Dentons is proud to announce that it was named “Law Firm of the Year” at the 6th CEE Retail Real Estate Awards ceremony in Warsaw organized by EuropaProperty.

The Awards gala took place on 13 February in Warsaw and once again it highlighted the growing significance of the commercial retail real estate market and related industries in the CEE region from both a development and investment perspective.

Competing against Dentons were seven international law firms operating in Poland, including Hogan Lovells, Allen & Overy and Clifford Chance.

The 41-strong independent jury panel was comprised of senior industry professionals representing some of the best commercial retail real estate companies, retailers, projects and people operating in Poland and Central and Eastern Europe. When selecting winners, the judges put a special emphasis on the scale of the projects the law firms advised on in 2013 in CEE, as well as the innovative solutions offered to clients. 

Jury members appreciated the fact that last year Dentons lawyers advised in all of the major and most complex retail transactions in Poland, including advising Immofinanz Group on the largest asset sale in Poland in 2013 - sale of Silesia City Center in Katowice to Allianz Real Estate (transaction value: €412 million). Dentons lawyers also advised Atrium European Real Estate on the acquisition of Galeria Dominikańska shopping center in Wrocław for a consideration in excess of €151 million, as well as Charter Hall Retail REIT on the sale to EPISO 3 fund managed by Tristan Capital Partners of five shopping centers in Poland for €174 million for the whole portfolio. Dentons team also represented Inter IKEA Centre Polska on the approx. €200 million acquisition of Wola Park shopping center located in Warsaw from PBW II Real Estate Fund.

Piotr Szafarz, Head of the Real Estate Team in Poland and retail sector specialist, said “This recognition has come to our team for the fourth year in a row and confirms our continued strong position on the Polish legal real estate and retail market. We are thrilled to see that our work is appreciated by our clients and by the retail experts.”

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