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Kochański & Partners

We specialize in complex transactions, project development, financing, construction and leasing projects. Working in multidisciplinary teams we advise on global cross-border real estate transactions. We advise buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, investors, commercial and residential developers, and support clients throughout the entire investment process, from project financing and development to asset management and sale, as well as in respect of office, retail, industrial, multi-residential and institutional properties. We focus on ESG. We help clients navigate sustainability issues and capitalize on new business opportunities while maximizing their long-term economic stability and growth.
We provide innovative solutions related to green building and green leases to ensure a positive impact in terms of environment, social responsibility and corporate governance.We specialize in Lease and sale back transactions, involving enterprises selling their real estate to banks or funds.

Name of company	Kochański & Partners
Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate	Paweł Cholewiński, Attorney at Law, Partner, Head of Transactional Practices Group / Real Estate, M&A
Department head or senior representative profile	Paweł specializes in real estate and corporate law, with an emphasis on real estate and M&A transactions. He supports clients operating primarily in the real estate market. He is a skilled negotiator and strategist. He has been engaged in numerous transactions involving shopping malls, logistic centres/warehouses, office buildings and industrial facilities. He supports clients in negotiations at every transaction stage.
Team description including the major achievements	We specialize in complex transactions, project development, financing, construction and leasing projects. Working in multidisciplinary teams we advise on global cross-border real estate transactions. We advise buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, investors, commercial and residential developers, and support clients throughout the entire investment process, from project financing and development to asset management and sale, as well as in respect of office, retail, industrial, multi-residential and institutional properties. We focus on ESG. We help clients navigate sustainability issues and capitalize on new business opportunities while maximizing their long-term economic stability and growth. We provide innovative solutions related to green building and green leases to ensure a positive impact in terms of environment, social responsibility and corporate governance.We specialize in Lease and sale back transactions, involving enterprises selling their real estate to banks or funds.
Key current clients	Panattoni; Dom Development; Havi Logistics; Skanska; Savills; Oxenwood Real Estate (UK); AccorInvest Group; Orbis; Griffin Capital Partners; EPP Poland (Echo Polska Properties); Coca Cola HBC; Air Products; Beneteau Group; Reckitt Benckiser; Johnson Matthey; Inter Cars; Gaz-System (Gas Transmission Operator); Universal Fibers; Plastipak; Newcold; Equiniti Group PLC; Symfonia; Polskie ePłatności; Pandora; The Polish Security Printing Works Agency; PayPro.
Participation in property sales and acquisitions between July 2022 and June 2023	• Advising Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych on an investment process comprising the acquisition of an greenfield for a new production facility from Polfa Tarchomin. • Advising Savills on the acquisition of part of Knight Frank’s business, which included the property management division. • Advising Newcold on the purchase of numerous real estate properties for greenfield investments, investments in new production facilities as well as assistance in an investment process linked with the extension of already existing warehouses. • Advising DiE Inwestycje / Ustka Apartaments on the sale of two residential buildings in Warsaw, with apartments designated to rent in the PRS formula, to one of the leading institutional investors. • Advising Beneteau Group on the acquisition of Delphia Yachts, including the acquisition of respective real properties/production sites and related matters. • Advising Reckitt Benckiser on the purchase of numerous real properties in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki.
Total value of the transactions on which your company advised between July 2022 and June 2023 (in EUR)	ca. 550 000 000.00 EUR
Please say why the compamy should be considered for the award	We worked on significant transactions, i.e. AccorInvest Group (the largest real estate transaction in the CEE, EUR 1.06 billion), Johnson Matthey PLC (in two greenfield investments, several billion EUR), Oxenwood Real Estate on its debut in Poland, Griffin Real Estate (on the acquisition of office building in Warsaw, leased by Polish Financial Supervision Authority). We advise both tenants and landlords on lease agreements. We negotiate contracts for office space, warehouses and space in shopping malls. Selected: we represented Coca-Cola HBC Polska in the lease of approx. 4,000 sqm of office space in Warsaw; a company from Equinity Group PLC in the lease of approx. 2,500 sqm of office space in Kraków; and Pandora Group in the lease of space in shopping centres. Making the world a better place is the key to our vision for the future. Our clients, as we also do, appreciate the importance of sustainable global change, protecting the environment and making the world a better place to live.
Company website	https://www.kochanski.pl/en/

Name of company

Kochański & Partners

Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate

Paweł Cholewiński, Attorney at Law, Partner, Head of Transactional Practices Group / Real Estate, M&A

Department head or senior representative profile

Paweł specializes in real estate and corporate law, with an emphasis on real estate and M&A transactions. He supports clients operating primarily in the real estate market. He is a skilled negotiator and strategist.
He has been engaged in numerous transactions involving shopping malls, logistic centres/warehouses, office buildings and industrial facilities. He supports clients in negotiations at every transaction stage.

Team description including the major achievements

Key current clients

Panattoni; Dom Development; Havi Logistics; Skanska; Savills; Oxenwood Real Estate (UK); AccorInvest Group; Orbis; Griffin Capital Partners; EPP Poland (Echo Polska Properties); Coca Cola HBC; Air Products; Beneteau Group; Reckitt Benckiser; Johnson Matthey; Inter Cars; Gaz-System (Gas Transmission Operator); Universal Fibers; Plastipak; Newcold; Equiniti Group PLC; Symfonia; Polskie ePłatności; Pandora; The Polish Security Printing Works Agency; PayPro.

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

• Advising Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych on an investment process comprising the acquisition of an greenfield for a new production facility from Polfa Tarchomin.
• Advising Savills on the acquisition of part of Knight Frank’s business, which included the property management division.
• Advising Newcold on the purchase of numerous real estate properties for greenfield investments, investments in new production facilities as well as assistance in an investment process linked with the extension of already existing warehouses.
• Advising DiE Inwestycje / Ustka Apartaments on the sale of two residential buildings in Warsaw, with apartments designated to rent in the PRS formula, to one of the leading institutional investors.
• Advising Beneteau Group on the acquisition of Delphia Yachts, including the acquisition of respective real properties/production sites and related matters.
• Advising Reckitt Benckiser on the purchase of numerous real properties in Nowy Dwór Mazowiecki.

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

ca. 550 000 000.00 EUR

Please say why the compamy should be considered for the award

We worked on significant transactions, i.e. AccorInvest Group (the largest real estate transaction in the CEE, EUR 1.06 billion), Johnson Matthey PLC (in two greenfield investments, several billion EUR), Oxenwood Real Estate on its debut in Poland, Griffin Real Estate (on the acquisition of office building in Warsaw, leased by Polish Financial Supervision Authority).
We advise both tenants and landlords on lease agreements. We negotiate contracts for office space, warehouses and space in shopping malls. Selected: we represented Coca-Cola HBC Polska in the lease of approx. 4,000 sqm of office space in Warsaw; a company from Equinity Group PLC in the lease of approx. 2,500 sqm of office space in Kraków; and Pandora Group in the lease of space in shopping centres.
Making the world a better place is the key to our vision for the future. Our clients, as we also do, appreciate the importance of sustainable global change, protecting the environment and making the world a better place to live.

Company website

https://www.kochanski.pl/en/

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