategic Credit practice. Eugene has more than a decade of experience advising companies and their creditors on the complex liability management and financing transactions that now sit at the center of the market. "Eugene is one of the most inventive capital structure lawyers working today," said Willkie Chairman Matthew Feldman. "Clients look to us for guidance on complex issues requiring innovative capital solutions, and Eugene will support our restructuring practice in providing even better service to our clients both in and out of court." The expansion builds on the momentum Willkie has generated since Ryan Bennett joined the firm less than a year ago as Chair of its Strategic Capital and Restructuring Group. Under Ryan's leadership, the group has continued to strengthen its capabilities across the full spectrum of restructuring matters, with particular emphasis on advising middle-market private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies through complex financial situations. On the company side, Willkie has continued to win significant mandates, including its representation of Saks Global, while its market-leading creditors' committee practice has long been a cornerstone of the firm's restructuring franchise. Eugene's arrival adds additional liability management capability to that established platform, further expanding the solutions Willkie can provide clients across the capital structure. "We have a debtor-side practice that is landing some of the biggest mandates out there, and one of the strongest private equity platforms in the business feeding it," said Ryan Bennett, Chair of the Strategic Capital and Restructuring Group. "Liability management used to be a lane you were either in or you weren't. Now it runs through everything, from a sponsor deciding how to finance a portfolio company, to a lender group protecting its position. Eugene adds even more strength to the team, further supporting us in turning those sponsor relationships into the creative capital work clients are asking for." Willkie's private equity practice is among the deepest in the market, and the sponsors and portfolio companies it serves are responsible for originating much of today's liability management and capital structure work. Eugene's hire is part of Willkie's ongoing initiative to widen the Strategic Capital and Restructuring Group's remit beyond traditional debtor-side restructuring to address all of the ways companies raise and rework capital, including new-money drop-down and bridge financings and the specialized structures behind equipment and data center deals. Eugene will lead the liability management side of Willkie's expanded platform alongside the group's restructuring and financing work. "Willkie pairs a top private equity franchise with a winning debtor-side practice, and it is investing in exactly the direction the market is moving," Eugene said. "The work is not one-dimensional anymore. A client might need a rescue financing this quarter and a liability management exercise the next. Willkie advises across all of these disciplines seamlessly to provide clients with end-to-end sophisticated and commercial advice." Eugene brings deep experience in both company- and creditor-side representations. He has represented companies including Cision, Envision Healthcare, US Renal, United Site Services, and Bed Bath & Beyond, among others, in transactions that reshaped multibillion-dollar capital structures. On the creditor side, Eugene has advised numerous ad hoc lender groups; run complex financing deals led by anchor lenders such as the Magenta financing anchored by Elliott and the Liberty Puerto Rico financing anchored by Diameter; and advised lenders in data center financings. Lawdragon named him to its 2026 list of the 500 leading global bankruptcy and restructuring lawyers. Eugene joins Willkie's New York office as the Strategic Capital and Restructuring Group continues to take on some of the market's largest and most complex matters. ***************************************************** Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business critical issues spanning markets and industries. Its approximately 1,300 attorneys across 16 offices worldwide deliver innovative, pragmatic and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas. Learn more at www.willkie.com.