Kazik F. Michalski

Since joining Kirkland, Kazik undertook the following matters:

Data Centres and Digital Infrastructure

• KKR:
  
  • advising KKR and GIP and their global data centre portfolio company, CyrusOne, on the upsize and extension of their pan-European and UK facilities (for an aggregate amount exceeding more than €1.8 billion equivalent)
  • KKR and GIP on the $15 billion all-cash acquisition of CyrusOne Inc. a premier global data centre REIT
• GIC:
  • on its $525 million joint venture with Equinix to develop and operate two xScale™ data centres in South Korea
  • on its $3.9 billion additional joint ventures with Equinix to expand the xScale™ data centre programme
  • on the over $1 billion financing with Equinix to develop and operate xScale™ data centres in Japan
  • on the financing for its $1 billion joint venture with Equinix Inc. to develop and operate hyperscale data centres throughout Europe
• Global Technical Realty on the acquisition financing of a London data center at more than £1 billion
• ADA Infrastructure and GLP Capital Partners on the land bridge financing of a site for a data center located in the Docklands, London
• Macquarie Asset Management on the strategic real estate partnership with NTT’s wholesale facilities across Europe and North America

Real Estate

• Blackstone:
  • on the financing of its acquisition of Bourne Leisure, which operates Butlin’s, Haven and Warner Leisure Hotels
  • on the financing of its acquisition of National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Group, a leading live events venue operator in the UK
  • and the consortium consisting of Scape Living and iQSA on the £969 million recommended cash offer for GCP Student Living plc
  • on the c. £1.2 billion recommended cash offer for St Modwen Properties plc
  • on the refinancing of a prime central London office property
  • on the £4.66 billion acquisition of iQ Student Accommodation
  • on the recommended £4.77 billion cash offer for publicly traded Merlin Entertainments, a global leader in location-based, family entertainment
• British Land and GIC on the financing of Paddington Central, UK valued circa £1 billion
• Brookfield:
  • on the financing of residential assets acquired under its €1.089 billion recommended cash offer for Hibernia REIT
  • on the financing of office assets acquired under its €1.089 billion recommended cash offer for Hibernia REIT
  • on the senior (securitized) and mezzanine financing for its acquisition of a portfolio of retail parks from Hammerson and Nuveen in the United Kingdom
  • on the €224 million development financing for the development of offices at Harcourt Square, Dublin, pre-let to KPMG
• GIC:
  • on the financing of Student Roost, acquired from Brookfield in a JV with Greystar as the largest real estate transaction in the UK in 2022
  • on the pool 3 financing of StudentRoost with Greystar for circa £1 billion (having previously advised GIC and Greystar on their pools 1 and 2 financings for StudentRoost)
  • on its joint venture with Blackstone relating to Hotel Investment Partners (HIP), a leading owner of 72 resort hotels in Southern Europe totaling 21,000 keys
  • in a joint venture with Oaktree on the refinancing of High Tech Campus, Eindhoven a high tech center and R&D ecosystem campus valued in excess of €1 billion
  • on its establishment of a €400 million joint venture platform with Melcombe Partners, a UK-based asset manager and adviser
  • in joint venture with Kennedy Wilson, the financing of a portfolio of logistics assets located in the United Kingdom and Ireland
  • on the financing of the acquisition of a pan-European logistics portfolio for over €3 billion from EQT Exeter involving assets located in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom
  • in joint venture with Orange Capital Partners, the financing for its acquisition of a portfolio of 37 residential buildings in Finland comprising 1,900 apartments across 17 cities
  • on the financing of a portfolio of urban logistics assets located in Ireland
  • on its joint venture with Kennedy Wilson to acquire and manage urban logistics properties in the UK, Ireland and Spain, targeting total assets of $1 billion
  • on the €950 million financing aspects of a pan-European logistics platform from Apollo
  GLP Capital Partners:
  • on the refinance of its EIP I logistics fund
  • on a €100 million financing for a portfolio of logistics assets in Italy
  • on a €220 million financing for a portfolio of logistics assets in Germany and Poland
  • on financings with total debt proceeds in excess for €2 billion across nine countries, including 7x green facilities
  • on the financing for the acquisition of a circa €1 billion pan-Europe portfolio of logistics assets, including assets acquired from Blackstone and other newly developed logistics assets located in the UK, the Netherlands and France
  • on the complex ‘transitional’ financing for a portfolio of central London urban logistics to be repositioned and valued at c. £200 million once completed.
  • on the financing of a financing for a portfolio of 4 Grade A logistics assets on behalf of European Development Partners I Fund located on the Magna Park estate in Lutterworth, valued in excess of £220 million.
  • on the financing of its seed portfolio for GLP’s new EIP III Fund valued in excess of €700 million comprising a pan European portfolio of 16 Grade A logistics assets located in key sub-markets of France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the United Kingdom
  • on the financing of new build logistics assets located in Germany, the Netherlands and Spain
  • on the financing of its circa €1 billion acquisition of Goodman Group’s CEE logistics portfolio
• Hudson Pacific Properties on the financing aspects of a JV with Blackstone to create a major new centre for film, TV and digital production in the United Kingdom
• Magdalen College a constituent college of the University of Oxford and GIC on the financing of properties in the Oxford Science Park as part of a strategic development of the park
• P3:
  • on the financing of a portfolio of logistics assets located in Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Poland and the Slovak Republic
  • on the financing of a portfolio of logistics assets located in Germany
• TPG:
  • on the financing of 4th Industrial, its UK logistics platform
  • on the financing for the acquisition of a majority stake in German film studio owner and operator, Studio Babelsberg AG, to become part of TPG’s global studio platform, Cinespace Studios
  • on the financing of the ‘Start Living’ build-to-rent platform, focused on single-family housing in the UK, in a strategic joint venture with Gatehouse Bank
  • on the financing of its c. €300 million take private of Spanish Real Estate Investment Trust, Témpore Properties
  • in a joint venture with Round Hill Capital on the financing of a student and residential housing platform in Lisbon, Portugal
• Eagle Street Partners on the formation of a joint venture with Harrison Street to acquire and develop a 554-residential-unit multiphase development at East Road in Dublin, Ireland

