The real estate group at Gide Loyrette Nouel comprises a ‘robust team of professionals’ who advise entities from a range of sectors, including residential, office, logistics and retail, covering issues including asset and joint venture deals, in addition to guiding clients through regulatory matters. Spearheading the team are Marcin Muszel and Błażej Czwarnok, who both serve as key contacts for international and domestic investors, developers, and financial institutions. Other key members within the team include Tomasz Roszczyc, an expert in all aspects of real estate transactions and projects, and Rafał Osetek, who has ’great attention to detail and understanding of commercial aspects’. Aleksandra Kobylińska is an advisor of choice for matters related to acquisitions and sales of real estate.

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Testimonials

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‘Robust team of professionals that really delivers on time.’
‘Rafał Osetek and Aleksandra Kobylińska have in-depth knowledge of the real estate market that is matched with great legal skills and a perfect communication mode.’
‘Gide's unique selling point is their commitment to a transaction. They are super available, very quick but at the same time very accurate. They also have an ease to put themselves in a client's shoes and ability to understand a counterparty's arguments.’
‘Marcin Muszel - very senior legal advisor with great experience, ability to manage the team perfectly, unprecedented knowledge, amazing negotiation skills. Błażej Czwarnok - high level lawyer, great ability to put himself into the client's shoes, great understanding of commercial aspects, excellent ability to negotiate but in a very classy way. Rafał Osetek - great attention to detail and understanding of commercial aspects, manages a transaction perfectly including efficient liaison with other advisors. Tomasz Roszczyc - very good drafting capabilities including complex structures.’
‘Błażej Czwarnok is an exceptional legal advisor, presenting very high professional and personal standards. ’

Key clients

Apart
Archicom
B&B Hotels Polska
BNP Paribas Bank Polska
Bouygues Immobilier
BPI Real Estate Poland
Chep
Dassault Systemes
ECE Projektmanagement
Electropoli
Essilor Optical Laboratory Poland
Frey
Hines
Intermarché
Leclerc Group
Lincoln Property Company
Louis Vuitton
Mindspace
MNK Partners
Nexity
Okam
Orpéa Polska
P3
Reino Partners
Revive
SGI
Skanska Residential Development Poland
Thales DIS
Wyndham
Yareal Polska

Work highlights

Advised FREY on the acquisition of the Matarnia Retail Park in Gdansk from Ingka Centres.
Advised B&B Hotels Polska on negotiations of a number of long-term institutional lease agreements concerning hotel buildings in Poland.
Advised ECE on an asset deal transaction regarding the acquisition of land near Wroclaw along the A4 motorway, designated for a warehouse and logistics park project.