Kazik F. Michalski

• A sovereign wealth fund on the acquisition of a pan-European logistics portfolio for over €3 billion from EQT Exeter 
• Blackstone:
  • 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 financing of its acquisition of Bourne Leisure, which operates Butlin’s, Haven and Warner Leisure Hotels
  • 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 publically traded Merlin Entertainments, a global leader in location-based, family entertainment
  • on the financing of its acquisition of National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Group, a leading live events venue operator in the UK
• Brookfield on the financing of its acquisition of a portfolio of UK retail parks
• Consortium and KKR on the $15 billion all-cash acquisition of CyrusOne Inc. a premier global data centre REIT
• 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 
• GIC:
  • on its establishment of a €400 million joint venture platform with Melcombe Partners, a UK-based asset manager and adviser
  • on the £694 million acquisition of a 75% stake in the majority of Paddington Central assets from British Land 
  • 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 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 over $1 billion financing with Equinix to develop and operate xScale™ data centres in Japan
  • on the €950 million financing aspects of a pan-European logistics platform from Apollo
  • on the financing for its $1 billion joint venture with Equinix Inc. to develop and operate hyperscale data centres throughout Europe
• GLP
  • on the financing of new build logistics assets located in Germany, the Netherlands and Spain 
  • on the financing of its c.€1 billion acquisition of Goodman Group’s CEE logistics portfolio
• TPG:
  • on the successful tender offer and the acquisition of a majority stake in Studio Babelsberg AG 
  • on its strategic joint venture with Gatehouse Bank
  • on the financing of its c. €300 million acquisition 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

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 £80m RCF and £550m (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)