Dentons, Real Estate | Chambers Europe Profile

About

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Dentons is a recognized leader in real estate across Central and Eastern Europe, providing comprehensive legal services in property and property finance matters.

Our team of 100+ real estate lawyers, based in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia, brings deep expertise in advising clients on the acquisition and disposal of single assets, large portfolio deals, and multi-country transactions throughout CEE. We also specialize in joint ventures and development projects, handling deals of any size and complexity.

Clients trust us for a multi-jurisdictional real estate practice that serves leading global institutional investors, private equity firms, pension funds, insurance companies, investment banks, financial institutions, and developers. We guide them through every aspect of their property ventures and projects.

Our collaborative, client-focused approach fosters trust and success across a diverse range of property sectors, including logistics, data centers, living/residential, office spaces, retail malls, hotels, and mixed-use developments. We act as business partners, anticipating market trends and responding swiftly and confidently to achieve successful outcomes on every deal.

Chambers Review

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Real Estate - Central & Eastern Europe

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Dentons is a market-leading regional practice with a strong bench of lawyers in Prague, Budapest, Warsaw, Bratislava and Bucharest. The law firm is frequently instructed by international investors, developers and banks. Dentons acts on cross-border matters in the region, including on portfolio acquisitions and divestments as well as single-asset deals. Its transactions involve many asset classes including office, logistics and retail.

Notable practitioners

Warsaw-based Piotr Szafarz and Evan Lazar in Prague are key client contacts for this practice.

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Work Highlights

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The team at Dentons advised the Czech investor Star Capital Finance on its acquisition of a portfolio of six retail centres worth EUR285 million across Poland from Cromwell Property Group.

Strengths

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They are full service and we are happy with the approach. As a team, they work very well.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

We appreciated their outstanding commercial approach, very high work ethics and standards. The practice is very holistic with various areas of expertise and international presence.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

They are full service and we are happy with the approach. As a team, they work very well.

Real Estate respondent
Europe

We appreciated their outstanding commercial approach, very high work ethics and standards. The practice is very holistic with various areas of expertise and international presence.

Real Estate respondent
Europe