Name of company
Kochański & Partners
Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate
Paweł Cholewiński, Attorney at Law, Partner, Head of Transactional Practices Group / Real Estate, M&A
Department head or senior representative profile
Paweł specializes in real estate and corporate law, with an emphasis on real estate and M&A transactions. He supports clients operating primarily in the real estate market. He is a skilled negotiator and strategist.
He has been engaged in numerous transactions involving shopping malls, logistic centres/warehouses, office buildings and industrial facilities. He supports clients in negotiations at every transaction stage.
Key current clients
Panattoni; Dom Development; Havi Logistics; Skanska; Savills; Oxenwood Real Estate (UK); AccorInvest Group; Orbis; Griffin Capital Partners; EPP Poland (Echo Polska Properties); Coca Cola HBC; Air Products; Beneteau Group; Reckitt Benckiser; Johnson Matthey; Inter Cars; Gaz-System (Gas Transmission Operator); Universal Fibers; Plastipak; Newcold; Equiniti Group PLC; Symfonia; Polskie ePłatności; Pandora; The Polish Security Printing Works Agency; PayPro.
Participation in property sales and acquisitions between July 2022 and June 2023
• Advising Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych on an investment process comprising the acquisition of an greenfield for a new production facility from Polfa Tarchomin.
• Advising Savills on the acquisition of part of Knight Frank’s business, which included the property management division.
• Advising Newcold on the purchase of numerous real estate properties for greenfield investments, investments in new production facilities as well as assistance in an investment process linked with the extension of already existing warehouses.
• Advising DiE Inwestycje / Ustka Apartaments on the sale of two residential buildings in Warsaw, with apartments designated to rent in the PRS formula, to one of the leading institutional investors.
• Advising Beneteau Group on the acquisition of Delphia Yachts, including the acquisition of respective real properties/production sites and related matters.
• Advising Reckitt Benckiser on the purchase of numerous real properties in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki.
Total value of the transactions on which your company advised between July 2022 and June 2023 (in EUR)
ca. 550 000 000.00 EUR
Please say why the compamy should be considered for the award
We worked on significant transactions, i.e. AccorInvest Group (the largest real estate transaction in the CEE, EUR 1.06 billion), Johnson Matthey PLC (in two greenfield investments, several billion EUR), Oxenwood Real Estate on its debut in Poland, Griffin Real Estate (on the acquisition of office building in Warsaw, leased by Polish Financial Supervision Authority).
We advise both tenants and landlords on lease agreements. We negotiate contracts for office space, warehouses and space in shopping malls. Selected: we represented Coca-Cola HBC Polska in the lease of approx. 4,000 sqm of office space in Warsaw; a company from Equinity Group PLC in the lease of approx. 2,500 sqm of office space in Kraków; and Pandora Group in the lease of space in shopping centres.
Making the world a better place is the key to our vision for the future. Our clients, as we also do, appreciate the importance of sustainable global change, protecting the environment and making the world a better place to live.
