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Dentons Real Estate team is the leader on the Polish legal market in the real estate sector, where it provides full-service legal assistance in property and finance matters to the majority of key institutional investors operating in Poland. The 30-strong team, led by Piotr Szafarz, Head of Real Estate in Poland and CEE and his deputies, partners Monika Sitowicz and Bartłomiej Kordeczka, is one of the largest international practices in the Polish market.


It is our work on real estate investments – complex acquisitions, sales and joint ventures that we are best known for in the market, in addition to our advisory on the finance, development and leasing projects. We advise across all major real estate sectors, with a particular focus on the office, retail, logistics, hotel, PRS and residential sectors, as well as data centers. Over the years, we have built a reputation for being truly client-focused advisors, guiding companies through their first investments in emerging sectors such as PRS, data centers and successfully navigating new market entrants. Our market share has been stable for more than a decade, ranging from 35% to 55%, in terms of deal value and number of transactions.

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What the Team is Known For

Dentons has a market-leading real estate practice well versed in managing high-value transactions concerning shopping centres, offices and hotels for investment companies and property developers. The team also advises on acquisitions of residential properties, and is well equipped to handle construction-related matters. The law firm houses one of the biggest teams in Warsaw and is known for its broad and in-depth offering.

Work Highlights

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  • The team at Dentons assisted Star Capital Finance with its EUR285 million acquisition of a portfolio of six retail centres from Cromwell Property Group.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Piotr Szafarz
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Piotr Szafarz
Head of Real Estate
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Piotr Szafarz leads Dentons' real estate team and is highly regarded for his extensive expertise in acting for investors on real estate acquisitions and disposals, including in relation to retail and other commercial, residential and industrial property assets.

Piotr is a very nice and creative lawyer, with real accomplishments.

Piotr Szafarz is an excellent lawyer, and he is very commercially aware.

He is very commercially oriented and understands the business aspects of the transaction.

Bartłomiej Kordeczka
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Bartłomiej Kordeczka
Head of Real Estate
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Bartłomiej Kordeczka has extensive experience representing international real estate developers in disposals and acquisitions of property portfolios relating to office and logistics assets.

Bartłomiej Kordeczka is an experienced real estate lawyer. He is always dealing with difficult situations and solving the issue.

Monika Sitowicz
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Monika Sitowicz
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Monika Sitowicz regularly represents international private equity firms and developers on both the buy and sell sides in real estate transactions, with assets including mixed-use developments, offices and retail spaces.
Martyna Racz-Suchocka
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Martyna Racz-Suchocka
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Up and Coming

Martyna Racz-Suchocka is a noted up-and-comer in the Dentons Warsaw office due to her experience in advising clients on high-value real estate transactions in the office and residential sectors.

Martyna Racz-Suchocka is a very good lawyer and an excellent transaction manager.

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Piotr Szafarz
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Piotr Szafarz
Head of Real Estate
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Bartłomiej Kordeczka
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Bartłomiej Kordeczka
Head of Real Estate
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Monika Sitowicz
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Monika Sitowicz
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Martyna Racz-Suchocka
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Martyna Racz-Suchocka
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Up and Coming

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