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Weil, Gotshal and Manges – Paweł Rymarz sp.k

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Law Firm of the Year, Poland
Weil’s Warsaw office is a leading international law firm on the Polish market. Over 80 attorneys and advisors are based in our office, including lawyers licenced to practice law in the United States. Although we specialise in advising on mergers and acquisitions related to complex real estate assets, we also represent clients in connection with all other aspects of real estate investment and development. We are praised for combining a pragmatic approach with the highest quality advice based on market practice and commercial considerations. Our attorneys are known for being efficient negotiators who able to deal with the most complicated and challenging matters within very tough deadlines. Due to our unique and high-quality expertise, clients often seek Weil’s opinion on highly complicated issues. We also have very strong real estate litigation and financing practices, which allows us to cover all aspects of various real estate transactions providing one-shop services.
Name of company
Weil, Gotshal and Manges – Paweł Rymarz sp.k
Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate
Dr Agnieszka Koniewicz, Dr Filip Uzieblo.
Department head or senior representative profile
Agnieszka Koniewicz is a co-head of the real estate practice in the Warsaw office of Weil. She is a renowned specialist in real estate share and asset transactions, including the related financing (bankability) and construction aspects. Filip Uzieblo is a co-head of the real estate practice in the Warsaw office of Weil, who specialises in real estate, corporate law, M&A deals, private equity, privatisation and restructuring transactions.
Key current clients
Weil’s real estate practice represents many major real estate companies and capital sources, including Echo Investment, EPP, Griffin Real Estate, Oaktree Capital Management, Raiffeisen Bank International AG (Branch in Poland), Raiffeisen Bank Polska, Redefine Properties Limited, Ronson Development, Globalworth, Nexity and Tacit Development.
Participation in property sales and acquisitions between October 2018 and September 2019
• Advising Redefine Properties and Griffin Real Estate on their joint venture with Panattoni Europe concerning a five-year exclusive priority right to execute 24 new warehouse projects of Panattoni (i.e. expansion of a Polish logistics platform). • Advising Oaktree Capital Management and Griffin Real Estate in connection with the sale of Student Depot Group, the holder of the largest portfolio of student housing assets in Poland, to Kajima Properties and Griffin Real Estate. • Advising Ronson Development on the acquisition of Nova Krolikarnia from Global City Holdings (first and second call options). • Advising Echo Partners on the sale of a majority interest in Echo Investment to Wing (a preliminary agreement). • The sale of a third building within O3 Business Campus to EPP (in a JV with Henderson Park) for EUR 40.3 million (which completed the sale of a portfolio of seven office buildings). • The sale of a multifunctional project to be located in the very centre of Warsaw.
Participation in development projects between October 2018 and September 2019
• Advising Echo Investment on the development of the Mlociny shopping centre. • Advising Tacit Investment and its subsidiary on a landmark project concerning its cooperation with Nobu, a boutique luxury brand established and managed by Robert De Niro, Meir Teper and Nobu Matsuhis, and the opening of the Nobu Hotel and Restaurant in Warsaw.
Total value of the transactions on which your company adviced between October 2018 and September 2019 (in EUR)
Between October 2018 and September 2019, the total value of the real estate transactions in which Weil was a legal advisor exceeded EUR 1,341,530,000.
Please say why you should be considered for the award
Weil advised on the biggest premium transactions in the real estate sector. We have performed very consistently in the real estate sector in Poland in terms of the volume of work, the number of matters serviced each year and the significance of the clients whom we advise. In the past year, we advised for example Redefine and Griffin Real Estate on a joint venture with Panattoni Europe concerning warehouse projects (EUR 800 million) and in connection with a joint venture of Echo Investment and EPP on the Mlociny Project in Warsaw (over EUR 140 million); Weil has also advised on the creation and sale of the biggest student housing project. With numerous sector-leading clients trusting us with their deals, our firm provides strong competition for law firms specialising in real estate.
Company website
www.weil.com