| Award: |
Law Firm of the Year, Poland |
| Name of company: |
Dentons |
| Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate: |
Pawel Debowski and Piotr Szafarz |
| Short description of the company and team: |
Dentons, is a global combination of: Salans, FMC and SNR Denton. Warsaw office has over 170 lawyers acting across CEE/SEE. Warsaw Dentons office is the leading real estate law firm in Poland |
| Major clients: |
Skanska, Peakside Capital, Union Investment, CA Immo, Pramerica Real Estate Investors, Apsys, GTC S.A., Tristan Capital Partners, Unibail-Rodamco, Goodman, Rockspring PIM, Deka Immobilien, GLL Real Estate Fund, SEGRO, IVG, MGPA, Casino, PHN, Catalyst, Charter Hall, Hines, Morgan Stanley |
| Portfolio (major deals): |
Sale of Charter Hall portfolio of retail properties to Tristan, acting for GLL sale of IBC office portfolio to Deka, acting for Menard Doswell sale of logistic portfolio in Czeladz to PZU, acting for GTC S.A. sale of the office Platinium portfolio to Allianz, acting for LCP acquisition of retail portfolio from Echo Investments, acting for Skanska sale of office portfolio Green Day to REEF,advising Hines on the acquisition of the New City complex |
| Participation in property sales and acquisitions: |
Charter Hall: sale of shopping galleries; IVG: purchase of Le Palais, Royal Trakt, Fenix; Tristan: purchase of Mokotow Nova, Immofinanz Group: sale of Silesia City Center, Atrium European Real Estate: purchase of Galeria Dominikańska, WP Carey: purchase of H&M logistics, Union: purchase of Senator |
| Participation in development projects: |
PHN: JV with Hochtief for the development of Swietokrzyska tower, GTC: development of Platinium bld 6, CH Wilanow and CH Bialoleka, Skanska: all leases of its developments, Grove: development of CH Bielany, Apsys: development of CH Łacina, Atrium: development of CH Kopernik |
| Please say why you should be considered for the award.: |
With ca. 43 lawyers, incl: 5 partners and 3 counsel, our Warsaw real estate team is the largest international practice on the Polish market. We bring our clients vast, up-to-date and unsurpassed local knowledge and relevant local real estate experience and market intelligence. In 2013 we have advised on all of the key and most significant property transactions in Poland. Our real estate team and Paweł Dębowski as an individual are recommended as leaders by Rzeczpospolita ranking of law firms for 2013, we keep the 1st place as real estate teams by CEE QA, we are in Band 1 by Chambers Europe 2013 and Paweł Dębowski got Star Individual, Piotr Szafarz is ranked in Band 1, The Legal 500 EMEA 2013 ranked us in Tier 1, our partners are recommended in real estate Poland by Best Lawyers 2013 |
| Company website: |
www.dentons.com |
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