Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate
Justyna Bauta-Szostak
Department head or senior representative profile
Expert in corporate income tax and international taxes, specializing in advising real estate companies and corporate restructuring. Highly regarded expert in Poland in the General Corporate Tax category in the World Tax and World Tax Leaders 2024-2022 rankings published by International Tax Review. Leading expert in tax advisory in Poland according to the “Women in Tax” ranking, ITR (2024-2017). She manages investment projects in real estate in Poland and other Central Europe countries.
Major current clients
Griffin Real Estate sp. z o.o., Capital Park S.A., Ghelamco Poland sp. z o.o. sp. k., Yareal Polska sp. z o.o., Warbud S.A., Layetana, Real Management Sp. z o.o., Olivia Business Center, Adventum, EPP, Dom Development, White Stone Development, others including : US Investment Funds, CEE Investment Funds, South Africa Investment Fund, Japanese Investment Fund (confidential).
Major projects on the real estate market between July 2022 and June 2023
• Warta Tower
• Celebro
• Wola Retro
• Multikino
• Stokado
• Lands in 14 localisations for new PRS and warehouses projects
• Settlement of office, hotel and workshop complex for fixed assets and determination of the tax base for real estate tax purposes
• Dozen of opinions on the WHT preferences and the WHT refunds to the Netherlands, Luxemburg, UK and US based companies.
• Landmark posipositive judgment at the Lower Administative Court after the refusal of the Lublin Tax Office.
Total value of transactions on the real estate market the company participated between July 2022 - June 2023 period. (in EUR)
Over PLN 1 billion
Please say why the company should be considered for the award
1. A dozen of completed transactions at a time when there are almost no transactions on the market.
2. Comprehensive WHT support to foreign real estate investors
3. Comprehensive tax, financial, legal and accounting practical solutions that help conduct business more effectively.
4. Fight for good law for real estate market - active participant the most heated debate of the year - concerning the PRS market, WHT and TCLT; tax partner of Polish Association of Developers (PZFD)
5. Knowledge sharing in tax, legal and financial topics on our blogs and in the media
6. Leading tax experts in Poland in World Tax and World Transfer Pricing 2024:
- Tier 1: Indirect Tax
- Tier 1: General Corporate Tax
- Tier 2: Tax Controversy
- Tier 2: Transfer Pricing
- 12 MDDP experts with individual recognitions, eg.: Justyna Bauta- Szostak and Katarzyna Kozakowska - Highly Regarded for General corporate tax work in Poland; Piotr Paśko - Highly Regarded for Transactional tax work in Poland
