Allen & Overy, A. Pędzich sp. k.

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Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate

Arkadiusz Pędzich

Department head or senior representative profile

Arkadiusz Pędzich is a partner and head of the real estate practice in Allen & Overy’s Warsaw office. He is a qualified attorney-at-law. His areas of expertise include project finance, structured and asset finance, real estate finance, leveraged finance, restructuring, derivative products and other financial instruments. He has advised on financing, refinancing and financial leasing of some of the most prestigious real estate projects in Poland.

Key current clients

Our key clients include financial institutions, investment funds, property groups, developers and private equity funds. Unfortunately, our confidentiality arrangements do not allow us to disclose the names of particular clients.

Participation in property sales and acquisitions between October 2017 and September 2018

Allen & Overy in Warsaw advised on a number of property sales and acquisitions projects, including office buildings, logistic portfolios, retail properties and hotels. Unfortunately, our confidentiality arrangements do not allow us to disclose the details of above mentioned projects.

Participation in development projects between October 2017 and September 2018

Total value of the transactions on which your company adviced between October 2017 and September 2018 (IN EUR)

Amount exceeding 1,348bn EUR.

Please say why you should be considered for the award

Our Real Estate department is known for: - an integrated team that has been working together for a long time with in-depth knowledge of local issues and transaction structures that is able to advise clients from all perspectives - strong footprint in CEE with own offices in Prague, Budapest, Bratislava and an associated office in Bucharest - doing commercially minded due diligence reviews of portfolio properties and companies in the bid processes, especially in multi-jurisdictional portfolio transactions, delivering quality and commercially minded advice and the ability to work under time pressure - innovative and flexible approach to handling transactions to ensure that we are well placed to meet the demands of our clients and the marketplace; when necessary we are able to manage the largest deals on the market by using a sophisticated project management team and devices such as electronic deal rooms - advising on the biggest real estate portfolios in Europe

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