Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate
Piotr Szafarz, Head of Real Estate in Poland and CEE
Department head or senior representative profile
Piotr is a prominent real estate lawyer with 30 years of experience in commercial real estate, recognized among the 100 most influential people in CEE Real Estate. He is a Practice Group leader advising investors and developers on landmark investment transactions in Poland and CEE, involving single-asset and portfolio sales and acquisitions in the retail, logistics, PRS/PBSA and office sectors. His experience extends to involvement in advanced revitalization schemes including historic buildings.
Team description including the major achievements
Dentons is the largest global law firm operating in 80+ countries and 160 offices. Dentons’ Global Real Estate Group offers legal advice and solutions that combine international real estate expertise, local market knowledge and sector specific experience.
Dentons in Warsaw is a legal force in the Polish real estate market. Our team of nearly 30 lawyers provides advice on the full range of transactions involving the acquisitions and disposals of commercial properties - both single assets and entire portfolios. We can handle deals of any size and complexity in virtually any industry sectors, including office, retail, logistics, hotel, residential, student housing, data centers and mixed-use projects. A significant part of our practice focuses on domestic and cross-border real estate, M&A and finance transactions, as well as development matters for a wide range of major institutional investors, developers, private equity houses, banks and multinational corporations.
Key current clients
Ghelamco, Skanska Property Poland, Union Investment, CPI Property Group, White Star Real Estate, Tristan Capital Partners, Develia, Cavatina Holding, Palmira Capital Partners, P3 Logistic Parks, Ares Management, SEGRO, Żabka Property Fund, Apsys, Stena Real Estate, Orbis, DRFG Investment Group, Compal Electronics, Arkea Real Estate, Heimstaden Bostad, 1 Asset Management, Star Capital Finance, ARETE Investment Group.
Participation in property sales and acquisitions within the timeframe specified by the organizer
Dentons advised among others:
- Ghelamco on the largest office transaction in 2024, the €280 M sale of the Warsaw UNIT skyscraper - the developer's flagship office project in Poland - to Sweden's Eastnine AB.
- A joint venture between Apsys and Ceetrus for the €200 M development of Wilanów Park, a green retail and lifestyle park in Warsaw.
- Orbis on the sale of the legendary five-star Sofitel Grand Sopot hotel to Sinfam Investments, the Polish company investing in premium hotel properties.
- Stena Real Estate, a Swedish real estate company, on the acquisition of two buildings of the High5ive office complex in Kraków from the Scandinavian fund Niam. The acquired properties enhanced the company’s existing portfolio, which already includes another building of the same complex, acquired from Skanska Property Poland in May 2022.
- Skanska on the sale of the P180 office building in Warsaw to a joint venture formed by the Czech real estate fund Investika Real Estate Fund and Bud Holdings.
Total value of the transactions on which your company advised within the timeframe specified by the organizer (in EUR)
€1.3 billion - aggregate value of 20 major property sales and acquisitions on which Dentons in Warsaw advised between August 2024 and August 2025.
