Tax & Financial Consultancy of the Year, Poland

The award is open to any tax & financial consultancy operating in Poland’s real estate market in 2020. The jury will consider the company’s activity, presence and reputation on the market, as well as the number of deals involved in and the number and profile of clients represented.

Nominees

CRIDO

Crido team includes almost 300 people, specializing in tax, legal, business and innovation advisory, financial modelling and corporate finance. A real estate team includes 2 partners and 6 managers specializing in structuring and transaction (30 people in total), additionally the Team is supported by 2 partners and their teams specializing respectively in tax litigation and transfer pricing for real estate as well as 2 managers on financial modelling. These teams cooperate closely with Crido Legal real estate team. This allows to combine highest technical knowledge with deep industry experience at all aspects of tax advisory for real estate clients. At the same time the size and experience of the team allows us to manage a highly complicated projects from technical perspective but also as project managers. Being a member of the international Taxand network enables us to conduct cross-border deals and/or reorganizations, which is additional value for our clients.

DLA Piper

DLA Piper's Tax practice advises a variety of key clients, both local and international, across diverse sectors on both local and cross-border transactions. The team works closely with our Tax department which provides comprehensive advice to numerous international clients, across diverse sectors, on a variety of local and cross-border tax aspects of transactions.

EY

EY’s strong global connectivity enables us to assemble the right teams, share leading practices across the world and address real estate, hospitality and construction companies’ needs, whatever location they are active in. This is a key added value for our clients. More than 18 000 RE professionals worldwide, over 7 500 in EMEIA provide services to 80% clients of the biggest RE companies in the world (Forbes Global 2000 List). EY Poland Real Estate Group provides a comprehensive range of multidisciplinary services to investors & developers (Assurance/ Tax/Finance/ Law/Transaction Advisory and M&A services). We have 7 offices in Poland. We have over 20-year-long activity on the RE Polish market & the multidisciplinary team with accurate experience & knowledge, confirmed by numerous certificates & licenses e.g. licensed property appraiser, property manager & property broker, member of RICS, CCIM, chartered accountant as well as the qualifications of ACCA, Legal Counsel and Advocate.

MDDP

MDDP helps Clients in all - tax, financial and legal - aspects of real estate ownership. MDDP works for developers, investment funds, leasing companies and private investors - from design to sale and provides advisory services related to: • taxation of income from real estate investments, • indirect real estate taxes, • advisory regarding ownership and financial structure for real estate investments, • taxation of alternative forms of financing real estate investments, • cost segregation, advisory regarding tax depreciation, • settlement of property investments and exploitation costs, leasing agreements, • property tax, • examination of the legal status of properties, • legal services related to selling and purchasing real estate, • support in the investment processes, • transfer-pricing advisory, • financial forecast for the investments.

PwC Poland

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. We’re a network of firms in 157 countries with more than 284,000 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, business advisory, technology, as well as tax and legal services. The company in Poland has its regional offices and branches in 8 cities, as well as the Financial Crime Unit in Gdansk and two Service Delivery Centers in Katowice and Opole. PwC in Poland employs over 6,000 staff. Our Real Estate Team gathers ca. 40 real estate professionals, including financial and tax experts. Our main areas of expertise are: •Financial, commercial tax and legal due diligence •Transaction services •Vendor assistance •Real Estate operational excellence •Reorganization services providing advice on how to turn non-performing and poorly performing real estate assets into the valuable investments •Audit and Accounting advisory •Valuation •Equity Capital and Debt Capital Markets •Disposal and Acquisit

TPA Poland

TPA Poland is a team of over 300 specialists in three locations, generating annual revenue of PLN 60 million.TPA Poland is a team of over 300 specialists in three locations, generating annual revenue of PLN 60 million. As TPA Poland we provide business solutions for real estate, energy, retail, hospitality and family businesses in the field of tax consulting, accounting and payroll outsourcing, real estate advisory, as well as audit and business consulting under the Baker Tilly TPA brand. Legal services, provided under the Baker Tilly Woroszylska Legal brand, have been a natural addition to our interdisciplinary services. Our team consists of tax and financial experts who have been repeatedly awarded the titles of "Tax and Financial Adviser" and "Best Tax & Financial Advisory Team" in industry contests (CEE Investment, CEE Retail Awards, CIJ Awards, Eurobuild Awards), and every year have maintained top positions in the national rankings of "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" and "Rzeczpospolita"

Jury

Agnieszka Popko
Managing Director
ECE Projekmanagement Polska Sp.zo.o
Anna Dafna Volfovskaya
Deputy CEO & CFO
Atrium Poland Real Estate Management
Artur Apostoł
COO
Globalworth Poland
Barbara Chochołowska
Country Head of Legal
HB Reavis Poland
Beata Czarnecka
Compliance Director CEE
Prologis Poland Management Sp. z o.o.
Dariusz Sokołowski
CEO
Spectra Development
Eyal Litwin
Partner
Cornerstone Partners
Grzegorz Iwański
Director of the Financing Department
Echo Investment
Jakub Kutzmann
Local Partner
White & Case, M. Studniarek i Wspólnicy - kancelaria prawnicza sp. k.
Janusz Gutowski
Managing Director
Axi Immo Group
Jarosław Sypniewski
CFO
CBRE GI
Joanna Fiszer-Choromańska
Head of Finance CEE
Peakside Capital Advisors Sp. z o.o.
Karina Trojańska
CFO
Panattoni
Magdalena Życzkowska-Jóźwiak
Local Partner
Greenberg Traurig Grzesiak sp.k.
Marek Paczuski
Director, Deputy Head of Investment
Savills Sp. z o.o.
Mariusz Frąckiewicz
Director Poland
Avestus Real Estate
Mariusz Krzak
Executive Vice President Operations Poland at Skanska Commercial Development Europe
Skanska Commercial Development Europe
Mateusz Siejka
Managing Director
Arcona Capital Poland
Michał Śmietański
In-House Legal Advisor, Member of the Management Board
Cresa Polska Sp. z o.o.
Mira Kantor-Pikus
Partner, Rynki Kapitałowe
Cushman & Wakefield Polska
Przemysław Łachmaniuk
Director
CBRE Poland
SEBASTIAN KIEĆ
CEO
AFI EUROPE POLAND
Senan Corbett
MRICS, Head of Cost & Commercial Management
Arcadis sp. z o.o.
Tomasz Puch
Head of Office and Industrial Investment
JLL

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