The Legal 500

Salans welcomed Pawel Debowski as CEE real estate head, as well as Piotr Szafarz and Maciej Ryniewicz, from Clifford Chance. Recent highlights include assisting Investec GLL Special Global Opportunities Real Estate Fund on the acquisition of two office buildings in Warsaw. Anna Tomowicz is recommended. Marek Grodek and a team of three lawyers left for Dewey & LeBoeuf Grzesiak SP.K..

Baker & McKenzie Gruszczynski & Partners Attorneys at Law LP ‘delivers on time and understands tasks well’. The practice advised Liebrecht & Wood on an office and commercial building development project to be erected in the heart of Warsaw. ING Real Estate is a client. Joanna Wojnarowska ‘produces good, convincing advice in a coherent fashion’. Malgorzata Pietrzak-Paciorek is recommended.

CMS Cameron McKenna Dariusz Greszta Spólka Komandytowa ‘shows a sound knowledge of local conditions and procedures’. Tomasz Kurek ‘provides a first-class professional service’. Wojciech Koczara is recommended for commercial property acquisitions, property sale-and-leaseback transactions and development projects.

Clifford Chance endured the departure of real estate head Pawel Debowski, Piotr Szafarz and Maciej Ryniewicz to Salans. Now headed by recently promoted Daniel Kopania, the practice advised Skanska Development on its office developments in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Lodz and Katowice.

Hogan Lovells (Warszawa) LLP advised Reinhold Polska on the sale of Warsaw’s landmark Lipinski building. Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch, Piotr Laska and Justyna Szwech are recommended.

Linklaters ‘points out any problems at the earliest possible stage’. The team advised WP Carey in relation to the sale and long-term leaseback of a retail scheme in Gorzów Wielkopolski, the transaction closing during the credit crunch when external financing was generally unavailable. Artur Kulawski is recommended.

Dewey & LeBoeuf Grzesiak SP.K. welcomed four real estate experts, including Marek Grodek, from Salans. Recent transactions include the acquisition of Tulipan House by Commerz Real and the restructuring of property projects.

The ‘excellent’ Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka picked up notable deals in a challenging market. Highlights included acting for County Properties Group in the acquisition of real properties in Radom. Lech Zyzylewski and Agata Demuth are key practitioners. Clients praise ‘outstanding response times’.

Norton Rose Piotr Strawa and Partners LP’s Agnieszka Stankiewicz and David Dixon ‘handle all issues professionally’. The team represented a real estate company in the acquisition of part of the former Gdynia Shipyard, assisted with property refinancings and advised on the acquisition of logistics properties.

Wardynski & Partners recently advised in the construction of a large retail store within a large multi-owned shopping centre. Tomasz Zasacki and Stefan Jacyno are recommended.

Chadbourne & Parke LLP recently acted in the acquisition of the extension of the retail center Centrum Handlowe Alfa in Olsztyn. Mariusz Stawiarczyk and Dariusz Michalski are key contacts.

Drzewiecki, Tomaszek & Wspólnicy Spólka Jawna’s Zbigniew Drzewiecki advised Telekomunikacja Polska in a sale and lease back transaction of three office buildings.

Gide Loyrette Nouel acts on real estate sales and acquisitions, construction, development, leases, financing and town planning. The team was counsel to Mayland Real Estate on the sale of shopping centres. Andrzej Lulka is recommended.

Magnusson – Kancelaria Prawnicza’s lawyers are ‘very good performers and deliver on time’. Apollo Rida is assisted on its real estate projects in Poland. Andrzej Tokaj and Artur Swirtun are key contacts.

Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak’s real estate department, led by Janusz Siekanski, has extensive experience in the acquisition and development of commercial, industrial and residential property, infrastructure projects and commercial space leases.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges recently advised Globe Trade Centre in connection with the sale of two office buildings in Warsaw. Roman Rewald and counsel Joanna Petersen are recommended.

White & Case – W. Danilowicz, W. Jurcewicz i Wspólnicy Kancelaria Prawna sp.K’s Jean Rossi is recommended for real estate matters. Rossi advised one of the main distributors in Poland in connection with the construction and financing of hypermarkets and shopping centres.

Wierzbowski Eversheds represented Rolls Royce Marine Poland in connection with a 30-year land lease agreement. Krzysztof Wierzbowski is a principal contact.

Radomil Charzynski rejoined Allen & Overy, A. Pedzich sp. k. as senior associate. The team advised TriGranit Development Polska on the development and construction of a new railway station and two shopping malls in Poznan.

Brzezinska, Narolski, Marianski’s Miroslaw Narolski heads the team. Key matters included advising in the revitalisation of the old part of Lodz. The firm also runs a robust construction practice.

Led by Szymon Skiendzielewski and Ewa Don-Siemion, Chajec, Don-Siemion & Zyto Legal Advisors is regularly instructed by Plaza Centers in relation to the construction of shopping centers in Poland.

enwc Attorneys at Law E. Stobiecka – Kancelaria Prawna Sp.K offers ‘extremely reliable response times’. The team acted on the Rondo Office Project.

FKA Furtek Komosa Aleksandrowicz’s ‘keenly perceptive’ Michal Miecinski has ‘broad knowledge of real estate law’. The team advised on the acquisition of commercial properties designated for the development of large-scale shopping centres.

K&L Gates LLP has integrated the former Hogan & Hartson Jamka sp.k.’s real estate team. Halina Wieckowska represents clients in sales and purchases, the financing of acquisitions of properties, and commercial leases of commercial and office space. Jacek Jachowicz is also a key figure.

Kaczor Klimczyk Pucher Wypiór – Advokaci Spólka Partnerska is recommended for real estate development projects and transactions.

Laszczuk & Partners’ team is headed by Justyna Szpara. Typical experience includes acting on the sale of a production plant in Poland.

Schoenherr recently advised UBM Realitätenentwicklung on the sale of the SAS Radisson hotel in Kraków.

Squire Sanders Swieçicki Krzesniak sp. k. represented TESCO on its continued acquisition and build-out programme for new retail stores in Poland, and advised Grelix Investments on the acquisition of an office complex in Katowice, including office buildings and multi-storey parking. Wojciech Wachacki and Malgorzata Grzelak are key contacts.