Nick Kaluk is a partner in the firm’s Restructuring Group and a member of the Liability Management & Special Situations team. Mr. Kaluk regularly advises debtors, investors and other creditors in chapter 11 cases and out-of-court restructurings. He also represents investment banks and financial advisors retained by major constituencies in chapter 11 cases and has experience with insurance insolvencies, securitizations and structured financings.
Mr. Kaluk is recognized as an Up and Coming Bankruptcy and Restructuring Partner in New York by Chambers USA (2026). He was also listed as a Rising Star for Restructuring & Insolvency by IFLR1000 (2024) and was recommended by The Legal 500 US (2022). Clients describe him as an “excellent attorney and super hard-worker…always available and always prepared.” He is also praised for being “very responsive, practical and commercial,” and “terrific in the restructuring space and really well-rounded” (Chambers USA, 2026). He was a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute’s 40 Under 40 List for 2022 and a participant in the National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges’ 2023 Next Generation Program.
Mr. Kaluk joined Debevoise in 2012 after a clerkship with the Hon. Allan L. Gropper in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. He received a J.D. magna cum laude in 2011 from Brooklyn Law School, where he was a member of the Brooklyn Law Review and a fellow in the Dennis J. Block Center for the Study of International Business Law. He received a B.A. from Columbia University in 2005.
Mr. Kaluk teaches a contract drafting seminar at Cardozo School of Law and has guest lectured at Columbia Law School, Columbia Business School and Brooklyn Law School. Mr. Kaluk serves on the Junior Advisory Board of Her Justice and is a former coordinator for the Credit Abuse Resistance Education (CARE) program in New York City. He is also a contributor to the Collier Business Workout Guide and the Debevoise & Plimpton Private Equity Report.