Linklaters C. Wiśniewski i Wspólnicy Spółka Komandytowa

Linklaters C. Wiśniewski i Wspólnicy Spółka Komandytowa

Artur Kulawski, Head of Real Estate Practice, Managing Partner; Janusz Dzianachowski, Partner in Real Estate Practice

Artur Kulawski has over 25 years of experience in real estate transactions and manages the entire Linklaters in Poland. He has recently acted for one of the bidders in the acquisition of a major Polish developer. Appointed a head of the practice in 2005. Janusz Dzianachowski has over 16 years of experience in real estate transactions. He has recently advised: ECE on the acquisition of two shopping centres from Atrium and Patron on the acquisition of Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw. Appointed in 2017.

7R, AEW Europe, Ares, Aviva Investors, Blackstone, Bluehouse, CBRE Global Investors, Centerbridge, CFH Investment, CPI, ECE, Echo Investment, EPP, FFA Real Estate, GalCap, Globalworth, Gramercy Europe, Griffin Real Estate, Henderson Park, Hines, KanAm Grund Group, MEAG, Morgan Stanley, Newbridge, NIAM, Nuveen Real Estate, Oaktree, Panattoni Europe, Patrizia, Patron Capital, Penta, PIMCO, Redefine, Reino, UBM Development, Union Investment, W. P. Carey.

Chariot Group on the €224m disposal of a portfolio of 4 M1 shopping centres in Poland to EPP; Globalworth on the €113m acquisition of 2 office complexes - Retro Office and Silesia Star in Wroclaw and Katowice; ECE on the €298m acquisition of 2 shopping centres - Atrium Koszalin and Atrium Felicity in Lublin; Henderson Park on its 70% of the office portfolio acquisition and joint venture with EPP; KanAm Grund Group on the acquisition of the Renaissance office building in Warsaw; Patron Capital on the acquisition of the Sheraton Hotel in Warsaw from the consortium of Benson Elliot, Walton Street and Schroders Hotels; Hines on the €102m acquisition of Wola Centre from Develia and on the acquisition of the logistics park in Gdańsk from Segro, Globalworth on the €190m acquisition of the office buildings Skylight and Lumen in Warsaw from Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield. We are currently advising on several acquisition, disposal and multimillion JV projects for clients both existing and new ones.

Panattoni Europe on the construction of a: (i) 8,000 sqm production plant in Grudziądz for Kitron (ii) 13,000 sqm production plant in Stargard for Hydroline (iii) 10,000 sqm warehouse building in Nysa for Intersnack Poland; (iv) 9,300 sqm logistics facility in Nowa Wieś Wrocławska for DB Schenker; (v) 11,405 sqm production and warehouse building in Bielsko-Biała for Eltek; (vi) 25,000 sqm production plant, research and development centre in Niemce for Varroc; (vii) on the acquisition of a 31,000 sqm property located in Skarbimierz-Osiedle from Mondelez Polska Production; (viii) on the lease agreement for Leroy Merlin at the newly developed logistics facility in Poland – 123,300 sqm; W. P. Carey on the construction of the logistics facility for Rockwell Automation; Valmet Automotive on the construction of a production plant in Złotoryja in Poland.

In excess of €2.5bn – total value of the transactions that Linklaters’ Polish real estate team advised within the last 12 months.

We have worked on the most complex and high profile real estate transactions on the market, and we are one of the few firms with genuine market-leading capabilities in our real estate and construction practice. The main factors that make us stand out from our competitors are: first, stability – the Linklaters real estate team’s reputation attracts and retains the best of the market’s most experienced and qualified practitioners. Second – efficiency, quality, size of our group and transaction experience of its members that enables us to provide quality advice and transactional assistance within a record low time. Third, complexity – we operate as a “one stop shop” in close cooperation with our colleagues (e.g. corporate, banking, competition, litigation, tax), who also have strong market recognition. We are therefore able to solve all the potential legal issues which may arise in real estate transactions.

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