Tam Ho

A Partner in the Firm’s Energy and Infrastructure and Real Estate Practices, Tam Ho advises private equity funds and other institutional investors, sponsors and developers on complex corporate transactions including joint ventures, acquisitions and dispositions of interests in private and public companies, preferred equity investments, and mergers and acquisitions relating to the energy, infrastructure, and real estate industries. Tam has a particular focus on digital infrastructure and has advised on some of the most significant joint ventures and equity financings in the data center space.

Tam’s experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• Blue Owl on the following digital infrastructure transactions:
  • Multiple joint ventures with Crusoe Energy Systems totaling approximately $15 billion, for the development of a 1.2 GW AI data center campus in Texas
  • Multiple joint ventures with Chirisa Technology Parks and PowerHouse Data Centers, totaling approximately $6.8 billion, for the development of several AI data center campuses in Northern Virginia and Pennsylvania
  • $1.2 billion joint venture for the development of a data center campus with expected capacity up to 42 MW in New Jersey
  • Joint venture for the development of the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP), on the site of the former U.S. Steel South Works site in Chicago
  • Acquisition of the business of digital infrastructure fund manager IPI Partners, LLC

• TPG Real Estate on a joint venture with Digital Realty, in which TPG acquired majority stake in three stabilized hyperscale data centers in Northern Virginia at an aggregate value of $1.5 billion
• One of the world’s largest private digital infrastructure funds in a joint venture for the $400 million ground-up development of a state-of-the-art hyperscale datacenter in Japan
• The buyer in an acquisition of a controlling interest in $1.2 billion portfolio of net-leased hospitals located in Utah and $770 million financing
• The Related Companies in a joint venture with a sovereign wealth fund for the development of 35 Hudson Yards, New York City
• Brookfield Asset Management in the sale of Simply Self Storage to Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. for $1.2 billion
• A Middle Eastern-based global manager of alternative investment products in a programmatic joint venture with two sovereign wealth funds for industrial properties in the U.S., and the recapitalization of an existing $600 million industrial portfolio
• New York City-based real estate firm in a three-party joint venture with two capital partners for a luxury multifamily residential condominium in New York City
• A U.S. real estate firm in a two-tier joint venture for a 500-key resort in Kaanapali Beach, HI
• A U.S. real estate investment and development firm in a two-tier joint venture with an insurance company and an operator of luxury boutique hotels for a Little Palm Island, a 30-key luxury resort in Little Torch Key, FL
• A global investment firm in a joint venture for the Center Building, an office building in Long Island City, Queens, NY
• A U.S. investment manager in a joint venture for a 418-unit multifamily property in Denver, CO
• A real estate investment advisor and operator in a programmatic joint venture with a state pension fund for industrial properties throughout the U.S.
• A private equity firm in a three-party joint venture with two capital partners for a ground-up multifamily development in Cambridge, MA
• A U.K.-based internationally diversified property group in programmatic joint ventures with:
  • a Brazilian private equity firm for student housing in Brazil
  • an Arizona-based private equity firm for parking properties in the U.S.
  • a New York private equity firm for student housing in the U.S.
  • a Dallas-based private equity firm for medical office buildings in the U.S.

• U.S. investment bank in connection with a joint venture for the ground-up development of a one million square foot office tower in Dallas, TX

Tam received his J.D. from Rutgers Law School and his B.A. in Philosophy and Mathematics from Rutgers College. He is a native Vietnamese speaker.