Dentons advises institutional real estate investors, private equity or private funds, developers, and asset managers active in Poland. The team represents clients at all stages of a construction investment process and in construction disputes. The team is led by Piotr Szafarz and Monika Sitowicz, with a wealth of experience. Also leading the team, Bartłomiej Kordeczka is known for his handling of investment sites.
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Testimonials
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- Easily approachable and open-minded when it comes to cooperation. They bring to the table a broader perspective, not just purely legal.
- Jakub Sobotkowski and Kornelia Borowiec are a strong team both in transactions and development. They have in-depth experience, know how to tackle difficult situations, and manage the sides. Availability and transactional mode are of the highest standard.
- Experience, responsiveness, and a commercial approach.
- Good contact with the team.
- ‘Piotr Szafarz, partner is an absolute role model for young lawyers regarding the attitude, honesty, loyalty & expertise. Brilliant, business oriented and common sense lawyer. Solves complex issues with creativity and fairness. Diligent and hard-working. Piotr is always prepared and always on time. Because of his wast knowledge and huge experience he can anticipate problems and propose solutions to prevent them before they happen.’
- ‘Industry expertise, communication, commercial awareness, responsiveness and efficiency. Reliability.’
Key clients
- Ghelamco
- Skanska Property Poland
- Stena Real Estate
- Union Investment
- Principal
- Apsys
- Arkéa Real Estate Investment Management
- Żabka Property Fund
- Orbis
- 1 Asset Management
Work highlights
Advised Ghelamco on a office transaction in Europe in 2024 involving the €280m sale of the Warsaw UNIT skyscraper to Eastnine AB.
Advised on the establishment of a joint venture between APSYS and Ceetrus for the €200m development of Wilanów Park, a mixed-use project which spans seven hectares within the Miasteczko Wilanów residential area in Warsaw.
Advised a data centre operator on its entry to the Polish market and managed its first investment transaction concerning the acquisition of land, design and permits for the construction of a data centre in Jawczyce near Warsaw.
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Practice head
Piotr Szafarz; Monika Sitowicz; Bartłomiej Kordeczka