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Allen & Overy

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Law Firm of the Year, Poland
Our Real Estate department is known for full-spectrum real estate advice. We are able to assist in all stages of real estate transactions in any asset class. Our team advises on acquisitions and disposals of commercial real estate; joint ventures related to commercial real estate; real estate development, construction and leasing projects. Apart from commoditised work, we advise on strategic mandates. In our practice, we focus on helping our clients with their most strategic and complex mandates to drive their real estate business, eg advising on acquisitions and sales of cross-border property portfolios, or transactions in the Private Rented Sector in Poland. We have an innovative and flexible approach to handling transactions to ensure that we are well placed to meet the demands of our clients and the marketplace; when necessary, we are able to manage the largest deals on the market by using a sophisticated project management team and devices such as electronic deal rooms.
Name of company
Allen & Overy
Department head or senior representative in Poland, real estate
Michał Matera, partner, Head of Real Estate
Department head or senior representative profile
Since May 2019, Michał Matera has been a partner and Head of RE practice in Allen & Overy’s Warsaw office. In his practice, he focuses on various aspects of commercial real estate transactions, including divestments and acquisitions, sale and lease-back, joint ventures and asset management. He advises on real estate aspects of financing, restructuring and insolvency projects. He is a Member of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors and acts as a mentor in the ULI Poland Mentorship Programme.
Key current clients
Echo Investment, Ghelamco, Goodman, LaSalle Investment Management, AEW, FLE, Blackbrook Capital, M7 (Now: Oxford Properties Group), Panattoni, P3, Skanska, RF Corval, 7R, Corestate Capital Holding, Franklin Templeton Investments, Solida Capital, Immobel
Participation in property sales and acquisitions between October 2020 and June 2022
Our recent experience includes advising: - Goodman European Partnership and Goodman Group on the sale of their assets in Central and Eastern Europe to GLP for approx. EUR1bn. The transaction includes properties located in Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was the biggest transaction on the logistics market in CEE in 2020. - Ghelamco, a leading office developer in Poland, on the sale of its Wołoska 24 office building in Warsaw to ZFP Investments. - AEW on the sale of a prime logistics park portfolio in Poland, with a total area of 208,992 sqm, to Polish Logistics LLP. - Echo Investment on the sale of the Warsaw Brewery complex to two international investment and asset managers - Deka Immobilien and KGAL GmbH & Co. KG. The transaction included sale of Malthouse Offices and the historic Malthouse to Deka Immobilien, and Villa Offices to KGAL GmbH & Co. KG.
Participation in development projects between October 2020 and June 2022
- 7R on a development management agreement with Gazeley (member of GLP Group) in relation to the logistics park known as Lodz East. - KION Group, a global leader in logistics, on the conclusion of a development management agreement with Panattoni for the construction of a production facility near Szczecin.
Total value of the transactions on which your company advised between October 2020 and June 2022 (in EUR)
Well above EUR 1bn.
Please say why you should be considered for the award
- Our RE team offers all services relevant for the investors, developers, tenants and financing institutions being active on commercial real estate market. - We have a strong footprint in CEE with own offices in Prague, Budapest and Bratislava. - Our integrated team has been working together for a long time, possesses in-depth knowledge of local issues and transaction structures and is able to advise clients from all perspectives. - We are innovative and flexible in our approach to handling transactions to ensure that we are well placed to meet the demands of our clients and the marketplace; when necessary, we are able to manage the largest deals on the market by using a sophisticated project management team and devices such as electronic deal rooms. - We offer collaboration among teams and flexibility to bring specialists from each of our international offices to create teams tailored to a specific deal and who are able to provide comprehensive legal advice on cross border issues.
Company website
www.allenovery.com