Prior to joining Kirkland, Kazik undertook the following matters:

• Blackstone:
  • on its refinancing of St Katherine Docks, London using debt facilities provided by Allianz and Brookfield
  • on the financing of its acquisition of HI Partners (Spanish hotels business)
  • on the refinancing (via agented CMBS) of four shopping centres located in Italy
  • on its refinancing of the ‘SMF’ portfolio of residential assets in Spain
  • on its refinancing of the senior and mezzanine facilities of its Center Parcs Europe portfolio
  • on the financing of its acquisition of OfficeFirst
  • on the financing of its acquisition of Livingston Designer Outlet, Scotland
  • and BioMed on development financing for Granta Park, Cambridge
  • and D. Carnegie on its refinancing of residential real estate assets located in Stockholm, Sweden
  • on its acquisition financing of various logistics assets located throughout Europe (forming part of Logicor)
  • on the financing of its acquisition of The Blanchardstown Centre, Dublin
  • on its refinancing of The Adelphi Building, London
  • on its refinancing of Devonshire Square
  • and Multi Corporation on the refinancing of four shopping centres located in Turkey
  • on the financing of its acquisition of Alliance Automotive
• Aston Martin:
  • on its refinancing (new £80 million RCF and £550 million (equivalent) debt offering)
  • on the financing relating to the acquisition of land in St Athan, Wales for its new factory to build the DBX and become the brand's home of electrification
• Multi Corporation on various financings and refinancings of its retail assets located across Europe

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, London

• Associate (2014–2018)

Sidley Austin LLP, London

• Associate (2010–2014)
• Trainee Solicitor (2008–2010)