| Award: |
Law Firm of the Year, Poland |
| Name of company: |
Dentons |
| Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate: |
Paweł Dębowski, Chairman, Real Estate (Europe) and Piotr Szafarz, Head of Real Estate, Poland |
| Short description of the company and team: |
Dentons is a global law firm with 3,000 lawyers in 80+ offices across Europe, the UK, the US, Asia Pacific, Africa, Canada, Central Asia, the Middle East, Russia, CIS and the Caucasus. Established nearly 25 years ago, Dentons (formerly Salans) was one of the first international law firms to enter the Polish market. Now, with 180+ lawyers, it is the largest full-service law firm in Poland. |
| Key current clients: |
Skanska Property Group, BlackRock, Deka Immobilien, Tristan Capital Partners, Starwood Capital Group, GTC, Union Investment, Aberdeen Asset Management, TPG Real Estate, Blackstone, GLL Real Estate Partners, Apsys, Mayland Real Estate, Hines, Goodman Group, Atrium European Real Estate. |
| Participation in property sales and acquisitions between November 2014 and October 2015: |
TPG RE: Purchase of TriGranit’s 30-vehicle portfolio in Poland, Slovakia, Croatia and Hungary. Skanska: The largest office portfolio sale in 2015 – four buildings in Krakow and Katowice. Foncière Euris Group: ca. €300 m sale of Riviera. Aberdeen: Sale of Metropolitan. Starwood: Purchase of Quattro Business Park. BlackRock RE: Sale of Karolinka and Pogoria. Tristan: Purchase of Enterprise Park. Union Investment: Purchase of Radisson Blu Wroclaw and Focus Park Rybnik. |
| Participation in development projects between November 2014 and October 2015: |
Griffin Real Estate: Real estate, construction and finance matters relating to the development and revitalization of the Hala Koszyki project in Warsaw. Dalmor: JV with mLocum for the construction of the Molo Rybackie project in Gdynia. Menard Doswell & Co.: JV with PHN and Hillwood to develop Parzniew Logistic Hub. POC Partners: Residential complex development in Darłówek. |
| Total value of the transactions on which your company adviced between November 2014 and October 2015: |
€2.56 billion - total value of 23 property acquisitions and sales completed between Nov. 2014 and Oct. 2015 on which the Dentons Warsaw team advised (includes assets located in Poland and two CEE cross-border transactions led out of Warsaw). |
| Please say why you should be considered for the award.: |
Dentons is the top real estate practice on the Polish legal market, with more than 40 lawyers. However it is not the size of the team itself, but our excellent institutional and long-standing client base, business advisory, in-depth local market knowledge and, above all, the work product we deliver to our clients every day, as one team, that speak for us. We are considered leaders in real estate matters by clients and peers. Rather than purely lawyers, clients perceive us as business advisers and connectors, who often “create” the deal by linking parties in a project. We are involved in most landmark property transactions in Poland and many of the largest across CEE. We advise across all major real estate sectors, with a particular focus on the office, retail and logistics sectors. |
| Company website: |
www.dentons.com |
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