Jury Awards

Name of company

Linklaters

Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate

Artur Kulawski and Janusz Dzianachowski

Department head or senior representative profile

Artur Kulawski has almost 30 years of experience in real estate. Artur manages the entire Linklaters Warsaw office. Appointed as a partner in 2005. He has recently advised Nrep on the €200m acquisition of an 80% stake in 7R.

Janusz Dzianachowski has almost 20 years of experience in real estate. Appointed as a partner in 2017. He has recently advised NEPI Rockcastle on the acquisition of: (i) Forum Gdańsk Shopping Centre, for €250m, and (ii) Atrium Copernicus Shopping Centre, for €127m.

Team description including the major achievements

Linklaters is a Magic Circle law firm with over 5,500 employees in 31 offices, across 21 countries worldwide. We are the first port of call for clients seeking expertise in domestic, cross-border and regional real estate, corporate/M&A, banking, and energy transactions.

In Poland, with 9 partners and over 85 Polish and international legal professionals, we are one of the largest law firms. In the real estate sector, we are viewed as the leading legal advisor in the region, being repeatedly recognized by directories such as Chambers Europe (Band 1) and Legal 500 EMEA (Tier 1). Our team provides comprehensive advisory on all aspects of real estate investment, construction and planning matters for all asset classes - including logistics, retail, office and living sectors.

In the period from July 2022 to June 2023, our real estate team once again advised on the largest and most complex deals to come to the market.

Key current clients

Our key clients include: 7R, AEW, ARES Management, Bain Capital Credit, CBRE Investment Management, CPI Property Group, Develia, ECE, Echo Investment, EPP, FFA Real Estate, Generali Real Estate, Globalworth, GLP, Griffin Capital Partners, Grosvenor, Hines, Investika, LeadCrest, Morgan Stanley, Niam, NEPI Rockcastle, Nrep, Oaktree, PATRIZIA, Patron Capital, Panattoni Europe, PIMCO, REINO Partners, QSuper, Union Investment, UBM Development, UBS Real Estate, White Star Real Estate, W. P. Carey.

Participation in property sales and acquisitions between July 2022 and June 2023

Highlights include advising: Nrep on the acquisition of an 80% stake in 7R. Nrep invested approx. €200m into the company. It was one of the top deals in the logistics sector in CEE in 2023; Develia on the €100m acquisition of the Polish subsidiaries of Nexity; NEPI Rockcastle on the €250m acquisition of Forum Gdańsk Shopping Centre - the acquisition is one of the largest single asset shopping centre transactions in Europe, and the largest in CEE in 2022. We also advised the client on the €127m acquisition of Atrium Copernicus Shopping Center in Toruń; Investika on the acquisition of Royal Trakt Offices, one of the most unique office buildings in Warsaw; Echo Investment on the sale of the Face2Face Business Campus office complex in Katowice - the deal value exceeded €100m, making it one of the largest office sector transactions in CEE in 2022; LeadCrest Capital Partners on the acquisition, in a sale and leaseback formula, of a portfolio of logistics assets in Poland.

Total value of the transactions on which your company advised between July 2022 and June 2023 (in EUR)

EUR 1,5bn

Please say why the compamy should be considered for the award

For another consecutive year, Linklaters’ real estate team have worked on the largest and most complex transactions, in all major real estate areas, including logistics, retail, office and living.

Furthermore, global investors and developers continue to choose us when entering the Polish and CEE real estate markets, as we provide them with the market credibility and expertise, helping them arrive at the best possible business decisions.

Also, well-established entities on the regional market turn to us with their most complex transactions, as we are widely recognized for providing best-in-class advisory on such projects.

And, last but not least, what sets us apart is our people - Linklaters attracts and retains the cream of the crop of the market’s practitioners in terms of experience and qualifications, and we take particular pride in it. Watch the video to get the glimpse into our team spirit:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7110921790897467392.

Company website

https://www.linklaters.com/pl-pl/locations/poland