Addleshaw Goddard Wisniewski Dzianachowski Schulz i Wspólnicy sp.k. team handles complex transactions across major sectors, including logistics, retail, office, and residential. The team has secured mandates from both domestic and international investors, developers, and financial institutions. Janusz Dzianachowski advises international and domestic corporations, investors, and developers on major real estate transactions in Poland and the CEE region. His expertise spans acquisitions and disposals, joint venture structuring for real estate investments, development projects, and lease agreements, including large-scale built-to-suit projects.
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Accolades
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Testimonials
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- ‘The team is unmatched in the Polish market. They advise on the largest and most complex real estate transactions, combining market knowledge with strong commercial insight. They are highly collaborative, business-oriented, and always focused on getting the deal done.’
- ‘Experience and knowledge of the industry.’
- ‘The real estate team of AG is the most experienced on the market in Poland in terms of significance of the transactions they advised on.’
- ‘The team is highly professional, responsive, and a pleasure to work with.’
- ‘Great team - large, experienced and devoted. Focused on problem-solving.’
- ‘Experience and ability to find solutions that protect the client's interests.’
- ‘Very professional.’
- ‘Top tier law firm, excellent services.’
- Very high commercial awareness, understanding of the transactional real estate market and its influence on the transactional dynamics and the client’s needs.
- Extensive experience of team members starting from the mid-level; support at every stage and flexibility in negotiations with the other party, ensuring that the transaction process runs smoothly while maintaining the expected outcome for the client.
Key clients
- 7R
- AEW Europe
- DWS
- Echo Investment
- EPP
- FFA Real Estate
- GalCap Europe
- Generali Real Estate
- Griffin Capital Partners
- Grosvenor
- Heimstaden
- Hillwood
- ARES Management
- INVESTIKA
- KanAm Grund
- KINGSTONE Investment Management
- LeadCrest Capital Partners
- Morgan Stanley
- NEPI Rockcastle
- Nhood
Work highlights
Advised NEPI Rockcastle on the EUR 405m acquisition of Silesia City Center in Katowice.
Advised Signal Capital Partners, acting as the preferred equity partner, on the joint venture with Ghelamco, followed by EUR 280m sale of the Warsaw UNIT office building by Ghelamco to Eastnine AB.
Advised INVESTIKA and Bud Holdings on the acquisition of a 212,500 sqm logistics portfolio in Poland from 7R for over EUR 150m.
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Practice head
Janusz Dzianachowski
Other key lawyers
NewTomasz Trystuła
NewAdriana Andrzejewska
NewArtur Kulawski
NewEwa Sinkiewicz
NewZuzanna Lipska
NewMonika Lerka
NewMarta Strykowska-Sosnowska