
Debt Finance
Real Estate
Real Estate Finance
Kazik F. Michalski is a partner in the debt finance practice at Kirkland & Ellis International LLP in London. He specializes in representing top-tier private equity sponsors in complex domestic and cross-border credit transactions, particularly in real estate, data centres, and digital infrastructure across Europe. With a strong reputation for his commercial acumen and problem-solving skills, Kazik has been recognized by Chambers UK and The Legal 500 UK for his exceptional work in real estate finance. His extensive experience includes advising on high-profile transactions for clients such as Blackstone and GIC, making him a key figure in the legal advisory landscape.
Kazik F. Michalski's representative experience includes advising:
Data Centres and Digital Infrastructure
Real Estate Finance
Logistics and Industrial Assets
Mergers and Acquisitions
Partner
2018 – Unknown
Associate
2014 – 2018
Kirkland is advising GIC, Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, on the agreement to form a US$525 million joint venture in the form of a limited liability partnership with Equinix to develop and operate two xScale data centers in SEOUL, KOREA. This new joint venture will bring the global xScale data center portfolio to more than US$8 billion across 36 facilities, and an expected greater than 720 MW of power capacity when completed and fully constructed. Read the Equinix press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Celyn Evans, Nick-Raj Birdi and Matthew Elliott; debt finance partner Kazik Michalski; tax partners Timothy Lowe and Cian O’Connor; and technology and IP transactions partners Emma Flett and Jennifer Wilson.
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Graduate Diploma in Law, College of Law, London
2007
B.Sc. First Class Honours, University of Surrey
2005