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Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński

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Law Firm of the Year, Poland
Greenberg Traurig, LLP is a global, multi-practice law firm with approx. 2400 lawyers serving clients from 43 offices in the USA, Latin America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. The Warsaw office has a professional team of approx. 100 lawyers and is highly ranked in all major practice areas, including real estate. Our real estate team, over 40 lawyers strong, includes 4 leading real estate partners and covers a broad spectrum of core real estate and related practices. Providing full-service legal assistance on the largest and most complex transactions, the team is a recognized leader on the Polish real estate market. Our clients include leading investors, developers, financial institutions, investment funds and construction companies. Our team is an integral part of GT’s International Real Estate Group. The team draws upon the experience of 400 real estate lawyers from around the world, serving clients from key markets in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America
Name of company
Greenberg Traurig Nowakowska-Zimoch Wysokiński
Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate
Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch, Managing Partner and Head of Real Estate in Poland
Department head or senior representative profile
Jolanta Nowakowska-Zimoch is one of the most widely recognized and experienced real estate lawyers in Poland, lauded by international rankings as an “icon of the Polish market”. In the last 30 years she participated in landmark transactions and took an active part in the creation of the real estate market in Poland. She also has a leading role in the Greenberg Traurig Women’s Initiative and other mentoring programs, which support the inclusion and advancement of women in the legal profession
Key current clients
BentallGreenOak, CA Immo, Capital Park, Centerbridge, Credit Suisse, Cromwell, Daishin Asset Management, Deka Immobilien, Dom Development, Eastnine, EQT Exeter, Generali Real Estate, Ghelamco, GLP, Goldman Sachs AM, Hansainvest Real Assets, HB Reavis, Hines, Indotek, Invesco Real Estate, LCN Capital Partners, Logicor, Lone Star, Macquarie Asset Management, Madison International Realty, Marvipol, Mirae Asset Global Investments, Newbridge, Panattoni, Partners Group, Tritax, Union Investment
Participation in property sales and acquisitions between October 2020 and June 2022
•Bricks Acquisitions Limited. PLN 2.5 billion sale of ROBYG S.A., largest homebuilder in Poland, to a wholly owned subsidiary of TAG Immobilien AG. •HANSAINVEST Real Assets. EUR 285 million acquisition of Generation Park Y – the largest transaction in the office sector in CEE in 2021. •DWS. EUR 240 million sale of the iconic Metropolitan office building in Warsaw to Morgan Stanley. •EQT Exeters. EUR 220 million acquisition of a Polish logistics portfolio. •Partners Group. EUR 200 million acquisition of selected real estate assets of the BUMA Group. •Panattoni. Sale of a logistics portfolio, consisting of five projects located in Poland; joint ventures with several investors. •Invesco Real Estate. EUR 112.5 million sale of A2 Warsaw Park, the largest single warehouse project in Warsaw. •Torus. EUR 80 million sale of the Neon office building in Gdańsk – the second biggest transaction in terms of value in the developer’s history and one of the largest in the Tricity office market
Participation in development projects between October 2020 and June 2022
•EQT Exeter. Two logistics BTS projects in Kalisz and Czeladź, acquired from a leading developer to be further developed and leased. •Panattoni. Agreements regulating the planned development and management of the warehouse building, agreements regarding the financing of the planned logistics project in Zgorzelec. •GLP. Advice on all issues related to new investments in the GLP logistics portfolio, including projects developed across Poland. •One of the key logistics developers. Agreements regulating the planned development and management of the warehouse, agreements regarding the financing of the planned logistics project in Gdańsk. •One of the key logistics developers. JV structure and agreements in relation to two logistic projects top be developed in Rzeszów. •One of the key logistics developers. Agreements regulating the planned development and management of the warehouse, agreements regarding the financing of the planned logistics project in Bielsko-Biała.
Total value of the transactions on which your company advised between October 2020 and June 2022 (in EUR)
EUR 5.5 billion
Please say why you should be considered for the award
Greenberg Traurig deserves to be awarded this year. We have achieved significant recognition in Poland and the CEE region. Our real estate lawyers are appreciated by leading legal directories and, as a group, make up one of the most experienced teams amongst international law firms owing to our quality, business oriented advice and deep understanding of clients’ needs. Greenberg Traurig’s market leading public M&A and real estate teams deliver sophisticated institutional buy and sell-side regulatory, M&A, tax, antitrust, finance and real estate advice for Polish and cross-border transactions. Greenberg Traurig was named the 2021 Poland Firm of the Year award at the highly esteemed Euromoney Legal Media Group “Women in Business Law Awards 2021 Europe” and the 2021 Law Firm of the Year in Poland by International Financial Law Review (IFLR). MergerMarket ranks the firm as No. 1 with respect to the value of M&A transactions handled in Poland in 2021, with the value of almost 7USD billion
Company website
www.gtlaw.com