Kirkland & Ellis represented Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) on its definitive agreement to acquire a co-control common equity stake in Flextential, a leading data center solutions provider. MSIP joins existing investor GI Partners as co-controlling owners of Flexential. The MSIP equity investment will accelerate Flexential’s growth and support its mission to meet increasing demand for digital infrastructure.

The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Kevin Crews, Adam Larson, KJ Pedersen, Jordan Rex, Brad Johnson, Ian Hesterly and Sarah Walden; debt finance lawyers Lucas Spivey and Kelly Mellecker; executive compensation lawyer Rob Fowler; employment & labor lawyer Christie Alcala; tax lawyer David Wheat; environmental transactions lawyer Jon Kidwell; energy regulatory lawyer Drew Stuyvenberg; real estate lawyer David Stanek; capital markets lawyer Jennifer Wu; and antitrust & competition lawyer Derek Yee.